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Dead fan, thought MacBook was a goner

by jkirchdoerfer

My Problem

Fan would not work even with programs to force it to run at higher RPM

My Fix

Bought a new fan and spudger from ifixit, actually bought two new fans because my first order was for the wrong fan.

Took about 2 hours.

No problems.

No pictures, I was expecting this to be a lot more frustrating.

My Advice

- Read the instructions, fully. I missed a sentence and got pretty confused.

- I spread the instruction sheets on my work table and placed each screw that I removed on the instruction sheet where it is pointed out. When I put it back together, I knew which screw went where. I think this saved me a lot of head ache.