The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Alienware 13 Cleaning Fan?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by bookworm773, Jul 7, 2016.

  1. bookworm773

    bookworm773 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I recently replaced the hard drive of my Alienware 13 laptop and figured I may as well clean it up some, since I've had it for a year and a half. I really want to clean out the fans, since I'm sure there's all sorts of dust and junk stuck in there. The only problem is that the only way I've seen to clean the fan is to get really hands on and essentially take apart most of the laptop. This laptop wasn't cheap, and I'm nervous about disassembling it that much, since it seems likely that I'll find some way to ruin it.

    Is there an easier way to clean the fans? Can I just do it with compressed air? Or is disassembly the only way?
     
    bookworm773, Jul 7, 2016
    #1
  2. judal57

    judal57 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    274
    Messages:
    1,164
    Likes Received:
    650
    Trophy Points:
    131
    judal57, Jul 7, 2016
    #2
  3. VICKYGAMEBOY

    VICKYGAMEBOY Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    512
    Messages:
    1,046
    Likes Received:
    800
    Trophy Points:
    131
    VICKYGAMEBOY, Jul 8, 2016
    #3
  4. rinneh

    rinneh Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    854
    Messages:
    4,897
    Likes Received:
    2,191
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Never spray compressed air into the fans while the fans are running.
     
    rinneh, Jul 8, 2016
    #4
    Vasudev likes this.
  5. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    12,050
    Messages:
    11,278
    Likes Received:
    8,815
    Trophy Points:
    931
    I just hope Dell comes up with tool-less back panel removable system so that end users find it easy to maintain their lappies which also helps in keeping peak performance of the system.
     
    Vasudev, Jul 8, 2016
    #5
  6. judal57

    judal57 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    274
    Messages:
    1,164
    Likes Received:
    650
    Trophy Points:
    131
    I blowed isopropyl alcohol at full.spin because it evaporates quickly... The compressed air form something like ice.... And I don't know if.this is.good while spinning
     
    judal57, Jul 8, 2016
    #6
  7. bookworm773

    bookworm773 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Another thought I had was to take a shop-vac and vacuum up by the fans. Could this work?
     
    bookworm773, Jul 8, 2016
    #7
  8. judal57

    judal57 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    274
    Messages:
    1,164
    Likes Received:
    650
    Trophy Points:
    131
    this work a bit, BUT with the laptop tirned off and you vacum need to be strong ...
     
    judal57, Jul 8, 2016
    #8