"news.rcn.com" news.rnc.com wrote in
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Anyone ever dismantled a fan on a Dell laptop please?

I have an Inspiron 8200 which has two fans, one of which has
gone. I have a spares Inspiron 5000 which has a single fan in
it. They look the same. Taking out the whole unit entails
dismantling the whole laptop and removing the circuit board;
and I wouldn't know where to get the fan unit. Can I dismantle
the two-fan unit in place and replace one of them? It seems
accessible but the power lead goes to the underside of the main
PCB

They each SEEM to be held in with Phillips screws (but I may be
imagining it).



You may find the service manual helpful:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...200/en/sm_en/i
ndex.htm

aka: http://tinyurl.com/nrfab