Reply 24480 of 53295, by peido
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wrote:I have since completely disassembled my Toshiba Tecra 510CDT in order to replace that noisy fan. It has about a 100 screws to it and all components are just stacked on top of one another like so many pancakes.. wish I had taken a picture of the mess. I was sweating bullets too, but in the end it wasn't too hard doing it with the maintenace manual, it just took a good long time to reassemble. Maybe I can still find a tool for fan speed control for this one.
I'm very afraid of removing fans from my computers, don't know if their lifespan will diminish. I would try to find a silent replacement fan. Another thing that maybe could be done (I don't know if it would fit inside the laptop) would be some kind of speed control mod:
https://bit-tech.net/guides/modding/adding_fa … peed_control/1/