Precision 7560 & Precision 7760 owner's thread

[Aaron44126]

3 hours ago, Ionising_Radiation said:

My fans on my 7560 are rattling badly. I clean them semi-regularly (~3-4 months), and replace the paste, but this rattle is very new. Oddly enough, it goes away when the fan RPM goes up. 

I may need a new heatsink assembly.

 

I'm still using the 7560 at work.

 

I also started to have rattling fans at certain RPMs. Fortunately, I was just before the three-year warranty cutoff when it started so I just had them ship a new heatsink out. That did take care of it.

[Ionising_Radiation]

1 hour ago, Aaron44126 said:

Fortunately, I was just before the three-year warranty cutoff

Sadly my warranty expired last August, so I'll have to buy it out of warranty—need to see if Dell UK (yes, I moved to the UK...) have a number I can call. 

 

The notebook as a whole is a tank, and I fully expect it to last until 2030, or at least when this Middle-East/AI component supply crunch is resolved and prices become a bit less mental so I can build my nice home workstation/gaming rig, relegate this laptop to a family member, and buy a Surface Laptop for on-the-go use. 

[Ionising_Radiation]

Quick update: bought a new heatsink assembly, installed it, fans even whilst running are nearly silent. I forgot how quiet this laptop used to be. 

[Aaron44126]

5 hours ago, Ionising_Radiation said:

Quick update: bought a new heatsink assembly, installed it, fans even whilst running are nearly silent. I forgot how quiet this laptop used to be. 

 

I do have to remember to clean mine every few months in order to get the fans back to "silent mode" again ...

[Ionising_Radiation]

3 hours ago, Aaron44126 said:

 

I do have to remember to clean mine every few months in order to get the fans back to "silent mode" again ...

Funnily enough I think what made my fans rattle so much was my rather overzealous cleaning, because I removed the fans from their magnetic mounts and brushed them every 4 months or so. 

[Aaron44126]

7 hours ago, Ionising_Radiation said:

Funnily enough I think what made my fans rattle so much was my rather overzealous cleaning, because I removed the fans from their magnetic mounts and brushed them every 4 months or so. 

 

Oh, I don't take it that far, I just blow them with air from every angle that I can manage. (And mine still developed the rattling, too.)