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Laptop fan spinning very slowly and making lot of noise

AncientPistol
By AncientPistol
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I have a 2.5yr old MSI GL63 8RE laptop, it has two fans and one of them has started making a lot of rattling/scratching noise and spinning very slowly (400-500 rpm, usually spins at about 5k rpm). There is basically no airflow from it. I opened the back panel of the laptop and trying to spin the fan manually and it is providing a lot of resistance and not spinning freely.

 

One thing I did notice is that sometimes for a few moments it gets "unstuck" from whatever problem it is having and spins up to about 1-2k rpm and noise goes down. But that only happens for a second or two and then back to noisy rattling mode. Is there a DIY solution I can try or do I need to take it in to a service center?

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DIY solution would be to change whole thing. Because without knowing what the actual issue is, there's no knowing if it can be fixed.

 

If you can take it out and see if blades are broken or something has come loose under it, that would help.

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