Cadavre

Thanks a lot! So could the pwm (or whatever it is) and ground still be where the fan pins are and just take the + from the 5v trace then? Or should I solder the cable to the ground near the 5v trace? I'm just making sure so I'm not going to fry the motherboard.

Hi again! I have now given up on using this laptop as an actual laptop and have mounted a 80mm chassi fan that blows air into it by hardmodding the chassi. However, since the original fan pins are only going for 3.3v it doesn't do much airflow. However, the idle temp is now around 35C instead of 65C (yay!), but as soon as I play games it runs rather hot! So I need to know where to get the 5v output from, but I'm unable to view the attached images in the first post due to lack of posts, so I figured I'll post here and ask if someone could share the pictures some other way or share their knowledge around this motherboard. Thanks in advance!

Yeah, of course I understand that. Mine's just an i5 dual core with hyperthreading (it shows up as four cores while it's not), so maybe it doesn't produce as much heat? Anyway it's worth a try to do the mod for me, I just don't have the money to buy a new computer at all. :/ Good on you though getting a Alienware.

Sweet fix! I'm getting really tired of my overheating problems with my 5750g as well and this thread made me feel like trying this out. I could go for full speed all the time. I used to sleep with my old workstation on that was loud as **** due to me cheaping out on the fans. Thanks for posting about this! If you ever find a replacement fan that is quieter that fits without too much effort, please post about it!