Re T60 fan going bad (Stuart F. Biggar)
As someone who is not a hardware hobbyist and doesn't have any special interest
in deconstructing computers, I can say you can certainly replace the fan. It
will cost not much less of your time to make phone calls, then pack, ship, pick
up and unpack from depot service as to do the repair efficiently yourself
(unless the mailroom handles all the shipping for you).
The first time you do it will take a total of at least15 min (if you are very
efficient with your time, mechanically oriented and spend 2 minutes scanning
the HMM), up to an hour (if you have very little experience inside a computer,
need to fuss around some, and have to go back and recheck/redo something).
If you lay out relevant HMM pages OR keep them open on a nearby monitor, lay
out the very few tools needed, secure each screw onto a diagram (or a photo) of
the machine (punch through the paper on some such thing) and snap a few px as
you take things apart (you probably won't need them) the job should go
quickly. If one does half the job and completes it later, loses screws into a
carpet, etc etc it will consume time and effort. About the only catch I recall
is being careful not to bend the fan's soft copper heatsink, not even a
millimeter. That is done by observing the manual and not rushing. It's best to
have a lint-free wiper, a bit of alcohol and a trivial amount of fresh thermal
compound handy. And a clean uncluttered place to work.
If you do all that you'll find the actual job to be trivial.
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