I recently borrowed a laptop from my dad, and the internal fan has stopped working.
I use it to play video games and so far it's 75+ degrees when just watching videos. I used to get 50+ fps in overwatch but now its down to 6.
I am far from any technicians, nor do I have the time to get it fixed since I'll be travelling soon.
Is it possible for me to get a good temperature drop with an external cooling pad?
Sorry I'm not good with these
You will fuck it up completely if you keep using it
>>151371
No.
You'll probably kill it running it with no fan at all.
Laptops have had active cooling since 1995 or so, and active cooling simply doesn't work at all without the fan. The ducting is too enclosed for any kind of convection like you'd get if your desktop's fan failed.
Google "<your laptop> service manual", get a "<your laptop> fan" off eBay, some thermal paste and (if your laptop uses them) a slice of thermal pad, and change it yourself.
Be methodical, take photos of any wires that go through channels or slots, and get a bit of paper, put every screw you take out on it, and label them.
You'll do fine.
>>151385
Thank you for your help!
I tried taking the screws off but they seem to be badly stuck. I guess I'll have to take it somewhere after all.
