Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog

I received this notebook from a colleague about a month ago, and it was slightly damaged. Some screws were missing, which wasn't really a problem, but a bigger problem appeared a little later.

First, the parameters. The notebook is relatively slim and comes with an Intel Pentium ULV997 processor and 4 GB of RAM. Not the best, but not the worst either. It would still be more than enough for someone who just wants to browse YouTube and social networks and read emails.

However, after the usual ritual of installing some games and getting caught up in playing Portal for the first time — even though I had wanted to try it for 15 years — a bigger problem appeared. I knew the fan was slightly damaged, but it seemed to be working fine. However, after playing for a while, I heard some scratching and noise, and after a while the notebook shut down. I immediately knew that it had overheated. After disassembling it, I discovered that the fan was missing some blades.



So I did some research on AliExpress to see if it would be possible to order a spare one and whether it would be worth it. I found one for around 6 euros, which was quite reasonable, so I ordered it. It finally arrived yesterday, so I decided to fix the notebook. The great thing is that disassembling and assembling is really easy and everything is easily accessible. The good old days when goods were repairable and accessible!

Everything works now: the notebook is working and the fan is quiet.

One more thing I need to do is wrap the power wires of the fan in something heat-insulating, as the wires are snapped between the motherboard and heat pipe. I'm worried about melting the original insulation.