Replacing HP fan

[Nova Swing]

Hi, first post in a while... I think I'm in over my head.

Sister wants to give her HP Pavilion dv6-6052ea laptop to dad. It's a decent one with a graphics card, however the fan is playing up and was getting hot.

It was giving a fan failure message on start-up (before Windows kicked in), but I followed some instructions and did a hard reset, which has cleared the message.

Temps seemed ok after that but the fan is making a hell of a noise.

So, it's my job to replace the fan. I have an idea of what part to get and will follow a Youtube disassembly video. However I am now worried that the issue might be the graphics card fan.

All info online only talks about the CPU fan and heatsink. Nothing for models with a GFX card (and I don't know what GFX card off-hand but can get the info tonight if it helps).

Problem is that with pets/Xmas etc, I have to take it apart, replace the fan and put it back together in one night, so I'm trying to buy the parts I need first rather than open it up and see if the GFX card has a fan.

So, does anybody know if the card will have it's own fan, or should I be quite safe in ordering the CPU fan, assuming that's the only one in there and is causing the problem?

Sorry if it's a dumb/unanswerable question. I kind of know my way round a desktop but a laptop just had well be rocket ship to me.

Oh, and will I need thermal paste for the fan either for GFX card or CPU?

Hope somebody can help... My dad would love this laptop. 67 and still likes to play the odd game. His old desktop PC has had it though!

Thanks.

 

[s452]

most basic laptops have only 1 fan in, with a heatsink system that connects to both the GPU and CPU. the chances are its the same fan. personally I would just take it apart to be 100% sure on the parts you need (if any). It could simply jsut be a huge clump of dust blocking the fan or the exhaust.

 

[dirtybeatfreak]

You need the heatsink/fan for the dv6-6050 (or even 6000) series, look for that rather than your exact model number.

If you remove the Heat sink you will need thermal paste yea. I haven't repaired one of these for a while but iirc the GPU uses the same fan as the CPU.

If the fan is spinning and the temps are ok, are you sure you need a new fan? Might be screws have come loose or a foreign object obstructing the fan. Sometimes the shroud on the fan can bent downwards too and cause a racket.

 

[Nova Swing]

Thanks for the replies. I'm pretty sure it needs a new fan as sister has already taken it to a PC shop for repair. They took it apart and cleaned it all up and said it would be ok. Lasted two weeks - £60! So I guess next step has to be a fan really.

I've been messing with it all week. Some odd stuff really. Speed fan says 0 rpm and won't let me change it, so it just seems dead.

I'm now stuck on choosing the fan/heat sink for the right card will have a look at the dv6- 6500. From my reading there are different units for the 1gb Radeon card model to the 2 gb model. Thing is, I can't find out which model the laptop has. Dx diag always gives me the integrated graphics spec. I've tried launching a game so the card switches in then running Dx diag but still no joy. Same thing on hw monitor. Tried disabling integrated graphics in device manager and still can't get info on the Radeon!

Strange thing with HW Monitor too. At first it was showing a Radeon 6490m. Then I'd disabled the integrated graphics to check and since then it switched to show details on the integrated graphics. Even enabling them so it should have been in the before state doesn't bring the card details back.

So as I said in my OP, in over my head.

But maybe not so desperate... I've cleaned PC up and installed windows 10 and it runs fine. Temps look ok and it's pretty stable. Played Trackmania for a bit and no extreme temps. Long term, I guess it may be baking inside but at least my dad can use it, whilst I get prepared for the big fan replacement job!

Thanks again for responding.

 

[MouthBoy]

I actually have the same laptop as you and I must say that my fan is nearly always on, but nothing too distracting if that makes sense.

I have just changed the HDD for an SSD and upgraded to 8gb RAM. I found out the best way to take my laptop apart using the following guide.

GUIDE

It really goes all the way to a full disassemble. Just take your time with it and ensure you have a decent amount of space to work in.

I am actually interested in how this goes for you as I am tempted to redo my thermal paste at some point, so please let me know if you run into any issues.