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    M570RU-U Fan Maintenance

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by hyperbolic, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    Just curious if anyone here has disassembled their fans for a good cleaning/lubrication. It this possible and is it something that will extend the life of the fans?
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 17, 2010
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  2. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    I clean my fan blades about every two or three weeks. The motor should be lubricated annually. Just a very tiny bit of silicone oil will do the trick.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jan 17, 2010
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  3. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    So you just lift the fan off the motor to apply oil? That is my main question here.
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 18, 2010
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    No, you cannot lift the rotor from the fan.
    And no you do not need to lubricate the fan. It is almost industry standard for fans to lat 10,000hrs. A good fan will last over 100,000hours
    Just clean the dust off of the blades, dont worry about the rest.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 19, 2010
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  5. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    What K-TRON said. The rotor cannot be removed. But if you still want to get lubricant in there, use a needle syringe.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jan 19, 2010
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  6. tinytop69

    tinytop69 Notebook Evangelist

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    dont mean to thread jack but is there a tutorial somewhere where i can find out how to clean/disassemble M570RU?
     
    tinytop69, Jan 19, 2010
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  7. Benjamin Wassink

    Benjamin Wassink Notebook Geek

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    Benjamin Wassink, Jan 19, 2010
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    tinytop69 Notebook Evangelist

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    thanks, my card was starting to hit 80c and bluescreen. Hopefully its not the cards time yet =/
     
    tinytop69, Jan 19, 2010
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  9. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    80c should not cause a bluescreen though. I have hit 85 when I accidentally left it on low fan speed, playing Crysis. eek.
     
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    pretty sure it died after it hit over 80. just cleaned it out tho (first time in 2 years =/ ) back down to stable 55-60 under load. thanks again for link.
     
    tinytop69, Jan 20, 2010
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  11. theriko

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    No probs (link is from my service manual repository), glad it helped.
     
    theriko, Jan 20, 2010
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  12. tinytop69

    tinytop69 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well the temperatures went down, but the card is done :( keep getting hardware malfunction bluescreen now. RIP NP5793
     
    tinytop69, Jan 21, 2010
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  13. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    You can always buy a new card from someone or on ebay, etc. to replace your old one. How long have you had you notebook?
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 21, 2010
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  14. tinytop69

    tinytop69 Notebook Evangelist

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    almost 2 years on the dot. i got one of the first batches of the extreme edition back early 2008.
     
    tinytop69, Jan 21, 2010
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  15. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    Got mine in March 2008, I'll let you know if anything happens in the next few months... I have seen a few folks here posting about issues with theirs; all of them seem to be about 2 years old.
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 21, 2010
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  16. tinytop69

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    yeah, i asked the customer support rep and he said about 1-3 years was about the average lifespan of that card unfortunately. hopefully all goes well with yours. its 350$ plus shipping for a REFURBISHED 8800M gtx. im going desktop now. again good luck with you, i will keep checking around these forums for a few months to see if anything else like this happens.
     
    tinytop69, Jan 21, 2010
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  17. hyperbolic

    hyperbolic Notebook Consultant

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    Hum 350 for refurbished... its like 600 for a new one. It is messed up that nvidia's flagship 8M series card dies so quickly. I guess all I can do is keep it as clean as possible and hope for the best. If it dies I will probably get a 9800 GTS though.
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 22, 2010
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  19. tinytop69

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    good find, rather than baking the whole board, i will give this a try becuase i got nothing to lose. will post the results whenever i get around to actually cooking the thing xD

    EDIT: well i just did it and despite looking a little charred it worked for the first test of 3dmark06, past where it usually got, but middle of the second test it blue screened again. might light it up again later, but so far it didnt work =/
     
    tinytop69, Jan 22, 2010
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  20. hyperbolic

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    Just had a crazy though. What in the world is a "refurbished" graphics card?! Maybe they just 'cook' it in a more controlled environment...
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 23, 2010
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