Thanks Loyal I knew someone would come through. I am not a hardware guy. I can do minor repairs to a desktop, but have never opened a laptop. I only expected one fan, so that needs some investigation. It sounds like the CPU fan, because it is in that location. I will look into a cooling fan as well. I do have a Targus laptop cooling base. I will give that a go.
Thanks, Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 18 December 2010 01:22, loyal_barber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > Roy <linuxcan...@...> wrote: > > > > I am on my second eeePC. My wife dropped my first one, a first > > generation 7 inch, and smashed the screen. Aside from that it works. > > My new one, a 9 inch, started to make noises just as the warranty > > expired. Go figure. I could not localise it, but think it was the fan. > > Anyway, it seems to have given up the ghost, almost completely. The HD > > works fine, so I can only guess that it was the fan as it has no other > > moving parts. My question is this, can I pull the fan out of the 7 > > inch and put it into my 9 inch, which has the same processor, Atom? > > When you pull the two machines apart, you should get a pretty good > idea if the fans are the same or similar. If I were guessing I > would guess that it will work. I would also guess that there is > just a CPU fan. If so, you will need heat sink compound for the > new install. > > > > If so, is it hard and what is the best way to go about this? What are > > the dangers of running it without the fan working in the meantime? > > In theory the CPU should shut down if it gets too warm. The problem > is if it happens over and over it WILL shorten the life of the CPU. > > > I > > think that I know hat the answer will be, but it something that I use > > daily and will miss it. :( > > > > Roy > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > > > Just a suggestion. Until you have time to check into the problem, > might I suggest a cooling fan? If the device has air vents, here > is one I have used in the past and had good success: > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998465&cm_re=laptop_cooling_fan-_-34-998-465-_-Product > > Loyal > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
