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Xbox fan issue (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 1 year ago by Defiant@lemmy.cafe to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
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Hi, my cousin has an Xbox Series S, and anytime he would move it the fan would make some pretty freaky noises.

I repair computers so I thought I can handle this. I also replaced the thermal paste, and ultimately found the fan to be really loose.

I ordered the replacement fan but when I tried to power it on to make sure I did everything correctly it didn’t work. It made the startup noise, fan would spin and then shut off. No error messages.

I removed a coat of thermal paste and was very careful when working around the CPU. I am scared I broke his Xbox now that there is no error codes or any message, and abruptly shutting off after a few seconds of the fan spinning.

I won’t know until tomorrow when the fan arrives and I power it up.

What should I do?

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[–] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you looked at any tutorials on ifixit?

[–] Defiant@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

I followed a tutorial for replacing the thermal paste

[–] kebabslob@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Should the fan always be running? Idk about Xbox but some fans on components don't run 24/7