Swapping X60s cooling module

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th1 · #1 Post by **th1** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:37 am

it seems that there is two versions of fan / cooling module of X60s/X61s.

1. "standard": http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/4153/10x0.jpg
2. made entirely of copper: http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/2423 ... ovox60.jpg

when I look inside my X60s through vents I can see that cooling module is not a copper version, but just aluminium.
the question is do I will fit version 2. in my X60s (Core Duo processor L2400)?

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:52 am

The L2400 gets less hot than a standard T2400, so it doesn't require as much cooling (aluminum is fine for L2400).
EDIT: I thought they were the same, but stand corrected by tcone.

IvanAndreevich · #3 Post by **IvanAndreevich** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:56 pm

Funny thing, I've been getting some X61 tablets serviced with some fans being replaced by Lenovo. They came back with the aluminum sinks and are now topping out around 70C under a heavy CPU stress test. Going by my experience I would say that whatever the new aluminum ones are - they are better than the old copper ones.

tcone · #4 Post by **tcone** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:14 am

The copper fan won't fit (physically) into an x60s/x61s basecover (second photo) and the aluminum one for the low voltage cpus has also a different connector: it has a 4-wire plug with 3 wires (first photo).

left side: "Fan assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor Standard voltage", FRU 42W2522 from an x60 (I removed the the thermal pad for the gpu)
right side: "Fan assembly, Low Voltage", FRU 42X3804 from an x61s

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6173/x6xfans01.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8213/x6xfans02.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8369/x6xfans03.jpg

#5 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:05 pm

Oops, my bad.

Great pictures! From separate (eBay) pictures I thought they matched!
Time I guess to visit Uncle Eyedoctor...

th1 · #6 Post by **th1** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:33 am

tcone wrote:The copper fan won't fit (physically) into an x60s/x61s basecover (second photo) and the aluminum one for the low voltage cpus has also a different connector: it has a 4-wire plug with 3 wires (first photo).

left side: "Fan assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor Standard voltage", FRU 42W2522 from an x60 (I removed the the thermal pad for the gpu)
right side: "Fan assembly, Low Voltage", FRU 42X3804 from an x61s

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6173/x6xfans01.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8213/x6xfans02.jpg
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8369/x6xfans03.jpg

Your statements are totally WRONG. I didn't tell anything about x60 (without "s"). I've compared x60s modules (there is two versions, alu and copper). Copper version for x60s (YES, with "s"...) is http://cgi.ebay.com/300540387661 , and NOT that x60 module you presented here.
So RedBlackStuff is right.

th1 · #7 Post by **th1** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:19 pm

these copper versions of cooling modules are FRU 42X3804 and 42X3805. yesterday i have e-mailed this ebay seller and he have said that

one is a little bit smaller than the other

i'm waiting now for reply from him to have answer exactly which one is smaller.

now i have some kind of dilemma...

IvanAndreevich · #8 Post by **IvanAndreevich** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:15 pm

I can confirm that X61 tablets have both copper and aluminum. I think the tablets and the X6x's' share the same sinks, don't they?

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