On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 4:01:29 PM UTC-5, Ron Hardin wrote:
Ron Hardin wrote:

It turns out that you have to disassemble the
entire laptop to get at the cooling fan.

Step 25 remove cooling fan.

The odds of the machine working after that are
zero.
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What happens if I just swap the HD into another Vostro 1400?

Will the new 1400 act as if it's the old one? Or is some BIOS
setting going to screw up that plan.
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That idea might even work with a "related" model. But, you're right...it's always a crap shoot!