[ltp] A22p, broken fan, need advice

[Steven Marcotte]

IBM has excellent hardware manuals for all their Thinkpads.  The manuals
will show you how to replace every FRU on the system.  Download the one
you need from their website:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=thinkpad+hardware+manual&q2=maintenance&uid=psg1MIGR-39298&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en

I don't know if the parts are compatible, but used fans sell for about
$20 on eBay.  Search for 'A2* fan'.  Also, www.ibm-spare-parts.com has a
large selection of factory direct parts.  Add a little Arctic Silver and
you should up and running.

Good luck,
Quattro


On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 12:46, Matt Graham wrote:
> The fan on my A22p has been making strange noises in the last few days.  Now
> it has completely seized up.  The CPU's still OK as I can get into the BIOS
> Setup without difficulty, but any attempt to boot from the hard disk leads to
> a BIOS-supplied "Fan error.  Press F1 to enter Setup." message.
> 
> Went to IBM's website and found a list of FRUs for the A22p.  "Fan assembly"
> was on there, and they even had a part number.  (They say it isn't
> customer-replaceable, but I have tools and the machine's warranty has been
> expired for 1.5 years now.)  Unfortunately, IBM's "order parts by part number"
> says the part isn't available.  So: can I obtain the part, or would I be
> better off finding the nearest IBM Service Center and paying for the Field
> Circus to do their thing?  I'm not worried about the data on the hard disk
> (regular backups) but money's kind of tight right now.
> 
> FWIW, this is the only problem I've ever had with this machine.  Linux works
> with almost every hardware component (even the WinModem); only TV-out is not
> supported and I could get that by using the VESA X server. Whatever they did
> when they built the A22p, they did it right.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matt G / Dances With Crows
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