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Fan malfunction on e6530
I have a Dell Latitude E6530 with a fan malfunction. I have tested the fan by applying 5v to it and it spins without a problem. I measured the voltage at the motherboard connection and it reads 3v,. Is this correct? Has anybody else had this problem?
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ejn63
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May 8th, 2020 15:00
It likely is, but bear in mind the fan also has a sensor onboard -- it feeds back into a detection circuit on the board. If you're seeing a fan failed error, that could have gone bad. That would be the better of the two possibilities - the fan is relatively inexpensive. The other possibility is that it's a thermal sensor on the mainboard that's gone bad -- which would mean a replacement mainboard.
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May 8th, 2020 16:00
Previous owner did say he replaced the fan, which didn't fix the problem, after the laptop developed a fan error. Maybe time for a new motherboard. Thanks for the quick reply.