How to repair a brushless laptop fan that doesn't spin 

"Hello, this is my bathroom sink" Hahaha great opening line

Thank you very much for this video! I did this 2 weeks ago and it worked perfectly for me...laptop and fan are both working really well. Saved me the $200 the guy at the repair shop wanted. But some tips to add to this video: - Check the exact model of your computer and go to your laptop brand's website to download the user manual for your exact model. I did this and they provide a step to step guide on how to open your laptop - every laptop is different! My laptop had 2 hidden screws I wouldn't have found if I didn't read the manual. - Be careful your hands don't carry any static electricity (walking on a carpet or rubbing against felt can cause this). Make sure you touch an uncovered piece of metal before opening the laptop to discharge it - Don't spin your fan too fast while testing it. Blow on it lightly with your own breath if you need to but using a blow dryer like that is dangerous

Thanks man! You save my days. I have trouble to find the new laptop fan for my friend. Your video working perfectly. Thanks again.

Thank you so much, you people making internet useful.

Very useful post. I used two fingers against the hub connected to the blades and it came apart very nicely. I tried it with my properly running fans and it was far harder. I make a guess the fans that are binding have tighter and newer clearances.

Thanks mate my fan is spinning like a charm, wow, it also allowed me to clean the whole fan , i have subscribed to your channel, Thanks again

Thank you so much my man! Really helped me out here. Used IPA instead of water to clean the fans and some oil for lube. Works like a charm now!

Thank you for your video! Thanks to you, my laptop gets to stay a little bit longer. Cheers!

TYVM! I was prepared to buy a new laptop, but after seeing this video, i've managed to stop the montruos continuously sound the fan was making. Vaseline to the rescue! :D

thanks dude. was pretty easy, after you explained it. now my CPU aint melting no more

i don't have word to say that , but i'm think you are my hero man ! THANKS A LOT!

I would not recommend using a powerful blow dryer like the one on the video. Exceeding the rotation speed for the specifications of the fan might actually damage it, as it was not designed to spin so fast. I recommend stopping the fan from moving with your finger when air (vacuum cleaner, compressed air, etc) is used to remove the dust around it. I also recommend using a medium or small brush to wipe the dust off more easily. Other than that, it's a good video for those who want to know how to clean a laptop fan.

thanks bro, your video has been of great help.

Cheers for the video, fixed my laptop!

Thank you for this. This is so great!!!

Excellent, it works! Saved a lot of time and money, thank you very much!!!

This was very helpful for me. Thank you.

Thanks, this video helped save my graphics card fan.

thanks you for your video.i disamble my fan.clean it and now my temps are goin down and fan is spinning like wild. :)

Thanks. I hope I can apply this to the Late 2010 iMac's left fan. How would you know if you want need to rewind a computer's fan and do you have a link on how to rewind the fan, if rewinding is the fix? Thank you. God bless, Proverbs 31

This actually works, thank you !

Wow, i dont know how to thank you :D i was trying to fix that problem like 3hours and nothing helped

Thanks for this awesome guide.... It works for me... :D For those who asked whether oil do the job.. The answer is "not really".....Applying a small amount of cooking oil wont work as effective as grease.... Cooking oil seems lubricating, yes. but it does not specialize and use as a lubricant substance. Take note that your fan might shoots temperature as high as 90-110 degree (crucial state).... This will eventually cause the oil you apply to be evaporated...Hence no more lubricant to lubricate the rotary motion inside the fan. As a result a squeking sound or buzzing sound will come once again. Hence, a high temperature grease would be an outstanding option for every case. To be exact i use bearing grease where it can withstand high friction temperature. P/S: Justification made based on my experience. Good Luck Guys.

DUDE THIS FUCKING HELPED ME, FAN WAS NOT MOVING A BIT, LAPTOP WAS SHUTTING DOWN IN SECONDS. TURNS OUT HAD TO JUST LUBRICATE IT A BIT. a blow with my mouth moved it like a gyroscope. THANKS A MILLION

That was very useful, thank you very much!

Thank you so much I was trying so hard to pull apart and it wouldn't move, almost broke the board. Mine was so stuck I had to wedge small pliers under, because it was FULL of fine dust in the hub...

Thank you so much.. Your video saved my day👍

Hey , my acer fan is not makin noise at all, is it broken or what? It keeps shuttin down suddenly after get overheated, how do I fix this n kno if the fan is broken or just jammed?

