good place to get fan for laptop??

[Gage8]

a friend needs a new fan for his HP Pavilion N5425. Does anyone know a good place for laptop fans? So far my searching has only brought places that sell everything but fans. This one is the equivilent of a case fan for his laptop, not the cpu fan.

Thanks,
Gage

 

[WobbleWobble]

Some fans may not be removable. On my Thinkpad my fan is part of a larger metal heatpipe. I was hoping ot change it to a quieter fan as well

 

[Zepper]

Check hp parts or digikey.com
.bh.

 

[Gage8]

On closer examination the fan seems to be a generic 25 or 30mm fan. I found this place that has fans. It seems that laptop fans are 5v. What do you guys think?

Gage

 

[WobbleWobble]

Can you use a multimeter to check?

 

[Gage8]

that would be a good idea. I'm going to check it out tomorrow.

you know, i thought there would be more places with laptop fans. I guess there are not too many people that are comfortable working on laptops

 

[Jeff7]

If you take it apart, and find a part number on the piece, check eBay for it.

 

[Gage8]

another good idea. I'll probably google it too.