On 12/16/2011 1:06 PM, Martin N wrote:
Lo,
At 15:28 16/12/2011, you wrote:
The fan on my x61s has been noisy, so I opened the machine and blew
on the fan. When I reassembled and tried to boot, I got a grinding
noise from the fan and it stopped with the message "fan error."
After a few tries, I hit escape on the error message and it booted.
Trying again, it booted normally.
How best to proceed? Might this be a transitory problem?
My t60 fan was noisy just pushing on it reseated it and now its quiet
again.
I hope you put something between the blades of the fan before blowing
to stop
it over revving which could put undue stress on the bearing.
I did not put do anything to stop the blades from spinning, but I only
blew with my mouth, rather than compressed air. It did not turn very
much. It was a lot cleaner than I expected.
Oddly, the fan now seems quieter than before. so, perhaps it was just
transitory. I suppose I'll watch it for a bit and try to replace it if
there are any more symptoms.
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