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    :confused: where to find M17-R1 CPU fan/heatsink

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by pepepaco1980, Mar 2, 2011.

  1. pepepaco1980

    pepepaco1980 Newbie

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    I have been looking for weeks on ebay and all I found is for M17x that AFAIK are not interchangeable.

    currently the CPU fan just does not works.

    please advice!
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    thank you for the link but they are not currently available there...
    Ill continue searching..

    in ebay they sell the GPU heatsink, i wonder if Is posible to remove the fan alone and put it on the CPU heatsink...
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i don't think the fans don't have the same size and seem to have the assembly soldered
     
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    the CPU fan stop working when it was only 1 year 2 months old,
    cant believe I could not find a replacement any where....I'll try too disassemble it and see if I can fix it, cant get worst since it does not work at all. Ill also take pictures and post them here if it goes well.
     
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