Laptop Fans

[lollardfish]

One of the fans on the back of my laptop has stopped. Anyone know anyone who might be able to repair/replace it locally? How serious is it? Dell will charge me immense amounts of money to fix it.

Comments

[galacticvoyeur.livejournal.com]

How old is your laptop? This has a lot to do with how much you want to be spending on it. And it could be more than just the fan. There is a thermal circuit that activates the fan that could be the real problem.

I'm enrolled in a Mac tech class right now, not that sheds much light on Dells. How good are you with tools and keeping track of little itty bitty screws?

I also suggest that you immediately backup your files. You may be due for a catastrophic failure right about now...

(If it was my laptop, I'd back it up, take it apart, and try to fix it myself. If I failed, I'd toss it and get a new one. Spending $500 bucks to fix a used computer is wrong. You'd still have a used computer.)

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I've backed up everything. It's heading on towards 3 and a half years old, but I'm not willing to replace it right now. But I've backed up everything.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Note: I won't be spending tons of money to fix it. I'd be happy to spend a little money to fix it.