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Sorry for the delay. Only now got to this. You can also swap the fans. Fan size and fan housing dimensions are 100% identical. The only difference is that the fan from the GXC1X cooler has a .08A higher rating and moves slightly more air.

Has anyone actually upgraded their cooler from pn:VTNGR to pn:GXC1X ?! If so, pictures, or it did not happen I received my cooler and realized motherboards with & without dedicated graphics are so different, the CPU is not even in the same spot! Aligning the screws of the cooler around the processor on a board with no dedicated graphics (VTNGR cooler), a GXC1X cooler will stick out of the laptop by ~1/2in! In order to make it fit, you will have to eliminate the flange as mentioned prev., but also cut into the plate, covering the fan, connected to the heatpipe. You then will need to dislodge the heatpipe from the section that cools a dedicated graphics chip, dremel some more material away to bend the heatpipe in a different angle to make the whole contraption shorter. I might try this for fun, but I doubt it will be pretty. In addition, you already loose some cooling because the fan surrounding (all metal) and the massive block from the GPU cooler is no longer connected to the heatpipe. OR - I will just chop up the grille / trim piece and have it stick out. Ghetto but less work, hah. It's not like one would waste a whole chassis. I can make a picture, comparing the two coolers on the underside of my nekkid laptop if there is interest.

Hello, First off, thank you so much for the information collected here in this thread. I bought a E6440 parts unit and this has helped me big time going forward and deciding to fix it not for a profit but keeping it. A few questions and hints: Display is smashed, so might go as well for the higher resolution one. Would a cable from a E6540 also work? The only source for the cable (7MGPK) that does not charge a huge amount is this: Dell Latitude E6440 LCD Cable (14") DP/N: 7MGPK 07MGPK I located the bigger cooler here for what seems to be an ok price. (Alternatives?) Dell Latitude E6440 Heatsink and Fan Assembly GXC1X Backlit keyboard: Some Ebay auctions claim compatibility with the E6430s keyboard. Can anyone confirm this? Price difference is $20 vs $40-50 - and I do not care if the special functions are in orange instead of blue. Looking at parts availability for the express card slot mod and parts prices in general, the laptop is still a bit too new for my taste.