# lap top fans?? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 6, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017 "2008-05-06T20:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/1 "2008-05-06T20:19:09Z")
can lap top fans be replaced?? i think my cpu fan has stopped working. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/2 "2008-05-06T21:46:19Z")
yes. they slide out rather easy. hard part is just opening your laptop case. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/3 "2008-05-06T21:46:54Z")
chances are it might just be caked with dust. Try cleaning it out. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/4 "2008-05-07T02:09:46Z")
fuck that just buy a laptop base… it cools far far better than anything you’ll toss in there ![http://www.overclockers.com/articles1397/jet1.jpg](http://www.overclockers.com/articles1397/jet1.jpg) look something like that… about 20 bucks ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/5 "2008-05-07T05:01:44Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > yes. they slide out rather easy. hard part is just opening your laptop case. yes this is what i am finding ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/6 "2008-05-07T05:38:17Z")
ok who wants money to help me out with this problem, Im ready to throw the thing as high as I can up in the air and let it smash on the ground to see if that breaks the case apart. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/7 "2008-05-07T05:56:59Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > fuck that just buy a laptop base… it cools far far better than anything you’ll toss in there > > look something like that… about 20 bucks whats the point if the CPU fan is stuck closed? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Omerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/8 "2008-05-07T10:32:46Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > whats the point if the CPU fan is stuck closed? yeah, that cooler ain’t gonna do shit if the heat sink is caked up. my girlfriends acer laptop had the exhaust fins of the heat sink plugged w/ dust, it used to burn her lap then turn off from being so hot. opened it up, vacuumed out the heat sink fins, and now it runs cool again. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/9 "2008-05-07T10:56:45Z")
> [@SVT3945](#): > > ok who wants money to help me out with this problem, Im ready to throw the thing as high as I can up in the air and let it smash on the ground to see if that breaks the case apart. ill fix it for ya, no money needed, just …well u know what ill take as payment, and no its not a twinkie smartass. ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/10 "2008-05-07T15:21:15Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > ill fix it for ya, no money needed, just …well u know what ill take as payment, and no its not a twinkie smartass. thats tough because i really quit, its been 2 months now and i have no desire to start again. in all seriousness a trip to burito bay would be in order pm me your phone # and Ill call you, we can work something out. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-fans/48017/11 "2008-05-07T15:40:27Z")
> [@Joe\_Omerta](#): > > yeah, that cooler ain’t gonna do shit if the heat sink is caked up. my girlfriends acer laptop had the exhaust fins of the heat sink plugged w/ dust, it used to burn her lap then turn off from being so hot. opened it up, vacuumed out the heat sink fins, and now it runs cool again. 1. the fans on the laptop base don’t give a shit if there is Air flow across the heat sink. 2. the heat coming through the bottom from “conduction” is going to be pretty significant regardless if the fan is working properly or not. The CPU isn’t the only piece of a laptop that produces heat. The HD, Vid card, mobo chipset, and roms to name a few also produce heat, which the CPU fan does nothing to touch. 3. though experience, the laptop base(cooler) works 10x better than normal stock cooling. 4. I’m not going to go any further since its obvious you don’t know anything about heat transfer in a computer.