broken laptop

The fan of my homeserver laptop gave up on me in a rather noisy way. Fortunately I bought an Acer One with XP last year so I put that in place, which is a good thing: less powerconsumption and less space.



As it happens, the netbook is more powerful than the inspiron...

The fan of the dell inspiron is a servicable part, so far for the good news. The bad news: the system board needs to be removed.

 
Fortunately the manual is online and if you follow the instructions it is almost a no-brainer.
I sprayed some teflon spray in the fan and reassembled everything. Alas, no luck.
I have no immediate use for this machine so I hate to spend money on it, we'll see.