Hey guys, I am about to go crazy trying to find a replacement for this fan. This is for an otherwise perfect KDS Laptop I got a few months ago, but the CPU fan is shot.

After nearly two months of internet searching, I've found a company in CA that lists the part, but they don't actually stock it and will only fill orders of 100+ units! ARGH!



http://www.pscmf.com/pdf/dc_blowers/pg0006.pdf

It's a 50x50x11mm DC Blower, 5VDC, .15A, 3.4CFM.

It uses three mounting screws at three corners, and I can use any fan in the .15-.25A range from 3-6CFM as long as its the same form-factor.

Is the fan, the original is an SEI branded one, but I understand that SEI is no longer in busines. I found a couple of places in europe that sell a direct replacement, but they run 25-30 Euro + 10-20 euro to ship it over, which ends up being almost half the value of the laptop.

Dear god help me

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 8:23 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2006 8:22:46 PM

get a case ricer to make you a case for another fan that'll fit in this spot

5/25/2006 8:25:47 PM

http://www.digikey.com has tons of fans/blowers in every shape and size...

or you can ask the folks on http://www.hardforum.com

5/25/2006 8:27:25 PM

Already checked digikey and every manufacturer they carry directly.

Also already cross-posted this on Hardforums, hopefully between one of the two I can find this little shit fan

5/25/2006 8:36:11 PM

it looks like they service the part, can you have them fix it?
http://www.pscmf.com/sform.htm

5/25/2006 8:54:06 PM

No, they won't help me at all. I emailed back and forth with the sales manager for a while, she basically said if I dont want to order volume, she can't help.

5/25/2006 9:05:52 PM

You can trust a name like KDS

5/26/2006 12:24:29 AM

why not something like this:
http://www.directron.com/ec5010m05ca.html

5/26/2006 12:34:21 AM

because its a laptop for one,

but mainly it has to be a blower. you cant see it well from the photo, but it pulls in air through the metal shield there, and expels the air to the side, not out the back. so a normal 50mm fan will do nothing in its place

5/26/2006 12:50:41 AM

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"25-30 Euro + 10-20 euro to ship it over, which ends up being almost half the value of the laptop"

Ditch the laptop.

5/26/2006 3:05:18 AM

dude, its a 3 dollar fan. SOMEONE has got to have these fuckers in the US.

5/26/2006 3:38:07 AM

Instead of a replacement, perhaps you or someone on here could rebuild the fan using existing housing/parts?

5/26/2006 7:14:51 AM

Quote :

"25-30 Euro + 10-20 euro to ship it over"

$3?

Does not compute!!!111

5/26/2006 7:47:22 AM

^That's my point, its being insanely overpriced over there.

5/26/2006 8:34:03 AM

No, I was playing off the fact that, if you can't find it at $3, it clearly isn't a $3 fan.

5/26/2006 8:39:59 AM

pscmf will sell my 250 for 400 bucks, so i wouldnt mind paying 5-10 for one, but 50 is ratarded

5/26/2006 9:05:01 AM

perhaps try searching ebay and shit for an identical laptop and if you can grab it cheap, take the fan out of it

5/26/2006 9:37:34 AM

Quote :

"Instead of a replacement, perhaps you or someone on here could rebuild the fan using existing housing/parts?"

i can't see quite how it's all constructed, but couldn't you just pull the fan out of the housing and replace the fan itself? that should be pretty easy to find

5/26/2006 2:50:47 PM

if you can find me a 50x50x11mm fan with those specs and the same retention mechanism I'd love to do that. ill post pictures of the whole thing when i get back from this weekend

5/26/2006 3:52:51 PM

Why don't you pretend to be a designer, and ask the California company for a sample. Or call them up directly or something...

5/26/2006 4:12:00 PM

Hey Noen, contact Mitsuba. He used to work for IBM in their chip design team so he might know where to get single order parts or fans.

829-1802. Ask for Mr Wang (insert laugh)

[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 5:55 PM. Reason : !]

5/26/2006 5:55:26 PM