dstrakele wrote: Could be a bad bearing in the fan. How comfortable are you disassembling/assembling laptops? Ever done it before?
yes that should be no problem assuming I can figure out what part to order. the fan in question appears to be located at the far right rear of the unit, although I have not yet opened it to investigate.
You can probably get the part number from contacting ASUS. What you have to decide is - do I want to void the ASUS warranty by attempting this repair?
I found a video for disassembly to add ram and 2nd hard drive, and I have the unit disassembled this far, but it looks like further disassembly will be a bit more complicated. Is there a good video on full disassembly? Ideally I want not to break something AND void warranty AND not fix fan.
