HP Pavilion dv7-4020sa Cooling Fan - Noisy

Hi,
I have had my laptop for two years or so now, and the fan has become noisy sometimes. If I tap the laptop thw noise stops for a while, I suspect a bearing. I used have the same issue with my old Toshiba Qosmio laptop, and replaced the two cooling fans my self on 3 occasions without any hitch.
I know very little about my HP laptop. How easy is it to replace the fan myself. The part number of the fan. Is there a How TO guide on opening up and replacing etc. Where to get and how much the fan costs.
Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Here is the support page for your model, you will fins a service manual in the manuals section, it will have instructions and part numbers.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=4217498&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&query=dv7-4020sa&tool=
If you go to the link below and type in the serial number for your laptop it will show available parts form HP for your specific build and will have the latest part numbers also.
http://partsurfer.hp.com/search.aspx

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I bought HP because most of the scientific instruments in our labs is manufactured by HP, and it is truly high quality , high precision equipement, some of it running for over 25 years problem free. From that, I really trusted the HP name, I trusted that their PC division would have equal quality and standards. !#$% was I wrong! I'm glad they're getting out of the PC business.
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CaseyF wrote:
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