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vityav wrote:
Somehow didn't get an email that I was getting replies, but I've since fixed my problem with the fan.
There are apparently two kinds of fan used in a G74SX. The KSB06105HB, and the BFB0705HA. They both seem to work, but supposedly one is a little thinner? I couldn't really tell the difference, but I replaced one of the former with one of the latter (I ordered both, but since the correct model had to ship from china, figured I'd give the easily obtainable "wrong one" a shot).
I opened it up following these pictures:
http://btoforums.com/showthread.php?t=3525
Took maybe half an hour with a small screwdriver set, pretty simple. I gently spun both fans when I had it open and one made a sound and slowed down quickly, while the other smoothly spun for a while, so I replaced the noisy one, patched it all back up, and now the fans don't make a peep, and my CPU temperatures are back down to normal.
I'll see if I can fix my email subscription to this thread in case anyone else has questions I can answer.