Finally someone with my issue

Very Helpful bro,thank you

Watching this in April 2020. This helped for my Acer Predator Helios 300, my GPU Fan is working again! THANK YOU SO MUCH ;u;

hi, I am using Dell Inspiron 3521 model, I tried to clean my fan but I can't able to remove blade from the case. my fan making too much noise. Any suggestion

Thanks, where is the best source for replacing fan? HP dv7t-6100. HP does not have. Amazon one has poor reviews. Thank You.

Hello, thanks for the video. I have a HP laptop and the fan hasn't been working lately; and during the startup, there was a message saying that the fan isn't working properly. And this is true, because the fan hasn't been turning on for a while. So I checked the fan by opening up the laptop and system board to get to the fan. There seems nothing wrong with the fan (except a minor scratch / crack in the plastic cover of the fan), and the fan spins well when I blow air to it... Do you think the problem is with the fan itself, and I need to replace the fan? Thanks

There's resistance if I pull the blades. They'll break if I try to force it. Suggestions? The other end to access the bearing (beneath sticker) has a metal cap that doesn't just pop off so I'm not sure how else to get lubricant in there.

Hi , my fan spins fine , but it has a pretty low buzzing noise, i think its dust, when i clean it should i put grease? Its 1 year old i dont want to put grease and end up making it spin more than what is it made for.

Helped me. Thanks a lot!

Thanks a bunch dude. This video saved my hide.

Goated tutorial right here. Still working in 2024

Thanks William!

They make Turbine oil which I have used for decades repairing all kinds of fans. Bottle has a pull out tube to get into oil felt cups on most fans. I think in your example white lithium grease would work better than car grease. (less viscous)

Good advice thanks! I didn't know that a laptop fan was serviceable. Repaired my Eebox B1502 fan with your technique and a little dab of lithium grease (I usually use this on plastic gears on Laserdisc players and so on), worked like a charm! Cheers!

Thank you Yu, very cool :D

I have a Dell Latitude e6400, lately its fan started to make alittle bit of noise.. Anyways, the fan impeller seems to be not strong to disassemble it (The plastic compound is almost soft and can get break as I am pullin' it), unlike your fan seems to be kinda solid. I just wanna know a way to pull the impeller, any suggestions please?

I'm going to try this before ordering a new one!

After lub the noisy fan with grease , how much time can keep quite until next noisy?

using rubbing alcohol instead of water to clean the parts it's much safer and actually removes particles water doesn't.

THANKS BRO IT DID HELP ME FIX MY FAN CHEERS

can you make a video of opening, sunon brushless fan , it's pretty hard to work with..

Allright, I think I have the same type of fan in my GE62 2QF MSI laptop. For the second time now a fan is failing for some reason. When the RPM increases it starts to play really loud rattling noise and vibrate. It does not happen all the time (yet), it sometimes stops when I tilt the laptop, starts again when I move it or tilt again, evntually (from experience) it will start to rattle as soon as I turn the laptop on. The thing is, MSI does not provide info on what failed exactly. Do you have any idea? I'd say the bearing, but then again it would just make the sound all the time from the moment it started. It looks more like the ribs of the fan brush over something.

nice video,.....if there is still space... might be better if coupled thin ring , is it possible ?

Hi, my fan is wobbly how can i repair that is that a problem of dust or the shaft is broken?

Thanks for the solution 🙏

Thanks for this video. Thanks to it, I know how to remove the fan of the laptop cpu cooling fan. Berore I didn't know that just pulling out the propeller could remove the propeller. My laptop cpu fan is not working. after removing the propeller, dusting it off, adding oil, my fan is back up.

If I hadn't found this video my laptops fan would be dead right now. It started making noises it shouldn't make and was not blowing any air at all. Is it okay if I don't lubricate it at all?

What type of tape is used to connect the fan to heaksinks?

Hi will this fix a cpu fan failure error?

How can I know if the fan is not working because of dirt or anything else? the fan doesnt feel stuck or hard or anything, but when my laptop is running the fan keeps moving like trying to spin and sometimes it spins a little but too slow and then it stops again and start moving like shaking

hi. my dell latitude e7250 CPU fan does not work (actually I broke it). I can not replace it with a new one. because of some reasons. can you help me to repair my old fan or create a new one?

thx so much it worked for my 1080ti fan

I couldn't take off the spinning part of the fan. I even used force but I couldn't. And this way I can't clean the center neither lubricate it. My fan is: Sunon Maglev MF60090V1-C210-G99. Can you help me plz?

