Cooling fan inconsistent

I've been getting the "Cooling Fan is not operating properly" message for almost a year now, and have been saving up for a replacement fan and heatsink. Starting in about August, the fan started dying quicker, but accompanied by a grinding noise. Today, I observed the grinding sound smoothly transitioning to what I would consider a good fan speed. It happened twice in the span of an hour and hasn't happened since. Is this a problem with the fan or the heat sink unit? And do I even have to replace the full part?

Hi @EventideOne ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion dv6-6b47dx Notebook and issues with the fan. Here is a document on overheating which could possible cause a fan issue or will cause the Notebook to heat up fast.
Here is a link to troubleshoot fan errors.
In the link, it has to update your BIOS, but I recommend to restore the BIOS defaults.You could restore the BIOS with this document selecting the reloading the BIOS default settings which should resolve the fan error message if cleaning does not help.
If that does not help at the end of the document it shows you to do a hardware test.
Please note remove any and all USB devices before troubleshooting. Disconnect all non-essential devices
Hope this helps.
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> I would like to ask a few questions about my system: first of all, the cooling fan is running in my opinion too often: almost continuously, with brakes of 2-3 seconds. Is this normal?
Im an owner of a Satellite A210. Its similar to the A215. The A210 is a European model and the A215 belongs to the US notebook series.
I have noticed the same on my A210 and I think its normal behavior.
> But the curious thing is that so named "Core" temperature is oscillating from the beginning between 45deg and over 52deg! The fan starts each time the core temperature is rising over 50deg and stops when the temperature reaches 45deg. Is this behavior normal???
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Hi leaper.
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I would like to take a moment and thank you for using the forum, it is a great place to find answers. For you to have the best experience in the HP forum, I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
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Dear Customer,
Welcome to HP Support Forum and we are glad to assist you
It looks like you are having difficulties with regards to the Cooling Fan of your Netbook
We will surely assist you with this
According to the message you have posted I suspect this is purely a hardware issue where in your getting "System Fan(90B) - The system has detected that a cooling fan is not operating correctly" message. This is a mechanical fault and the Cooling Fan on your Notebook and needs to be replaced before the Notebook starts up with an Overheating Issue.
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Step 02. Un-plug the Power/AC Adapter and also remove the Battery too
Step 03. Press and Hold the Power Button of the Notebook for a full minute
Step 04. Now let's re-insert the battery back in and plug back the Power/AC Adapter
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I strongly recommend you to immediately Contact HP Technical Support over the Phone for further assistance without any delay to get your Netbook Fan replaced and serviced by an authorized HP Certified Engineer
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