m860tu Fans Getting Old?

ok so ive had my m860tu for almost 4months now i think and ive started gaming heavly on it

World of warcraft WOTLK 77deathknight

big big big issues with the laptops fans..

ok they have got ALOT louder ... and not just since ive started playing wow again for like 20hours strait leveling.. but just the past fue months ive noticed them make alot more noise.. Mabye getting old i dont know..

secondly they ramp up and down ALOT more just while on the web or using word... its really anoying me and my temps are fine 60-70 or 70-80 (in 3D).

siiiiiigh.. i really like this notebook but the fans are killing me... (i use non closed headphones and this notebook is almost as noisy as my old PC now)

 

there is dust in your fan, go to cooling central. there is a section for cleaning them

 

I recomend that you put some vaseline oil on the bearings of the fan, for lubrification and longevity of the bearings.

I did this when my M570RU made one year, the bearings was very dry at the time so they did more noise than usual. After puting some oil on them, the fans became much more quiet.

 

^^ That. Most fans need greasing, imo and/or don't use the best grease. WD40 is what I'd use, but I guess for a notebook I'd check for better greases. The fan on this machine also looks to be easily replacable (and a standard size), by the way.

This holds especially true for fans on external enclosure, I've found.

 

wheres our notebook cleaning expert? i forget his name

 

Gophn? http://forum.notebookreview.com/member.php?u=28520

 

you rang?

the issue might be that the notebook fan's bearings might have gotten clogged a bit with dust... increasing the noise.

to remedy this:
- do a thorough cleaning out of the vents and fans with Q-tips and compressed air
- after that, if the system still persists with the fan noise...
.... turn of the system, and remove the battery
.... remove the fan/heatsink if possible
.... get some WD-40 (you need just a small bit)
.... squirt (very small burst) the WD-40 at the bearing of the fan
.... then manually rotate the fan to clean out the bearings (and do a bit of lubrication) the fan's bearing for a few minutes.
.... turn on the notebook and see if the fan noise is reduced.

Note: this is also the best way to revive dying fans.

 

I don´t recomend WD-40 for this kind of job... it will dry very fast and it´s not very good on long term lubrification... WD-40 was a very low viscosity oil, and here we need one a little bit more viscous for better lubrification, like the oil used on sewing machines.

And remember, WD-40 it´s not oil... it´s a mix of mineral oils and solvents... They are mainly for corrosion protection, unlocking and cleaning bolts, etc, and not for good lubrification...

BTW, use isolation tape to close the bearing lubrification hole... once you remove the original sticker it will not glue well again.

 

I did not mean use the WD-40 for lubrication purposes... I mainly said to use it to clean out the bearing area from condensed dust and such.

I have used this technique many times for notebook fans... the most recent was for a friend's Levono.

As long as they use a little WD-40 directly in the bearing, and after a few minutes of manual rotations of the fan... it should be fine.

You can wait for few more minutes to let it dry a bit more... if you are afraid its not dry enough, or if you used too much.

 

Hi Gophn,

Sorry if I´m being so stubborn, but the bearings are sealed, they don´t need to be cleaned... they don´t have any contact with the outside air, so the problem here is on lubrification, like the lubrificatin of an bicycle wheel´s bearings...

I sugest you to try real oil next time, you will see...

And remember, these fans use double ball bearings and two bearings one up and down the shaft, so they need a few/enough drops so that the oil can reach the bearing that is down the other.