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HP Laptop Fan Always Runs and Laptop gets Really Hot! Click on any picture to enlarge it.
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| Summary: Tonia brought her HP Laptop to me stating that the unit got very hot and the fans never shut off. She had it checked out by a local computer shop and was charged about $100. The diagnoses was not correct and she was told to purchase a Laptop Cooler fan to put under the unit. She then brought her laptop to me hoping I could do something. See the story below!
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| 1. I figured a good place to start my investigation would be at the fan.
I removed this cover to reveal the fan assembly. Next I removed the fan assembly from the motherboard by loosening 4 screws. |
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| 2. Here is the removed fan assembly. Non CPU side. |
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| 3. Here is the side that contacts the CPU. |
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| 4. I noted that there was a bunch of animal hair sticking out of the unit. |
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| 5. Using a small screwdriver, I removed the screws on the fan plate. |
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| 6. Fan plate removed revealing LOTS of animal hair. |
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| 7. Close up |
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| 8. Another shot |
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| 9. Another Shot |
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| 11. Animal hair removed. |
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| 12. I used compressed air to blow out any remaining animal hair and dust from the radiator assemblies. |
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| 13. Reassembled the fan unit. |
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| 14. Reinstalled in the Laptop. |
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| 15. Used a paper towel to verify we had great air flow. |
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| 16. Laptop ran COOL and fans were not running continuously. Proceeded to clean up viruses and adware. Spybot reported multiple adware installs. I guess this was miss diagnosed too! |
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