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    How to clean ventilation in Z70va??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Flavs83, Jul 22, 2006.

  1. Flavs83

    Flavs83 Notebook Guru

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    Hi .. I have my asus z70va for about 3-4 months .. it is still great. I just want to clean up the ventilation from dust accummulation but i don't know how to do it. I would appreciate if anyone could put up pics with the spot i should spray it on my z70va. Also .. do i need to turn off the laptop for how long? Thank you in advance.
     
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    Did you read my thread on what happens when you don't do this? If not, I suggest you search for it because most people don't realize dust and hair and fibers such right up into the inlets and can damage the system. I'd take the cpu cover off the underside of your system and use a can of compressed air to blow out the fan and the heatsink........ that's about all you can do.
     
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    How about the GPU fan and heatsink, is there any way to access that?
     
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    Get a paperclip and a can of air. Bend the paperclip like a hook on one end. Sart picking and pulling through the copper radiator. At 3 months you will find nothing. If you run yoru nb 24 hours a day after 6 months it will be clogged. If 12 hours then after 1 year. At this time you dont have to clean it.
     
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    Yeah .. i seen the pictures like three months ago about someone who had hair and dirt near the battery of the asus .. it scared me. I looked recently on my battery and nothing scary. I just want to start caring for my laptop before it is too late but i don't know where to spray. Oh yeah .. thanks geared2play for giving some idea about when to check for my laptop.
     
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