Replacement laptop fan

[DanNeely]

I have a first generation MSI wind netbook. The fan in it was crap and has required oiling every month or two since I bought it. Unfortunately after 2 years, my fan has worn out completely and is no longer functional. I looked on ebay, and found several different companies selling replacement fans. Do any of Forcecon, Sunon, or T&T have reputations I should be aware of when deciding who to order a replacement from? The only brand I've heard of before is Sunon, but I've never actually bought one of their fans.

 

[70 Polara]

For what it's worth I used a Forcecon to fix a friend's Wind that had a noisy fan, and it lasted about three months before it too got really noisy and siezed up. (Then the machine got taken on a shooting trip LMAO). I think I would try the Sunon fan as it least it's a brand I have heard of....and at the time I found the replacement fan they were all Forcecons. Maybe Sunon has stepped up to make a better replacement fan??????

 

[DanNeely]

*sigh*. I looked, the original fan is a T&T; the only vendor selling the Sunon wants almost $30, shipped. The other two can be had for $10-15.

 

[YeuEmMaiMai]

google search "MSI [insert model here] replacement parts"

should pull back a crapload of parts venders and most fans should run about $14 or so.

http://www.rkcomputer.net/rkcnotebo...ct_list&c=16&gclid=CIWB2LiOsaYCFUdrKgodTma9oA

here is the whole assembly for $80 but I am sure you can do better than that (assemly = heatsink/pipe and fan)

 

[DanNeely]

Without quotes MSI U100 replacement parts returns 0 relevant hits for a fan. With quotes is even worse. bizrate.com deserves a google death sentence since they never have anything useful.

 

[YeuEmMaiMai]

you can try sending an e-mail to [email protected]

or you can browse through here
http://www.insanelywind.com/msiarchive/

and get tons of help