I have a gateway ar200 notebook. The fan isn't running. How to I get at it to see what's wrong?

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I have a gateway ar200 notebook. The fan isn't running. How to I get at it to see what's wrong?

to get at the fan in most laptops means complete removal of the top part of the laptop,i do not recommend you try this without a manual showing full instructions on how to do this

Look on the bottom and see if there is a panel cover held in place with screws, if there aren't it most likely will be as caperjack described.

Bear in mind that you cant go and replace a laptop fan with any old one, sometimes there model specific.

Also some laptops fans dont run until they are needed.

usually a laptop fan runs at bootup until the os loads and then shuts down until the temp goes up

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