Fan dying - UK cost to repair & turn around time

[Aegelward]

Hey, my macbook's fan is slowly dying, the noise is steadily increasing and becoming more disruptive.

It's a 2009, so well out of warranty, so i'm unsure of the costs - OEM fans i've seen online seem to go around £40 but i've read reports that apple themselves only charge £15 for the parts and repairs, but i'm not sure if that only applies to a machine under apple care.

I also really need to know the turnaround time - at the moment my macbook is the only computer i have access to. So i need it ASAP.

 

[sparkyms]

If you take it in to get it checked at the store, they'll tell you the turnaround, cost and stuff for free - no obligation.

Anything posted here will be merely opinion.

Have you opened the back up to take a look for a lot of build up of dirt, opened my wife's 2009 MBP recently and there was a lot of dust in there that wouldn't be helping things.

 

[Bear]

... but i've read reports that apple themselves only charge £15 for the parts and repairs, but i'm not sure if that only applies to a machine under apple care.
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Apple wouldn't charge for items covered under AppleCare. Definitely go to Apple and ask how much. Then you can decide what you want to do.