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    How to clean an Aspire 6920G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by fred2028, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    How does 1 accomplish a thorough cleaning of said laptop? Currently I just vacuum all holes in the laptop and wipe the entire exterior with screen cleaner.
     
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    you vaccum the holes O_O,...im going to try that :p. i jsut take my butt plate off and the mesh traps all this dust so i just dust all that mesh out with a can of compressed air.
     
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    Where is the mesh?
     
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    open up your buttplate, now flip it over see the vents see that like screen thingy, thats the mesh(got the word from tegsuigi) its FILLED WITH Dust, i wanted to cut it off but then even thou i ahve to clean it time to time keeps my inside of my laptop free from dust.
     
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    Oh the mesh is ON the plate that you take off to access RAM and stuff?
     
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    yeah the plate with the vents and when you take it off you see insides of the computer.
     
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    Fred, the backplate of the notebook (where you access RAM, HDD, CPU etc.) had a mesh screen between the vents and the intake fan. This thing gets clogged up like CRAZY with dust, so feel free to de-schmutz it with some compressed air...or hearty blowing.
     
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    well that mesh keeps your inside of your laptop free from dust :p,anyways that thing gets clogged like..Wow o_O, it should be like an ac filter were you can easily slide it off and clean it.
     
    Awake, Dec 22, 2008
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    Lol funny thing is, when I opened my laptop to put in RAM, it was dusty. And that was only like a month after I bought it.
     
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    you can put new computer parts into a laptop, im to scared to edit my laptop >_>
     
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    Putting in certain parts like memory and hard drive are fairly easy, don't be afraid. There is a manual floating around I believe.
     
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    Putting RAM in is actually so easy. Google for any laptop RAM installation guide.
     
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    can i put a better CPU? i might want to in the future.
     
    Awake, Dec 23, 2008
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    Yes you can, but it's a tricky operation that involves the removal of the fan and heatsink, and replacing the thermal compound on both the new CPU and the GPU (common heatpipe for the lose). Don't do it unless you are absolutely POSITIVE that you know what you're doing.

    That being said, it certainly made my system a lot snappier, moving from a T5550 to a T8300.
     
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    bah, thats not for me then, id get my bro to help if i ever done it but he wouldn't be so sure either since he has the desktop type of computer. What you mean by snappier, like A LOT faster, or just a little?
     
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    with the new washing powders you could put it in the washing machine on 30 cool wash, but use a slow spin, as the fast spin will damage the laptop:laugh:



    only joking :p

    Have a great Xmas
    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Dec 24, 2008
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    Somewhere in between, Awake. Certain programs that were limited by my CPU speed (certain games, video encoding, virus scans, etc.) have been sped up, and power-button-to-usable-system is 15-30 seconds faster by my estimates.
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 24, 2008
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