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Unibody (alum) MacBook fan replacement - warranty?

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henrik-s

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 1, 2008
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Hi.

Recently, my MacBook's fan noise has increased from a whisper to not-so-much. Also, it now has a whirring instead of a whooshing sound. I took it out and cleaned it to no avail. Now, should I just buy a new fan off eBay or take it in to Apple (it's less than 1 years old)?

Thanks for any help.
 
XboxMySocks

XboxMySocks

macrumors 68020
Oct 25, 2009
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A fan's condition isn't assessed by the noise it's making, as long as it's pushing air out properly it's fine. I've worked with electronics that require fans/liquid/lnitrogen cooling, and as long as your c/gpu is getting cooled properly by the fan, until it breaks you don't need to replace it.
 
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