MSI GT70 fan fix

[OzzyIain]

This is more of a tutorial as to what to do when you have a laptop fan that overheats becuase the fan breaks and it shuts down. My computer has been a humble steed for many years. I use my good old GT70 dominator for my automated trading. The other day after what was probably approx 5 years of constantly being on..(this is not a exageration) my fan finally broke. Sadly in the world of everything being bought online this means you cant just pop down to the shop and buy a new one. A quick ebay purchase and im 2>3 business days away from my fan arriving. But I need my computer to work, what to do? buy a new one? No. Thankfuly i had a bottle of wine and after a couple of glasses i had an idea. Take my desk fan, rasie the laptop on bricks and cool it this way.  Oh and to my surprise its running 20 degrees cooler under load. note for anyone in this predicatment with a laptop. You will need to leave the broken fan jumper on so the computer still boots. pics attached.