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Repair MacBook Pro cooling fan rattling
I had the exact same problem with my right (GPU) fan on my MacBookPro4,1.
Repair MacBook Pro cooling fan rattling
I had Apple answer that that noise was normal (!!!) and they didn't replace it while in warranty…
Repair MacBook Pro cooling fan rattling
I’m surprised that Apple may have charged so little. It’s not that the repair is difficult (I did mine last month) – and obviously Apple buys millions of little fans so their wholesale cost per fan is extremely low – but it does require one to remove many tiny screws; and it takes time to carefully clean the heat sink fins. The job took me 45 minutes; my fan cost $53.12, brand new, delivered to New York from iFixit. I could have paid less, but iFixit posts outstanding tear-down guides online – I support them.
That said, my closest Apple store is 20 minutes away; I might have paid Apple to do it had I known they charge less than $30. But I enjoyed making the repair myself; and since I meticulously cleaned the inside of my MacBook (the heat sink radiator fins were choked with dust) my fan-speeds now hover much lower than before. Had I cleaned this dust a few years ago, my fan may have lasted longer than four years – it certainly would have spun slower and made less noise when it was healthy!
Repair MacBook Pro cooling fan rattling
I feel I kinda need to justify why I got Apple to do the repair for me. |
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