When my 9-year-old VAIO's fan begin to spin like mad, I got a hunch that it's getting over -- while my hunch immediately became true as the fan soon sounded like a mini-chainsaw.
With several testings in following days, it takes over 10 minutes to start up, slow response to every command, the disk usage is always 100%, plus that when the fan enters chainsaw mode, everything except the mouse cursor freezes.
So it was safe to conclude the fan was undone.
With several testings in following days, it takes over 10 minutes to start up, slow response to every command, the disk usage is always 100%, plus that when the fan enters chainsaw mode, everything except the mouse cursor freezes.
So it was safe to conclude the fan was undone.
I'm not surprised, nor in a panic -- most files on that machine are also on the cloud. Actual loss I can recall would only include the DMC5 OST that I downloaded but haven't unzipped yet, and a few anime episodes (that I nearly dropped), as well as some RSS feeds (should have it exported long time ago).
However, it's also not what I expected.
-- There's no Surface book 3 yet! (ﾟдﾟ)！
Which means I need to accept using my current Surface 3 (works well but 4 GB RAM is apparently not enough for my daily abuse), or try to fix/replace the near-death fan.
Which means I need to accept using my current Surface 3 (works well but 4 GB RAM is apparently not enough for my daily abuse), or try to fix/replace the near-death fan.
On Sunday, I thus experienced my first time laptop dissection.
Of course before that I had no real experience in dealing with computer hardware.
Of course before that I had no real experience in dealing with computer hardware.
Though it was fun (glad I do have screwdrivers in different sizes) and I made to an okay end.
No wonder (literally) everything needs a clean-up, that I almost dump the entire fan plus the whole motherboard into ethanol (what I actually ended up with was consuming half bottle of compressed air).
The fan indeed had physical problem more than a clean-up. Even by spining it by hand it was clear something was wrong around the axle.
Knowing it's better to have it replaced, I wanted to see what would happen with the deep-clean -- result was as expected, that nothing seemed to change.
Knowing it's better to have it replaced, I wanted to see what would happen with the deep-clean -- result was as expected, that nothing seemed to change.
Good enough that Amazon does have fans that are likely to be the same (or fairly close). Once it arrives it would answer whether I can keep abusing this VAIO or downgrade it to another external hard drive.
(While one thing I don't understand is why I had 3 extra screws left after I reassembled it...)
↓ My current setup. Never thought you can arrange two displays vertically. _(:3」∠)_
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↓ Earlier recent things: replacements of my torn-off messenger bag.
why ideology? watch this..
Fabric dyeing and paintings are also fun! |ω・｀)
why ideology? watch this..
Fabric dyeing and paintings are also fun! |ω・｀)