Fan problem

[Toncha]

Hello everybody,


I have a funny fan problem. Some times it's sounding like there is something in the fan or the fan is scratching the metal floor of the fan. so, i dissasembled the thinkpad, cleaned out the fan area, and put it back together... well, everything was good for a month then again the noise came... again i opened the lappy and there is no dirt or nothing inside. the noise dissapears when i tilt it to the side. Any ideas? would it be harmfull if i simply ignore it or should i replace the FRU heatsink/fanassembly?

Also... Hotswapping the battery, did anyone try to hotswap the battery while the thinkpad was on AC power? i mean, still on acpower and then replace the battery with another one?

Thx upfront

[cmarti]

Hello everybody,

I have a funny fan problem. Some times it's sounding like there is something in the fan or the fan is scratching the metal floor of the fan. so, i dissasembled the thinkpad, cleaned out the fan area, and put it back together... well, everything was good for a month then again the noise came... again i opened the lappy and there is no dirt or nothing inside. the noise dissapears when i tilt it to the side. Any ideas? would it be harmfull if i simply ignore it or should i replace the FRU heatsink/fanassembly?

It sounds like the bearings inside the fan are wasted, you will need to replace the fan assembly to fix that.

[Toncha]

Hello everybody,

It sounds like the bearings inside the fan are wasted, you will need to replace the fan assembly to fix that.

Crapolla... Well, there goes 50$ + some artic silver + abg atheros card (hey, when you mod, mod it good