Noisy Laptop Fan (Acer Swift SF314) - LFC#219

In this video we're looking at an Acer Swift with a busted cooling fan, but when dealing with a 'noisy fan' is very important to identify if the fan is busted, or just loud. I had another job after recording this video where the customer requested a replacement fan in their laptop, but when I inspected it, there was nothing wrong with the fan, the laptop was just running hot. Don't get caught out!

[Adamant_IT]

Another simple one today folks, I've got bigger stuff in the works, it's just not quite ready! However, I'm also making time for these 'basics' videos because a lot of people ask me where to start with repairs - and this is it. This kind of work is what I call 'fundamentals', just simple parts replacement jobs. Identify damaged part, locate replacement, order, replace, done. Be it a fan, a hard drive, or an LCD panel, these kinds of jobs pay most of the bills.

[wantomek]

we usually replace the paste for good measure even on Atom and Celeron CPU's, but straight forward video on an easy repair.

[khareckless]

My Dell laptop started having the same problem this morning out of the blue. As I have some experience I started looking around, but didn't find anything concrete. Your video with the brilliant demonstration of a "motorbike laptop" was exactly what I was looking for

[benamvs]

remember to detach the battery's cable next time, even if the laptop is turned off, a small screw could cause a huge problem and can even break the whole motherboard if it falls somewhere there

[AvianDnD]

I just slap mine a bit till the fan starts spinning normally again. Easy fix

[sombradeoro]

I am extremely grateful for this video. I want to express my profound gratitude to you, sir. I hate when I send my laptop to a repair shop and they did a shit job on repairing my laptop. I want to learn this kind of thing by myself. I do not want to get ripped off as well. Thank you, good sir. Keep on posting your videos!!!

[pbrocketGT]

Thanks for the tip about the wobbling fan! Didn't know that's a tell tale sign that a fan is broken

[Connor-Auto]

When your laptop sounds like a dirtbike XD

[sanashams]

Me: watching this video
My laptop: don't even think about it

[markh]

Also, briefly place piece of paper over the intake grill and see if it sticks 👍

[Madelong]

i have a lenovo y540 and only with this video i could figure out what it was. perfectly explained. my next step is to buy the new fan, thanks for your vid

[Arek_R.]

That was easy one.
In some laptops you need to take entire thing completly apart to access the fan...

[Ratchet_effect]

Reminded me of the old MFM and RLL Hard drives when, they where on the last legs & the odd Quantum IDE would make a similar sound. 👍

[HDitzzDH]

My fan sounds completely fine, but every once in a while if I pick up my laptop, change position etc the fan can all of the sudden start to screech pretty loudly and it does so continuously for 10-15 seconds, then it goes back to normal. This can even happen if the laptop is stationary. I've noticed that giving the backside a "light" bang when it happens fixes it almost immediately. I don't know what the problem could be. I got an HP EliteBook 820.

[CarlMahnke]

The cheapest fan for my MSI GS65 was about 40 USD - and that was already from china. In the end the new fan broke after 1 week. This is a real pain!

[JessicaFEREM]

that MBA is very rebellious, most macs don't ever see fan speeds half that high, but this one wanted to live

[snnerbakk]

Got the same laptop for a nice price (350 something USD), but it was the Ryzen one.

Been searching across YouTube on how to increase its lifespan considering how cheap it is and I just saw this on my recommended. Thanks for the vid dude.

[Faisal-lbrf]

that's replacement not a fix.. I have old laptop with no spare parts available, this "fix" doesn't help.

[TomsManShed]

That noise was hilarious sounded like a whoopy cushion :)

[Unverbaut]

I Love your videos, the desktop PC ones are my favorite though. I just wanted to note, that you missed a 3 in the title.
Keep up the great work!