Well, I'm at a point where I could use a little help. The fan continues to run, although noisily. I've opened up the T60 to the point of removing the keyboard, and I gently blew out as much dust as I could. However:
The instructions say to remove the keyboard bezel by unhooking the bezel claws, but no specific instructions are given. Being fearful of breaking something, I can't figure out how to do that. Do I push in? Push out? Press down? Thanks for any suggestions! Mike At 05:21 PM 12/13/2011 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote: >You don't need 100% - the 91% will do. Just make sure its >dry, by using some non-linting cloth. The kind for eye glasses >is fine. > >--STeve Andre' > >On 12/13/11 17:06, Michael Stack wrote: >>Well, I had no problem finding thermal compound at Radio Shack, but finding >>100% isopropyl alcohol is a challenge. I found some at >>http://www.tselectronic.com/shop/product/MG-Chemicals-824-99.953--Pure-Anhydrous-Isopropyl-Alcohol-%28Liquid%29/346 >>but I don't know whether I should bother, but use 91% instead (found >>everywhere, and inexpensive). Does anyone have suggestions on this? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Mike >> >>At 11:05 AM 12/13/2011 -0800, Laurence wrote: >>>You don't need much grease, as you've figured. It's just enough to fill any >>>gaps - both microscopic and macro. I did ine a bit on the thin side - I >>>scraped it thin with a credit card and you could see through the coating. >>>That worked, but peak temps under load seemed high. I also changed the cpu >>>at the same time, so the results are not conclusive. So I'm no expert with >>>this, for a small cpu area I would call it less than a grain of rice, more >>>than the head of a pin. Then again if you use, say, a conductive thermal >>>gunk such as arctic silver (or the ibm field service stuff, if you have >>>that) I suspect there's a little leeway on the thick side. Wouldn't worry >>>too much. >>> >>>After a bit of practice you'll find you can do many of these sort of things >>>faster a round trip to the Fedex office and of course far cheaper, this >>>saving things you would have had to throw out otherwise. >>> >>>-- Larry >>> >>> >>>From: Michael Stack<[email protected]> >>>To: Laurence<[email protected]>; >>>"[email protected]"<[email protected]> >>>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:40 AM >>>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Re T60 fan going bad (Stuart F. Biggar) >>> >>>Thanks, Laurence. I ordered the fan today and it should be here tomorrow. My >>>most significant concern is to use the right amount of thermal grease, but >>>there appear to be many sites with instructions ( http://tinyurl.com/7vshu3s >>>). Thanks for your encouragement, and I'll report the results here. >>> >>>Mike >>> >>>At 07:44 PM 12/12/2011 -0800, Laurence wrote: >>>>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. >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
