How to Clean a Laptop Fan

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How to clean a laptop fan tutorial using a Dell XPS M1530. My first video tutorial, leave a comment for a new tutorial if anyone needs.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• laptop
• fan
• clean
• m1530
• xps
• dell
• compressed
• air

[rudiz90]

so basically, screw and spray?

just like i do to my gf

[franknwalters]

This way you don't clean the fan INTERNALLY, where is the MAJOR problem.

You need to unscrew the fan from the motherboard AND THEN unscrew the cover of the fan.

What you'll find inside the fan's case is the real problem and this air spray CAN'T do anything about it.

What you do is good if you do it everyday or every other day. Once dust starts gathering up in the fan's case, spraying can't do anything...

[SoulJah876]

You really shouldn't shake the can of compressed air. It says so on the can.

[NalleJohansson]

this bs... make guides for laptops that DOESNT have a panel to take off :P like a packard bell easy note lj71, where there arent a guide anywhere how to take the bloody thing apart :P. one last screw i just cant find (somewhere in the middle), like it usually end up. oh well.. time to try and find the bloody screw once more...

[calimeero]

i think the best way to clean the fan is to take it out and screw it apart. BUT my HP manual tells me to clean it with an air compressor like you did. without even unscrewing the bottom. i have a hp625.

[atrophiedcingulate]

I followed the instructions completely, and the noise is completely gone. Thanks for posting this.

[101Unit101]

@franknwalters I used to do this with my desktop and it kicks up so much dust (I don't think it was damaging the fan at all) but the only thing is I wouldn't trust it with my laptop considering there is a huge size difference in the fans from desktop to pc so I wouldn't do this method on my laptop unless it was a smaller vacuum with less power but yea right on man

[sickbastardHoN]

@rudiz90 you mean screw and pay right ;)

[AdMonkey7311]

THANK YOU FOR SOLVING A PROBLEM

[franknwalters]

@MrSatternJr

I have to say again that I don't know how safe this is.

I've done this on my laptop 5 or 6 times with no negative results on the fan on anything else.

Still if you decide to do it, it's your own decision considering the risk...

[franknwalters]

@MrSatternJr

Just how to explain it?

What I tried to do was to reverse the air flow in the fan's case in order to pull out the dust that stucks in there.

So I took the vacuum's pipe & put it under the laptop at the window where the fan sucks air. At the same time I was spraying inside with compressed air the where air usually comes out (that's at the left of the laptop).

I reversed the air flow pulling out the dust (with the laptop off of course). All of it I believe...

You got it now?

[MrSatternJr]

@franknwalters I have no idea what your saying