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    How To Get Dust From Your Speaker Grill - Solved!!

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ShaggyRS6, Oct 8, 2010.

  1. ShaggyRS6

    ShaggyRS6 Notebook Consultant

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    It's one of the most annoyning things about the G73. Dust gathers in the grill that the speaker are behind, it can appear anywhere on the grill but its mainly concentrated next to the Power Button (at least it is for me)

    I tried blowing it out with a rocket blower that you use to get dust out of cameras. This did work very well at all so I continued thinking about what would help.

    Then i found it. Blue Tack (not sure if its called this worldwide) but its the tacky blue stuff you use to stick pictures on the wall.

    Its perfect and has removed about 95% of the dust in my grill. this was just after one pass. I guess, with a little more perserverance, and maybe with the help of a cocktail stick to ensure that some of the blue tack gets right into the holes you could pobably remove it all.

    Good Old Blue Tack.

    [​IMG]
     
  2. jeprira

    jeprira Notebook Consultant

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    hum... white dust or blue gooey particles... it's going to be a tough one. ;-)
     
  3. Spunkgamer

    Spunkgamer Notebook Guru

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    I take mine to the car wash and hit it with the coin op. vac. sucks the dust right out, then i strap it to top of my jeep and run it through the wash. Thats how chunk norris told me a real man does it anyway.
     
  4. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know about this "Chunk" Norris but Chuck Norris would just roundhouse kick the dust out of his G73.

    Alternatively, he could also just tell the dust to get the f*** off his G73 and the dust would comply never to be seen again.
     
  5. Detached

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    Gee Shaggy thanks! Gonna try later this evening!
     
  6. Amnesiac

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    I found that using a soft brush tends to work for me. Leaves the paint on as well. :rolleyes:
     
  7. nikolai090

    nikolai090 Notebook Evangelist

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    I use a clean paintbrush, it takes off all teh dust from the grills
     
  8. Quagmire LXIX

    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    This is all wrong, dust wouldn't have the balls to cover Chucks G73 :D

    but seriously, a vac works well for me.

    Q
     
  9. alaric_t@hotmail.com

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    It's called plastitac where I am. :p

    But I'll try this when my g73 comes back from RMA.
     
  10. ShaggyRS6

    ShaggyRS6 Notebook Consultant

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    Any other peeps tested this over the weekend?
     
  11. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I use bikini wax for mine, leaves my G73 with a clean shave that impresses the ladies.
     
  12. Hedonist

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    Wow nice tips :)
    My speakers have dusts and some tiny cotton (dunno). I'm going to try this.
     
  13. alladintherogue

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    Isn't the wax liquid and too sticky ?
     
  14. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    sarcasm :D, though it probably would work as long as you dont push it too far in.
     
  15. Kaelang

    Kaelang Requires more Witcher.

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    My laptop came back from RMA with what looked like dandruff all over it. Gross.
    My little brush did the trick to get it all out of the speaker bar though.
     
  16. sean473

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    ew.... that's digusting... urs need's a vaccum cleaner...
     
  17. Kaelang

    Kaelang Requires more Witcher.

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    And a decontamination bath.
     
  18. jeprira

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    I'm with you, though the challenge is to make sure you don't use *used* bikini wax as it leaves behind more than it takes.
     
  19. alladintherogue

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    Ok,the jars finally arrived: and CyberClean + microsurgery equipment did wonders for me, recommended