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Does this laptop fan need the cover? I took the fan apart to clean it cuz it was making a grinding noise, which fixed it. But the cover got a little banged
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Laptop fan making grinding noise, replacement didn't seem to work, now the original doesn't work (or grind) at all : r/techsupport
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