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From: William R. Walsh on 5 May 2008 23:05
So I did...and the whole story is here. If your Latitude D800 has the same
problem, this might help.

http://12.206.251.215/d800fanrepair/

Comments welcomed.

William


From: Christopher Muto on 6 May 2008 00:01
well done. but i wonder if you asked dell tech support to send you out a
replacement fan or if you asked dell spare parts if you could just order
(buy) one? they seem to be willing to send out spare parts to be installed
at your own risk these days... must have figured out how much it saves them
if they don't have to pay a tech to do it, and it saves the customer from
having to be without their machine if all they have is return to depot
service.

"William R. Walsh" <newsgroups1(a)idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com>
wrote in message news:KVPTj.97526$TT4.53569(a)attbi_s22...
> So I did...and the whole story is here. If your Latitude D800 has the same
> problem, this might help.
>
> http://12.206.251.215/d800fanrepair/
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> William
>
>


From: journey on 6 May 2008 00:22
On Tue, 06 May 2008 03:05:14 GMT, "William R. Walsh"
<newsgroups1(a)idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com> wrote:

>So I did...and the whole story is here. If your Latitude D800 has the same
>problem, this might help.
>
>http://12.206.251.215/d800fanrepair/
>
>Comments welcomed.
>
>William

Pretty damn impressive, and brave. Dell should give you a free
laptop! I like the egg carton idea. Good photos. Is it OK to use
Mobile One synthetic motor oil? I don't have anywhere near the
patience to follow the instructions, much less produce them. Good
job!
From: RnR on 6 May 2008 02:25
On Mon, 05 May 2008 23:22:35 -0500, journey <jouney(a)merr.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 06 May 2008 03:05:14 GMT, "William R. Walsh"
><newsgroups1(a)idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com> wrote:
>
>>So I did...and the whole story is here. If your Latitude D800 has the same
>>problem, this might help.
>>
>>http://12.206.251.215/d800fanrepair/
>>
>>Comments welcomed.
>>
>>William
>
>Pretty damn impressive, and brave. Dell should give you a free
>laptop! I like the egg carton idea. Good photos. Is it OK to use
>Mobile One synthetic motor oil? I don't have anywhere near the
>patience to follow the instructions, much less produce them. Good
>job!


I too once had to remove the paper backing on a pc fan to oil (I
forgot whether I used WD40 or cooking oil now) it up and it has worked
fine since. In fact it is quieter than when it was new. Of course
pc's are easier to work on than laptops but I've already taken apart
some of my laptop so the fear for working on my laptop for me is gone.
I agree a small set of screw drivers is a must.
From: wm_walsh on 6 May 2008 10:29
Hi!

> but i wonder if you asked dell tech support to send
> you out a replacement fan or if you asked dell spare
> parts if you could just order (buy) one?

I never thought of that. Even if I had, I'm not optimistic that they
would have been able to find the piece I needed.

I don't know if I'd recommend this procedure to someone who is not
already a little familiar with laptop repair.

William
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