Help ASAP Please! HP Fan Issues, Computer already disassembled

dakoscwash · 07-11-2008, 01:48 PM

Hello everyone, I've had a HP dv8000t notebook for 2 years now and the fan recently died on me. They dont stock them on hp's site anymore but I recently found one on ebay, part number 403826-001. Now I disassemble my computer only to find out it's the wrong fan. (The actual spinning bit is in a different location as well as a heatsink) I guess dv8000 notebooks can have different fans. Anyway I can't find the correct fan anywhere and I don't want to remove the fan that is currently in (removing thermal paste etc.) just to find the part number which is on the bottom. Now I did remove a lottt of dust and stuff with compressed air, so is there any way to test the current fan with out putting everything back together(literally the whole computer, pain in the butt) Or, is there a way to remove only the spinning fan bit from the new fan and attach it to the old one. Sorry but I'm in a real bind here and do not know what to do. Thanks in advance.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-11-2008, 03:39 PM

you want to test the new fan if it is spinning?

dakoscwash · 07-13-2008, 08:48 AM

yes i was wondering if there is any way to test if it works properly without reassembling the entire machine.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-13-2008, 09:32 AM

yes you can but you have wire it to a DC battery.

07-11-2008, 01:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
dakoscwash Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Help ASAP Please! HP Fan Issues, Computer already disassembled Hello everyone, I've had a HP dv8000t notebook for 2 years now and the fan recently died on me. They dont stock them on hp's site anymore but I recently found one on ebay, part number 403826-001. Now I disassemble my computer only to find out it's the wrong fan. (The actual spinning bit is in a different location as well as a heatsink) I guess dv8000 notebooks can have different fans. Anyway I can't find the correct fan anywhere and I don't want to remove the fan that is currently in (removing thermal paste etc.) just to find the part number which is on the bottom. Now I did remove a lottt of dust and stuff with compressed air, so is there any way to test the current fan with out putting everything back together(literally the whole computer, pain in the butt) Or, is there a way to remove only the spinning fan bit from the new fan and attach it to the old one. Sorry but I'm in a real bind here and do not know what to do. Thanks in advance.

07-11-2008, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Help ASAP Please! HP Fan Issues, Computer already disassembled you want to test the new fan if it is spinning? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-13-2008, 08:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
dakoscwash Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Help ASAP Please! HP Fan Issues, Computer already disassembled yes i was wondering if there is any way to test if it works properly without reassembling the entire machine.

07-13-2008, 09:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Help ASAP Please! HP Fan Issues, Computer already disassembled yes you can but you have wire it to a DC battery. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE