M11xR1 fan part number

Anyone have a number for the R1 fan? Wasn't finding in search and plan to replace mine (noisy).

 

I had the exact same problem with my Asus netbook. All you need to do is to clean up the fan and then re-lubricate it with grease or oil.

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Use that guide to understand more. Most laptop fan's do not have that locking plastic at the back, so you can just pull the fan blade out without having to open the back of the fan. Once the fan is open, put grease onto the stem of the fan blade and into the hole of the fan base.

This works to remove any noise and vibrations. I even did this to my cooling pad and it became dead silent. Even my netbook fan which I thought was a goner became super silent.

 

I've done this sort of thing on larger fans but not on this one... might still refer to replace but will lube for spare. Love the commentary in the link

If memory serves our fans are slightly diff

 

They are all the same. All laptop fans are the same. They only differ from desktop ones because the larger desktop ones have the plastic locking circle at the back.

I have done this on 2 different laptops, 3 fans on my cooling pad, my 2 desktop fans and 1 GPU fan, so I can confirm that all fans can be fixed up this way.

Just to check, the noise was not there when the laptop was new and now it is there and refuses to go away?

It was exactly the same in my netbook. I even held the fan in my hand then turned the netbook on, the vibration was crazy, that was causing the noise when screwed into the heatsink. 2 mins of greasing and it has held up for 2 years.

I do not know the model of our fans, but I highly recommend just lubricating the one you have now. Save the money for more RAM

Dell Alienware M11X CPU cooling Fan HRN0P 5M8N2 | eBay

that might be the one.

PS: I am in KL too

 

I'll explore it. Thanks!!

 

I think it may be 5M8N2 or HRN0P 5M8N2. I have my in pieces as well at the moment. I froze my heatsink assembly to peel off the thermal goo.

 

This is the one. 5M8N2 .

 

Thanks, Luis! On a simliar note, do you have the part number for the foam pads which go on the underside of the heatsink? (Is there a special part number or can we use any kind of thermal pad?) What about the reddish-brown film that shields the GPU and CPU dies on the mainboard? I can't seem to find the latter at all.

 

Thanks all! Email sent btw just to compare

 

The thermal pad is ok to use any one you want. About the reddish thing, I'm not a 100% sure, can you send us a pic. or something? Do you see any part # on it? DP/N?

E-mail received and replied.

 

Here's a good shot of the film covering the GPU/CPU dies:

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The parts in question are the red and black squares. I assume they shield the rest of the circuitry under the integrated chips.

 

That seems to be part of the thermal pads.

 

Gotcha, so these are just generic thermal "tape" pads? (Silly question, with as much tech I rip apart, I should know this.) I was able to find the foam stuff that sticks to the back of the copper heatsink on frozencpu.com. I don't think I've ever seen the black/red pads though in a regular retail store. I suppose I'll have to browse some more specialty electronics stores.