Lots to ponder, thanks all!!!
The reason I'm interested in fixing this instead of replacing it are basically two fold:
It is of really heavy aluminum and of high quality construction, like I've never seen elsewhere.
I like fixing things.
So I'll have a go at it and if I get stuck, I'll drag...
Ok, thanks because that information regarding 3-pin fans is incredibly illuminating.
But again, given my two 5v "noisy" fans, is it safe to run them wired in series? The 5v supplied by the USB would presumably be hacked in half resulting in a much slower fan speed (and hopefully much less...
Could I simply wire the two fans in series? Or is there a risk of having one of them fail, hog the current, and potentially damage the computer's USB port?
Ok, I'll just list things out instead of getting all wordy-smurdy :) because we engineers typically like stuff like that.
1. I have a cooling pad for a laptop.
2. Both 2-pin 5v Fans (70x70x15 mm) were failing.
3. The only 2 pin 5v fans I could find at that size are too loud.
4. Only quality...
Nevermind, I received an answer elsewhere.
My supposition of #2 was actually correct.
I would have deleted my question, but there doesn't seem to be any option to do so that I can find.
After reading through a few explanations online, I'm still unclear on something super fundamental. And not grokking fundamental stuff utterly annoys me.
I currently have the following two drives:
Drive 0 -- C: Formatted EFI/GPT (Win10pro)
Drive 1 -- D/E/F: Older, F: formatted NTFS back before...
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