Thanks alot, i was able to disssemble and clean my fan.. You saved my wallet.

Thank you. I've tried this using all purpose oil and my laptop fan works again. But fan starts and stops and still overheats.

The rod of my cooler is fixed on the coil and it's wobbling, and I don't know how to remove this rod to see why it is wobbling, any tips?

Bro you saved my 20 $ and the pain of going to the shop. Thanks a million times.

my computer came up with a fan error and i did everything shown in this video and it spins much quieter it is not over heating but my laptop still shows me a fan error each time i start up and gives me an option (press f1 to continue)

[GOOD TIP] For better cleaning the radiator fins where dust piled at the fanning end you have to use soapy water dipped tooth brush and carefully clean those fin holes after vacuuming and removing big bust piles on the fins. Then use moist brushing second third times to remove the soapy moisture out fins with careful brushing, you will see a lot of dirt on the brush. Because micro dust particles settled on the fin surfaces and soapy water brushing after vacuuming will do 2nd stage better cleaning of fins so next time the dust wont settle inside the fins so frequently.

I had the same problem, exclusively with the GPU fan. Initially, I took it to a repair shop and he barely looked at the GPU fan before suggesting I need to change BOTH fans. I didn't trust him so I went to another shop, who suggested that he would clean the laptop which should fix the problem. So I paid the second shop but the problem was still here. This video was the actual solution. Now I am seriously starting to doubt these "professionals". Cheers.

what do I do if the fan blade assembly wont come off, as your did ?

Probably too late but: Asus R510J Fan started to make loud sounds for abour 2 weeks, didn't care much. Then games went really slow, Laptop was very very hot! Almost no Air coming out of the side of the laptop. Cleaned the fan from the outside with a vacuumer, got alot of dust out. Works a tiny bit better but Laptop still very very hot, fan doesn't spin the same amount (looking at graphs) and it just doesn't ventilate enough. Any ideas? Thanks

simple y preciso muchas gracias

gihabyte amd 780 gma fan its foxconn brushless fan model pva 070 e12 L stuck and i cant take it apart like u did when i try i hear like some thing broke in it any idea ???

Thank You ❤

Are there any fans which cannot be disassembled?

HELLO MY LAPTOP FAN OF DELL G3 HAS NO SCREW AND IS MAKING NOISE . PLSS ADVICE.

thank you so much

In my laptop fan it does not have screws at fan cover. Cant open it!

what kind of grase can i use??

well i tried this method couple of times even before watching your video but it keeps jamming up... now i am thinking may be it's because of the bad starter capacitor and might need a replacement (just the coil part)

Thank you so much

You save me a Laptop!!! Thanks

thank you very much.

William Yu How the hell did you remove the fan??? mine is like stuck hard like something is holding it down :3 can you perhaps give a hint about that??

Did not helped in my case for some reason. I have exact same fan on my HP laptop, I cleaned it well, used a bit of oil from Victorinox (swiss knifes manufacturer). When I power on laptop, fan just twitches and that’s it.

It's like putting metal in the microwave. If you know the trick you can and you can even wash your motherboard in a dishwasher! LOL

Danger! Danger, Will Robinson! The DC motor can sometimes be housed in reverse with the blade part, such as Sunon fans. Trying to takes these fans apart will likely result in a broken fan. Not all Dell laptops or notebooks use the same fan design. Proceed at your own risk.

Mine makes squeking sound so loud,maybe i should try to do this fix

Can't get blades off mines, it's a Sunon Maglev MF60090V1-C450-G99

I just pulled mine apart and the pin snapped of. I guess the pin was jammed on the bearing. I’m so pissed

Thank you

i used to relace the fan as i didnot know it can be cleaned , at repair shop they replace not clean and we pay.

so uh, i was just using my laptop.. and i turned it sideways for some reason. and something went into the fan and i think it jammed it. now every so often, i hear a loud noise like something moving and then the fan goes fucking crazy

My fan spins by hand but not by itself. What should I do?

Hello, I damaged my laptop by water , i wanted to grab something and then my glass with water fell next to the laptop. Some of the water came in the part where the fan is, how can i solve this problem? my laptop wont turn.on anymore :(. thanks already

Mine the wire got cut how to fix it the wire please

actualy brushless motors can survive water but i am not sure about that cercuit bord

It spin freely but not working what can i do

yes i can't get the blades off too

My fan says brushless but it doesn't come off when i pull it i need help

Can you replace the use of grease with thermal paste?