my IBM T42 finally fan fixed
I just finally fixed my fan error problem of my IBM T42 thinkpad. I’ve been having a hard time finding for the fan. I just got lucky that I found one but its a second hand and from an IBM T40 thinkpad. Although it was a little different from the fan of T42 Thinkpad, I just done a little improvise so that I can use the T40 fan on my T42.
The fan of T40 Thinkpad is short while the fan of T42 Thinkpad is long. You can replace the T40 fan into a T42 unit without doing improvise but that’s quite risky. Because the long fan provides heatsink for the video card while the short fan don’t.
Since I was facing a dilema that I can’t use the T40 short fan to my T42, what I did is I took off the motor fan of the T40 short fan and so with my long T42 fan. And had it swap. Then it went fine.
Now I already experienced the difficulty of finding a T42 fan. I need to monitor the temperature of the laptap every now and then. Below is the link for a guide on how to monitor and provide care on your laptap’s fan by managing the laptap temperature.
http://www.technowledgebase.com/2007/07/03/monitoring-your-laptops-temperature/
By the way we went to Quiapo then to Greenhills then to SM Megamall then to Starmall Ortigas. It was really tiring on finding a spare of fan. Although you can easily order online through ebay but it would took you 3-5 days before the spare will arrived.
I just had a bad experience in a Laptap repair shop found in SM Megamall because they were really taking advantage on people who don’t have knowledge when it comes to laptaps or any IT related stuffs, in the sense that they will ask for high price because of this and that blah blah… Which in fact it doesn’t even make sense with the actual problem of the unit. They were just finding alibis for them to provide a high price. Too bad for them because I can do what they can do.
Just a piece of advice to people who may have a problem in there laptap or PC. Before going to a shop, you might try to browse the net and find for a possible solution to the problem because alot of times the solution maybe freaking easy.
cheers =)
