W3j / old dust / fan on ...

I've had my W3j for a long time -so long I can't remember when I bought it. I Live in a dusty(!) place that is never cleaned (apart from my screen). Lately, I've notice that the fan comes on more often for much longer and suspect dust accumulation in my poor (!) old W3j. Is there anything that I can do to clean up the inside witout voiding the warranty?

 

Turn the notebook off and use a can of compressed air to blow air through the air intake (and then it will go out the fan).

 

Yup that's right, compressed air, into the vent, and the dust, lint, hair build up will come out from beneath the laptop. So you may want to do this in an open area so that the dust doesn't fly into and make you sneeze, or irritate you.

 

Screw just the compressed air through the vent.... take OFF the cpu cover and take the two screws out of the fan and remove it. If you have a blanket of buildup, you could get some of it stuck in the system. Once you take out the fan, use a can of compressed air to blow out the fan itself, and then remove any heavy collection of lint and dust from in front of the fans of the heatpipe.... then blow that out as best you can.

You should do this every 6 months or so.

 

Thanks for that,

I'll give it a try.

 

I always recommend this, but you should pin your fan in place when you blow it out. I have had several laptop fans die after being spun by the compressed air. I don't remember the explanation of why, but there is a good reason of why this happens. Its worth saving your fan with just a toothpick.

 

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