Noisy MBP Mid 2010 Fan

내 문제

My MBP has been making this grinding noise that I originally thought was the HDD failing (again). Turned out it was the fan going bad. When I ran a YouTube video my CPU temperature spiked to high 80's and you could hear the fan screaming for mercy. lol :)

나의 수리

The most difficult part of the repair was waiting for the product to get to me. Else wise, the repair went off smoothly. I can no longer hear the fan and the CPU is at a cool mid 60s - mid 70s.

내 조언

I don't know that I should suggest this as an "advice". However, when it came to removing the fan from the logic board, I found that if you gently pulled the wire up and away from the port, it is easier to remove. I know, "don't pull wires!". I intended to discard the old fan so I figured that less damage to the logic board, the better.