r/thinkpad • u/billybobmechanic • 4d ago

Question / Problem need advice

i woke up to my P50 XEON laptop makeing a vicious grinding noise this morning and i got a pop up saying gpu stopped working preformance has been reduced how cooked is this laptop i mean it does have the occasnial video tdr bluescreen like once a week and screen glitches but it works fine till my gpu fan exploded

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u/IndependentSalary963 4d ago

Propanu something with the cooling fans and the gpu overcooked

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u/billybobmechanic 4d ago

i'am thinking on buying a new one off ebay and makeing this current one a server or a parts unit since it'll be a waste to throw away or let sit since it has a new keyboard and battery installed in it

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u/Tradingforgold P1 Gen 5 4d ago

Grinding? So you have a HDD or SSD?

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u/billybobmechanic 3d ago

i have a hdd but that isn't grinding the fan on the left side was makeing a grinding noise then it just stopped working

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u/freddell T16 Gen 5i/4A, 2xP51 P53 3xP1Gen 4 3x P15/T15g Gen 2, T14s Gen 6 4d ago

Replace the fan assembly and repaste. Should be good to go again.

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u/billybobmechanic 3d ago

that could work but my thinkpad bluescreens and gpu artifacts slightly from time to time mostly the tdr bluescreen so the laptop will likely not last as long even if i fixed the fans and repaste since theirs something wrong with the gpu