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    Sony SZ fan dying

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Neoguri, Mar 27, 2007.

  1. Neoguri

    Neoguri Notebook Consultant

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    My SZ is in it's eleventh month of life and last night the fan sounded like the bearing was about to go. It stopped after a while, but in my experience, a fan will soon die after starting to make weird noises.

    I'm assuming that the standard warranty will cover this since I have no extended warranty. While I really dread the thought of having to send my laptop through the mail and to Sony's (horrible) tech support, I guess I am left with no choice. I did replace the stock ram with two 1GB sticks. Is it ok for me to leave these in there? I don't really have access to the stock ram.
     
    Neoguri, Mar 27, 2007
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  2. dammitjim

    dammitjim Notebook Guru

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    I would take 1 of the sticks out before shipping.

    You could try to use some compressed air to save the fan.
     
    dammitjim, Mar 27, 2007
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