[ltp] x61: Fan error

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 02 Apr 2015, Paul Bolle wrote:
> This is what I did: I sprayed some canned air into the fan (X61 shut
> down, battery removed, but nothing disassembled: ie, I sprayed the fan
> from the outside!). Even my dysfunctional ears could here the fan
> rotating at high speed after the flow of air had stopped.

Never do this.  It can damage the fan circuitry.  Always lock the fan blades
when air-blasting them, so that they won't rotate at very high speeds.

You were lucky the thinkpad fans and fan drivers are of a much better
quality than most.

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  Henrique Holschuh