Posts by Falcon474

not that i've found...it's a design defect, the small fan will turn on when your temp gets up on battery, but mostly all it does is make noise. The large fan that actually cools your cpu doesn't turn on until the system gets very hot, i...

thanks for that link...they don't have much for the m680, but they have a whole bunch of stuff for the m675 so I assume they'll add parts soon. Its not really convenient to send the notebook in for repairs..but I might do it eventually,...

givingtree, you seem to be having a problem with your power saving settings. Your processor should not be running full speed all the time on battery power. Try installing Centrino Hardware Control. This will let you choose your own...

You got it man...if anything goes seriously wrong, i plan to do just that. But of course that's all a hypothetical situation, i would never REALLY try to get around warranty terms

Gateway (or Quanta) has to get them from somewhere...I'll take it back out this afternoon and see if it has any useful part numbers or anything on it.

Yep, as i said, not such a good deal here. Look around, its pretty universally available at computer enthusiast places.

Well..lets remember here that you can't have your cake and eat it too. Deactivating the second fan cuts airflow to the graphics system, which will hurt your overclock. But still has plenty of performance. I'm going to try to rig up a...

Talked to Gateway today about my 2nd fan problem. They told me that they don't reference part numbers for the units because they are "not meant to be replaced by the end user". I tried to explain that I have a lot of computer...

Ok here are some answers 1.) I like Newegg, they have always treated me very well and IMO are an excellent company. Here is a direct link to AS5 there. Shipping is somewhat of a ripoff on this particular item though...which is...

ok, its done. check the support section for the tutorial. If a moderator would like to sticky it, that'd be great. Also, the computer is a lot quieter without that second fan, but obviously it does something, because it cost me 50Mhz...