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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / December 2006Replacement for noisy G4 Powerbook fan?
I bought a 15" Powerbook G4 (1.67GHz, Superdrive) a little over a year ago, which probably means that my warranty has expired, which in turn means that I can do anything with my machine ;-) One slight (sometimes more than slight if I run "heavy" tasks for extended periods of time) is the (IMHO) rather noisy cooling fan inside the computer. I'm sure Apple didn't pick the quietest fan around (more likely they picked the one they could get the best deal on), so I'm wondering if there are better replacements available with the same size, voltage, effect etc? > I bought a 15" Powerbook G4 (1.67GHz, Superdrive) a little over a year > ago, which probably means that my warranty has expired, which in turn [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > there are better replacements available with the same size, voltage, > effect etc? http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1393_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Left_Fan.html http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1394_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Right_Fan.html > > I'm sure Apple didn't pick the quietest fan around (more likely they > > picked the one they could get the best deal on), so I'm wondering if [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1394_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Right_Fan.html Well, it says "Used, fully tested" which to me indicates that these are original fans from otherwise broken Powerbooks. My fan works perfectly well, but if there are better replacements out there that don't make as much noise I would like to replace it. > > I'm sure Apple didn't pick the quietest fan around (more likely they > > picked the one they could get the best deal on), so I'm wondering if [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1394_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Right_Fan.html Well, it says "Used, fully tested" which to me indicates that these are original fans from otherwise broken Powerbooks. My fan works perfectly well, but if there are better replacements out there that don't make as much noise I would like to replace it. > > I'm sure Apple didn't pick the quietest fan around (more likely they > > picked the one they could get the best deal on), so I'm wondering if [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1394_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Right_Fan.html Well, it says "Used, fully tested" which to me indicates that these are original fans from otherwise broken Powerbooks. My fan works perfectly well, but if there are better replacements out there that don't make as much noise I would like to replace it. > > I'm sure Apple didn't pick the quietest fan around (more likely they > > picked the one they could get the best deal on), so I'm wondering if [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product_1394_G4_Aluminum_15_167_GHz_Right_Fan.html Well, it says "Used, fully tested" which to me indicates that these are original fans from otherwise broken Powerbooks. My fan works perfectly well, but if there are better replacements out there that don't make as much noise I would like to replace it. |
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