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Here’s how you can replace the CPU cooling fan in a Toshiba Satellite A65/A60 laptop without taking the whole thing apart.
If the cooling fan has become very noisy and started making a grinding sound, apparently it’s time to replace the fan with a new one.
The cooling fan can be accessed if you remove the keyboard as it explained in the disassembly guide (steps 5-8).
Remove two screws (red circles). In order to unscrew the last screw (green circle) you’ll need a very small Phillips screwdriver. You will not be able to remove the last screw because it’s partially covered by the top cover assembly. Simply unscrew the last screw and leave it in the fan.
Unplug the fan cable from the motherboard. The connector is pointed with the green arrow. Unroute the fan cable so it’s not attached to the heat sink.
Carefully remove the cooling fan. As you can see on the picture below, the last screw is still seated in the fan.
The CPU fan has been removed. Now you can replace it with a new one.
The CPU fan comes as a part of the heat sink assembly and it’s possible you will not be able to buy this fan separately. Here’s what you can do. Find a new heat sink assembly (with fan) for Toshiba Satellite A60/A65 laptops here.
Remove fan from the new assembly and install it instead of your old defective fan.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Hi
Have you got any idea how i would go about changing the CPU in my Toshiba L300-1ba.
Regard’s
Alan.
November 29th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Hi
I like your site, I am very inteested in starting up a repair Business here in Dublin Ireland
As A real greenhorn , do you think I can grasp it, from your dvd collection, most pc problems I seem to come accross seem to just require formatting the disk, ( well thats what they have done at my local repair shop for my last 3 laptops, charging me outragious bucks.
Any how I have a ibm T40 here with sticky and not working keys , I will contact you about your learning program in a week.
For showing so much info without charging folks you seem genuine enough.
Best regards.
Brian Dublin IRE.
November 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Brian,
First of all, it’s not my collection. I’m adverting it on my sites.
All my info is free of charge.
I think as a greenhorn you will benefit from those videos. Of course, it’s not possible to cover all existing laptop models in one video collection, but it will give you the idea how to deal with laptops and some most common problems. If you decide start your own repair bussines, I really think that you will benefit from the Podnutz video collection.
When I started fixing laptops about 5 years ago I knew absolutely nothing about laptops. My learning process started with watching someone taking apart different laptops. Just watching helped me a lot.
A new keyboard will cost you about $45-50 and you can learn how to replace it from my site. If you take this laptop to the repair shop, it will cost you at least $120.
Here are some other sites you must know if you want to be in the laptop repair business:
http://www.Irisvista.com/tech/ – Toshiba laptop disassembly guides.
http://www.LaptopRepair101.com – Laptop repair help and troubleshooting tips.
http://www.LaptopParts101.com – Laptop parts explained.
http://www.AskLaptopFreak.com – Most common laptop problems and solutions.
http://www.repair4laptop.org – DIY laptop repair tips and manuals.