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    Plastic underneath ventilation holes (Dust Flap?)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by sionyboy, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. sionyboy

    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    Underneath the ventilation holes on my laptop there is a piece of plastic, that hs one quarter cut out. Is this safe to remove or not, as I'm sure its impeding airflow in the system. Does anyone else have this as well?

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    The red lines indicate where the plastic cover is.
     
    sionyboy, Aug 28, 2006
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Search around for 5672 heating issues. Some pple have removed that little plastic thing and say that it definately helped with the heat.
     
    adinu, Aug 28, 2006
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