I took had to take out the motherboard to get the fan out. Its not that hard. Be extremely cautious of the connections and the WIFI card connections *Very Fragile*.
Now having the heat sink out i cleaned it and might as well replace the thermal pads and thermal paste. * I replacing the thermal paste with Liquid metal in order to optimize performance *not needed**.
I'm replacing the two fans on my laptop as well, same model. Only one was making noise, but the other appeared loose & I wanted to replace both.
For anyone else looking for fans, I used the DP/N number and and AT1Q... number in large on another label to find the heat sink assembly. From there I found fans sold separately. For my model the Amazon ASIN was B082T1ZK2R, in case this helps anyone else. Check the photos of the seller carefully, as I found differences in fan size, shape, etc..
When I removed the fans, there was black tape, over the fan housing, and the heatsink fins where air is blown out the side of the laptop. Can anyone tell me what kind of tape I can use to replace the old tape? The old tape won't stick anymore.
Doe Johnson
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May 5th, 2020 21:00
yes you can I have same problem.
I took had to take out the motherboard to get the fan out. Its not that hard. Be extremely cautious of the connections and the WIFI card connections *Very Fragile*.
Now having the heat sink out i cleaned it and might as well replace the thermal pads and thermal paste. * I replacing the thermal paste with Liquid metal in order to optimize performance *not needed**.
Here's a link to a good reference:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-17r4-15r3-disassembly-repaste-guide-results.797373/
Also lots of good videos on YouTube to help you disassemble.
CameronTews
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May 7th, 2020 19:00
Thank you very much for the help.
TheProf77
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December 13th, 2020 13:00
Hi,
I'm replacing the two fans on my laptop as well, same model. Only one was making noise, but the other appeared loose & I wanted to replace both.
For anyone else looking for fans, I used the DP/N number and and AT1Q... number in large on another label to find the heat sink assembly. From there I found fans sold separately. For my model the Amazon ASIN was B082T1ZK2R, in case this helps anyone else. Check the photos of the seller carefully, as I found differences in fan size, shape, etc..
When I removed the fans, there was black tape, over the fan housing, and the heatsink fins where air is blown out the side of the laptop. Can anyone tell me what kind of tape I can use to replace the old tape? The old tape won't stick anymore.
Thank you.
...Jim