compressed air/damaged fan?

Ugh, of course I decided to spray the compressed air directly into the vents without using small bursts, then find out people say this can damage the fans, the motors, or back charge. Does anyone know how likely it is that my fans are damaged/if there is a way to tell? I only did this one time. I do not think the noise level has changed. I measured the max fan speed. According to the free hwinfo64 measuring program, the max CPU and GPU fan speeds are around 4550 RPMs during extreme burn-in at 82 degrees, however I do not know what the max was prior to spraying.

*Don't know if it helps, but the model is an ASUS G73JH-X5, and I am running the current bios and vbios

 

Like you, I already did fan/vent cleaning of my G73JH with air-can, though I used short-bursts. Yesterday while playing SC2, my GPU fans maxed at 5008 rpm. Just now, I ran Prime95 on Torture mode and my CPU fans maxed at 5173.

I'm not sure if our G73 fans run at around 5000rpm but it might be the case that your fans haven't yet recovered from displaced dirts and dust. I cleaned mine with air-can around 3 months ago, so I'm assuming that my fans have already recovered.

Try checking your fan rpm every week and see if there's an improvement. Some dirt build-ups might have been displaced somewhere around the fans that might causing lesser rpms, maybe playing often with your beast might be able to remove those displaced dirt over time.

 

what fan monitoring program do you use? trying to account for all variables

 

I'm using the latest HWiNFO64 one, those figures where in Bios 211 and stock vbios and stock CCC.

 

I am in a very similar situation almost the same, does anybody know a way to make sure the fans are not damaged or what their rpm should be? perhaps its only maxing in the 4500 rpms because its not hot enough? I don't have heat issue I just want to know the likelihood of damage and if there's a way to tell

 

The best way is to prevent the fan from turning when you compressed air canning your laptop. This way dust has a harder time entering the bearings/sleeve, I think.
It would involve getting access to the fan and holding it still when you dust.

 

ya I'm not doing it again, or if I do I'm only going to use bursts and definitely not straight in.......is there anyway to tell if I damaged them already? Maybe if I checked their max rpm or something and compared it to other peoples? My stats are similar to the first poster's, as in between 4500 and 4600 rpm on extreme burn in at 83 degrees....