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    Cleaning the insides of 7811FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Tsjuder1, Jan 18, 2009.

  1. Tsjuder1

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    Hello,I experienced some problems with the overheating recently,I read here how people clean their lappies,but still I'm a little bit scary to open my laptop and do something wrong,so I wonder if someone can make something like a tutorial with pictures of how to clean the inside dust of 7811.I think it will be very useful for a lot of new users with no experience!
     
    Tsjuder1, Jan 18, 2009
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  2. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    spray the vents with some compressed air, i don't really think you should have to open it to clean out the dust.
     
    N00d13s, Jan 19, 2009
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    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Canned air is better, as compressed air may have moister in it.
     
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    But when you spray the vents,the dust remains inside right?
     
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    if that were the case there would be no point in spraying them

    if you spray the vents, it should cause the air to shoot out in the backdraft, helps if you spray side to side
     
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    oh, i thought compressed air was the same as canned air, but sounded a little better.
     
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    hehe, no biggy, I use both :)
     
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    So I must blow the air into the left bottom side of the laptop?and is it the only place to clean?
     
    Tsjuder1, Jan 19, 2009
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    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    I would blow the air from the bottom, up first, then the other way, do this once a month and you will be golden ;)
     
    flynnaz, Jan 19, 2009
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    Hey flynnaz...I started building a desktop at least 8 months ago (probably longer) and I'm using the same motherboard. What is your opinion on the motherboard, and how much was the CPU. The CPU is the only thing left to get to be up and running (been broke as hell and had to wait). I was going to put the "e6850 in it back then (it's still a killer cpu), but is the e8400 the newer version of it. Please let me know what you think. Thanks
     
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    flynnaz...My questions above were in regards to your 680i desk top mb
     
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    I like my MoBo very much, no problems, and the cpu is a good cheap, and fast one, I paid around $200.00 a year ago for it.
     
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    Sorry,but I don't really understand what you mean by blowing the air "the other way",can you describe it a little more detailed? :confused:
     
    Tsjuder1, Jan 20, 2009
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    Blow the air into the vents on the bottom of your laptop first, then blow the air through the side vents, then blow out your keyboard to get the Oreo's out too :)
     
    flynnaz, Jan 20, 2009
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