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2006 13" White Macbook Fan Replacement

I fixed my vintage Macbook.  After 6 years, the fan started to give out.  It made a horrific noise like this.  I called to see if the Apple Store would fix it.  They called my computer, "vintage" and said that they don't service my kind anymore.

That's OK.  I had taken my computer apart to upgrade the RAM and the HD before.  Could the fan be much more difficult?  (The answer is, yes. I soon found out that the only thing more difficult to replace is the motherboard itself.)

I took it all apart, took out the old fan, dusted the innards as best as I could, disolved the hardened thermal paste on the heat sync, only to find out that I purchased the wrong fan.  So my computer sat in pieces for a week before the correct part arrived in the mail.  (Fortunately, those replacement parts were only about $15.)

35 screws later, my computer is working as good as new.  Now all I have to do is figure out what to do with the 5 extra screws I have leftover...

Sorry for not posting a better pic.  I forgot to snap a shot when the topcase was removed.

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  1. geo.corujaSun Feb 05, 10:51:00 AM MST

    Hey! we are trying to do the same thing but we are having trouble figuring out what fan to buy. Some of the ones online with the same model number as our broken one don't look like our fan...Where did you get your fan?

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  2. Bryan TannerSun Feb 05, 01:30:00 PM MST

    Geo.coruja—here's the ebay page for the fan replacement part: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300525805450&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:1123

    Important facts:
    APPLE Macbook A1181 13" Laptop CPU Cooling Fan 922-7372

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  3. geo.corujaSun Feb 05, 01:33:00 PM MST

    great, thanks! Here's hoping we'll be as successful as you were!

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