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    Data Protection: Drive/Disk Recovery Plans Recommended? Also, Cloud v. Local Backups?

    I’m upgrading my laptop’s storage, and on the site, Amazon offers a low-cost warranty ($15 for 3 years of coverage) on a drive that is about $120. I’ve been researching whether this is really worth it or not, since after tax the total cost rises to about $150 (I’m leaning towards yes. $15 lost...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Yeah, taking out and putting the RAM back in did the trick. Windows recognizes it correctly now. @PeterOz Yeah that’s probably what it’s doing. Yes, they do turn on once it gets hotter, I was just asking for better control of my device. It’s not really a problem, since under gaming it’s not...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Update: It appears that one of my RAM sticks is not recognized by Windows. I’m going to try reinstalling them, but it’s real late now so I’ll do that tomorrow.
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Before the mods close this thread, however, I’d like to ask another question. I notice on my Predator Sense that once the cpu/gpu reaches a certain threshold (i.e. the temps are < 40 degrees or something) it ignores my custom fan speeds and just turns off. Setting them to max manually still...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    OH MY ***!!!! It’s a miracle against all odds! I honestly did not expect the replacement fans to work, but work THEY DO!!! Thanks a billion for your invaluable help, @PeterOz. Fans are spinning, and I’m getting delightful idle temps at in the high 30- low 50 degrees Celsius range. Can’t wait...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    The AFTER image: As you can see, there’s still a blackness to it I’m unable to remove. Possible burn mark?
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Well I went ahead and re-attached heat sink anyway. I plugged fans in as said above. I noticed a bit of weird substance on one of the motherboard components. It’s the PL7103 and to lesser degree PL1801. I cleaned that gunk off with a tiny bit of the same 91% isopropyl alcohol on coffee...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Hi, @veeg @PeterOz Sorry for the delay. I applied the thermal paste using the spatula/spread method today. Is this the right amount, or too much?
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Yes, thank you for the reply. I guess I will use Kryonaut’s recommended method this time (using spatula they give to spread it out). My new fans do not have that little white dot, so I double checked with my original fans and videos online: the side with the white dot (that goes up) has these 4...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Tangential question: Since this was also my first thermal paste change, and I am now opening it up again for the first time since then, did I apply the right amount? I did the pea method, and I think it seems to have expanded to cover the CPU/GPU, but what do you think? Also, should I...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    My replacement fans came in today. I’m going to change them out. Here’s hoping this does the trick. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Ah, thanks. (I don’t know what PEBKAC is either, sorry) Okay so I found and bought two replacement fans from ebay (brand new obviously). They’re the same as the Amazon ones but slightly cheaper, also free returns. They were $10 each, but I was a bit disappointed that I could only find ones with...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Hi PeterOz, Yeah, I found that online too. I think the fan is $25-$30 depending on the vendor. The model of laptop is not exactly mine, but the fan looks identical to the one I got (I will double check that against photos I took during disassembly) but it looks right, like it would fit inside...
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Any advice for properly connecting a different fan (3 pin vs 4)?
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    Solved Laptop Fans Unresponsive After Paste Change

    Thanks, PeterOz. I’m not sure if I have an extra laptop fan. I do have some old computers, but I’ve been using my old cheap laptop from 2011 as a temporary backup. I don’t want to risk doing anything to that one, since it’s way past it’s expiration date as it is. I’ll see maybe if I can find one...
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