Vaio Z11 fan part number?

[bobet96]

Be careful when cleaning the blades. They can easily break to pieces if you use too much force. I think it's safer to use a blower (used in cameras) and alcohol rather than q-tips.

Sent from my Galaxy Note

[SurferJon]

I already broke a few the first couple of times I tried to fix the fan. ^_^;;

[anytimer]

The commercially available cue tips/cotton buds are too densely packed. Try making your own with a toothpick and some cotton wool. Be very patient - clean one side of one blade at a time.

[SurferJon]

Oh my freakin' gawd.

So I pulled the blade out and squeezed oil into the hole. The laptop is ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY silent now. The fan makes literally NO NOISE when it's not doing anything performance-intensive. When it is, it's a small, small whirling sound. It sounds 300% better than when I first got it! I absolutely cannot believe this - it's just too perfect to be true. EVERYONE should do this if they can reach the fan. What sounded like a dying, grinding fan is now better than when I first got it!

I'm still just so blown away. I'm waiting for something bad to happen because this is just too good to be true.

[anytimer]

Well done! I am now emboldened to do something about my fan - it is not very noisy, but doesn't blow out enough air.

On a related note, is there some way for me to speed up the fan on demand? My idle CPU temps are around 60 deg C. The ambient temperature is around 30-35 deg C, so that is not as bad as it looks. If Speedfan worked on VAIOs, I could have made a power profile, but that's a no go.

[namaiki]

If you want to speed it up on idle, you can try change the fan profile to "Performance mode" in Vaio Control Center, though this only makes it louder for me, not really any cooler.

[anytimer]

If you want to speed it up on idle, you can try change the fan profile to "Performance mode" in Vaio Control Center, though this only makes it louder for me, not really any cooler.

Thanks. Almost a 10 degree drop.

[namaiki]

Seriously?? Did you already repaste your CPU or do anything like that?

[voyanger]

Oh my freakin' gawd.

So I pulled the blade out and squeezed oil into the hole. The laptop is ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY silent now. The fan makes literally NO NOISE when it's not doing anything performance-intensive. When it is, it's a small, small whirling sound. It sounds 300% better than when I first got it! I absolutely cannot believe this - it's just too perfect to be true. EVERYONE should do this if they can reach the fan. What sounded like a dying, grinding fan is now better than when I first got it!

I'm still just so blown away. I'm waiting for something bad to happen because this is just too good to be true.

Glad it worked for you, you may need to revisit it like once a year.
The problem with fans are that the grease they initially put in breaks down over time and becomes useless. I hope the link i sent you was useful.

[anytimer]

Seriously?? Did you already repaste your CPU or do anything like that?

No. Although I have opened the case and cleaned out the dust that had accumulated over the years.

Mind you, these temps are for idle in speed mode. Doing anything (even browsing) brings the temps up again. With the ceiling fan and the air conditioning (I don't have that on all the time) I can't hear the fan anyway. It is different during the winter months.