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Laptop's internal fan broke, need to find replacement as soon as possible

Noshiz

Honorable
May 9, 2013
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10,510
Hello everyone.

I bought a while ago (almost a year) a Proteus II (link from a review) from Pc Specialist in UK and today i decided to open it and change the thermal paste to a better one.

Somehow i broke one of the two fans. It doesn't spin at all and the fan itself can be detached from the motor without any resistance at all.

Photos:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pbn4ar008hiw23/fan1.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouko8qyv88qtukx/fan2.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3fcieuuk7ppid6/fan3.JPG?dl=0

I need to find a replacement as soon as possible from a shop anywhere in Europe. So far i only found it in China (here).

Any help is more than welcome.

 
I already e-mailed them. Waiting for their response. Though it's weekend so i guess i'll have to wait till Monday. Fingers crossed they will have spare parts to send me. I really don't want to order it from China. Takes too long.