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    Third party fan replacement?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Octopuss, Dec 4, 2013.

  1. Octopuss

    Octopuss Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have this Pavilion dv7 notebook which has super loud and crappy fan in it, and I was wondering whether there were any options to replace it with something better. I don't expect miracles, but something a little bit more quite would really help. Does anything like this even exist?
     
    Octopuss, Dec 4, 2013
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The problem is sometimes they use a funky shaped fan or sometimes HP makes the fan/heatsink a combo unit, forcing you to buy the HP part.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 4, 2013
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