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Greetings, I saw the prior post about the kinect and the fan not spinning up when it gets warm which leads to it power cycling and eventually not turning on. I have been looking for a fan part to order for replacement but so far I have not gotten luck in my search. Anyone have any suggestions on where I might find one?
Problem: Fan never turned on resulted is Kinect overheating and power cycling. I researched the problem on various threads and decided to take it apart and see if I could replace the fan, as already noted by others. Before ordering a new fan I wanted to check the existing fan independently and determine if it was at fault. Upon removing the fan and checking it with a 5V power supply, I was able to confirm that the fan worked correctly. When reinserting the fan into the connecter receptacle, the connector broke off of the PCB. I inspected the connector and PCB and did not find any damage on the connector or the pads on the PCB. I cleaned up the pads on the PCB with a little solder wick, replaced the connector and gave the pins a fresh coat of solder. Reassembled the unit and everything seems to be working fine. Just seems to me to be a manufacturing issue where the solder screen machine did not apply enough solder paste prior to SMT resulting in connections that were cold/intermittent, failing over time. I took some pictures but not sure how to add them to this post.
Here is the link to purchase the fan that you need. https://www.elecok.com/nidec-u40r05ms1a7...}. Good luck. Let us know if you have any additional problems. Thanks, KAT
Someone in a post said he replaced his, but didn’t bother to elaborate. Have you torn yours down yet?
I have not yet but this is the fan that I believe goes in there. Found the model number from the tear down ifixit did. http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/656-1449…
