How to clean a laptop fan

[cmk40]

Già che hai un IBM-Lenovo la ventola la pulisci dopo 2 anni e anche piu'!non si sporca praticamente quasi MAI!

[mi16t]

Actually, the battery needs to be removed for electrostatic shorting. :)

[danstickman1]

@mi16t Ok, thanks.

[DirtyMosha]

you left the battery in -.-

[danstickman1]

@DirtyMosha oh yeah, well spotted! Never mind, it's just a precautionary measure to ensure nothing gets shorted out and you don't get electrocuted!

[DirtyMosha]

@danstickman1 exactly xD don't wanna break the thing you're trying to fix!

[theintunity]

@DirtyMosha You seem to know pretty well how to do this, so why you actualy watch this video? This is more for beginners and dummy's like me xD

[DirtyMosha]

@theintunity well i've cleaned out plenty of desktop computers, but i wanted to get a better idea of cleaning out my laptop since it's so much different. still haven't found a way to take care of mine, as there is a metal panel over the top of my fan which i can't seem to find a way of removing -.- without breaking it off anyways...

[MrElmo38]

now how risky would you say it would be if i tried it?

[danstickman1]

@MrElmo38 Not very risky at all but I don't know what you're like! But as someone below just said, don't use a magnetic screwdriver which I didn't think about in the video. Good luck!

[MrElmo38]

@danstickman1 cool

[Gman200108]

I need to do this but my laptop is too fricking hard to take apart...

[danstickman1]

@Gman200108 Yeah, some are like that. You'll just have to buy some compressed air and squirt it through the filter to try and dislodge some dust. This should help but only temporarily.

[Gman200108]

@danstickman1 I'm pretty sure my laptop fan is under my keyboard but it is built in layers and I would have to take apart 2 to 3 layers to get to the heatsink and remove the fan so ill try to take it to a computer technician but anyways thanks for the video it helped my brother with his laptop he has the same one.

[danstickman1]

@Gman200108 Oh ok, I'm glad I helped your brother at least. Also thanks for the sub! :D

[thieflord555]

too bad my laptop isnt that simple and to get to the fans i have to take apart the whole god damn fricken thing

[danstickman1]

@thieflord555 That's a shame. I know that on some laptops however, you can access the an by removing the keyboard.

[GTAinHDgamer]

i opened my laptop up and used my 2500 watts vacum cleaner!!! 

[danstickman1]

@GTAinHDgamer That sounds awesome, and I bet it did a better job than this! :D

[apunvoi]

Useful. Thanks

[danstickman1]

@apunvoi no problem

[leafbob1]

You should just remove all like you did then open up the actual fan clean that and use and pressurized air duster to clean all the spaces as you said because this will get EVERYTHING out

[LemonsAreSoCool]

@leafbob1 that's a good idea. If you have more time then this would work brilliantly but mine is just like a quick fix.

[mrljthedj]

should use a hoover to remove dust from the fan, works for me :D

[danstickman1]

@mrljthedj fair enough but I doubt that it would remove all the dust.

[abajee28]

if u disconnected the fan from the motherboard and blew it aside it would be much better as the dust in the fan wouldn't fall fall back into the laptop!

instead of using tissue paper to remove the dust, a blower would have been much better.. if a blower is not availbale, then in this case, use a small painting brush so that it can get in some places where tissue paper cannot go!

but remember, brush can cause static! so, do not use it like you're scrubbing on something!

[danstickman1]

@abajee28 thanks for that. I haven't thought about that before! :D

[abajee28]

@danstickman1 no worries mate, always present to share my little knowledge!

[chebordelloraga]

you have to remove the battery too.

[danstickman1]

@chebordelloraga yeah, but you are only dealing with the fan which doesn't harness much power so you should be ok..

[refused0]

Nice video dude, thanks for the help.

[danstickman1]

@refused0 no problem and thanks for the sub

[CinCinLei]

Great video!

...too bad I have no idea how to do it on mine. ugh a mac is so confusing.....

[danstickman1]

@CinCinLei Yeah, sorry about that. I know that this doesn't work on some laptops because you have to remove the keyboard but to my knowledge, you can't do that either on a mac. It might be handy to watch my video on how to replace a laptop keyboard.

[Gunfresh]

Nice video :)

[danstickman1]

@Gunfresh thanks

[kahir79]

you're great...THANKS.

[danstickman1]

@kahir79 that's ok, i hope it helped

[infinitypark003]

man my laptop is not like that :( i wish i can clean my laptop fan. Can i just use a compressed air spray and blow it through the ventilation? Will it kill the dust?

[danstickman1]

@infinitypark003 Yes, using a compressed air spray will be much easier and will work great. I just don't know where to buy them.

[infinitypark003]

@danstickman1 I think you buy a compressed air spray in your local hardware store

[danstickman1]

@infinitypark003 Thanks, I'll look out for it

[machielste1]

@infinitypark003 no it will just blow the dust farther in

[foxlove224]

Thank you so much for this :D

[danstickman1]

@foxlove224 that's ok, i'm glad it was helpful