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    P34W Fan Issue

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by ehou333, Apr 9, 2018.

  1. ehou333

    ehou333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently the CPU fan in my P34WV5 started making a faint clickly like sound. I opened it up and cleaned it out, but it didn't help. From google searching, it might be that I need to lube my fan? But its not clear how to do it, what to use, and it might involve drilling a hole in my fan which I don't have the tools for. Does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can try? Or alternatively, I know some people on this forum have bought broken P34 for certain parts/the case. If anyone can sell me the left CPU fan, that would be great too.
     
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    rinneh Notebook Prophet

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    If you diassemble the heatsink you should be able to check on the fan stickers what the partnumbers are. Look for those on ebay and aliexpress. 9 out of 10 times you can find a replacement there for not too much money.
     
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    ehou333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did, but it seems like the part number is for a variety of fan case shapes. The closest I could find is a GPU fan on ebay uk https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Gigabyte-14-P34-GPU-Cooling-Fan-DFS481305MC0T-/253225865048

    When I search what I think is the part number DFS481305MC0T, I get a ton of hits for random laptop fans that have different shaped fan casings, but if I add gigabyte to it, or search with some of the other numbers on the fan, I don't get any results.
     
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