If you own a Dell laptop and your warranty has expired you should take note of parts-people.com. I am working (and sometimes playing) on a Dell XPS M170. This beast has given me an outstanding performance so far until both system fans started to make a loud grinding noise. Over a few days, it got worse. Although you can give Dell a call and ask for parts, I decided to try parts-people. Their website is straight to the point with pictures of all the parts you might be looking for. It took me seconds to find what I needed for my specific model thanks to the well done categories. You click on the series and then the model for your laptop and you are taken to a parts list. You can then browse and look at the pictures of what you need. They provide very useful details to better identify what you need: a nice touch. In my case, I needed two system fans and they were clearly identified as the smaller and larger CPU fans with pictures.

Parts-people also offer diagnostic repair services. They can install the parts for 50$ if you don’t feel comfortable to open your laptop yourself. They specialize in Dell laptops so chances are; there is a solution for you there if you want to extend your Dell laptops’ life. Dell provides detailed instructions and manuals to change parts (Dell manuals) if you want to do it yourself (it’s not rocket science).

My experience with parts-people was fantastic. I received an immediate confirmation of my order and it arrived two days later via Fedex. My laptop is running like new one and for a minimal cost. Look it up!