Do long fans require more V to run over short fan? T41,42

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Do long fans require more V to run over short fan? T41,42

#1 Post by canflyboy » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:23 pm

The fan on my T41 was starting to whine a bit. After searching the forum, it looked like replacing it with a long (M10) fan (13R2657) is the way to go. Got one off ebay. Fan doesn't work in either T41 or T42.

Both the T41 and 42 have short fans. When I plug the long fan in either, I get a FAN ERROR on boot up.

I've observed the fan and it looks like it's trying to run, but doesn't reach a reasonable RPM. Using fancontrol, I've gone through the range of 0-7 and the fan barely turns.

Is the fan a dud or do I have the wrong fan for my computers?

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#2 Post by richk » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:30 pm

The fan is just bad. Try to return it.

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Re: Do long fans require more V to run over short fan? T41,4

#3 Post by cmarti » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:52 pm

canflyboy wrote:Is the fan a dud or do I have the wrong fan for my computers?
Eugene
The old one works?

The M10 should work perfectly in your T41.
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#4 Post by canflyboy » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:58 pm

Yeah, both old ones work. The T41 was a bit noisy so I thought I'd try to quiet it down with a long fan.

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#5 Post by cmarti » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:06 pm

canflyboy wrote:Yeah, both old ones work. The T41 was a bit noisy so I thought I'd try to quiet it down with a long fan.

EUgene

There you have the answer, the new fan is doa.
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#6 Post by canflyboy » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:05 am

New fan being sent out to me today with apologies. Will keep you updated.

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