Most videos are sped up, so I made one explaining the steps. Let me know if this helps. I recommend getting the new fan from Amazon here: bit.ly/dv6-fan
Thank you, my 10 year old laptop has a new fan now and there were zero leftover screws. There were actually 2 missing under the keyboard which was weird since I'm the only owner and this was the first time I had it apart.
I voted down due to missing steps and failure to show what part was replaced. The fan itself or the whole assembly? The service manual have been posted by HP on there support website that gives better info then this video.
nice detail bro but skipping the actual removal of the old and installation of new fan honestly kept this video at an amateur level as far as tutorial guides go. lots of people have never messed with cpu adhesive and when you skipped that part they went and found another video that showed them that part. I think you did great! but that is just a profesional courtesy tip! it would also allow you to add named steps that would allow it to be a step by step from google search. Thanks!
Wow you missed some stuffs, you should delete this video and make a new one where you record when you take apart the laptop or people will destroy theyre laptop watching this video!
Thanks a lot for the video. I was able to switch out the fan with only a minor hiccup. I too had one screw left over. For those attempting this, keep your screws organized, there are a lot of them once you get down to the motherboard.
IVe got 3 teeny tiny screws i couldnt forgot to put it back. Where they might belong? lol Put my Laptop back together, everything is working so far. and the fan noise is gone, and even under stress, cpu doesnt go more than 61 C. And fan doesnt even go crazy fast and loud before :D thx
Rrrrrrggh. I've got a DV6 but your model is slightly different from mine. Or somehow I missed the microscopic screws under the fan that I should have removed first before mangling the old fan. Then I had complications and side effects. Somehow this turned into a five hour project. I'll echo j2d2, try making the video while doing the work, not telling us what you remember doing. I think you missed a few things.
I replaced the fan in mine, everything works but the new fan runs top speed and does not slow or go off. The cores are between 45 and 50 centigrade. any help out there?
Yeah, I took the replacement fan back out, it is wired differently. I spoke with an HP tech and he said it's really important to use HP parts for just this reason. I ended up pulling the seal off the bearing side of the old fan and oiling it. I put new paste on the sink and it's running much cooler and quieter. I'm assuming in the future this fan will get loud again and when it does I'll order the HP fan.
