At first glance, you might think that dust does not settle inside the laptop. Then you, probably, will be very surprised when in the service center you will be offered to clean it from dust.
In fact, if the laptop is dismantled, then inside you can see the whole dust colony. The cooling system of the laptop (or netbook, not fundamentally) consists of a radiator and a fan. The first takes away the heat from the very hot parts of the laptop, and the second cools the first. We hope you understand the principle of work. So, that the fan can blow the radiator with cold air, first of all, it must get this air from somewhere. Therefore, he takes air from outside the laptop, blows the radiator, and blows out the hot air into the external environment. Thus, all the dust that exists in the extracted air remains on the walls of the radiator, fan blades and other parts of the laptop. And a large amount of dust in the laptop greatly affects the work of the latter, and, as a rule, not for the better.
How to understand that it's time to clean the laptop from dust?
- If you bought a laptop more than a year ago, actively used it, and yet never cleaned.
- If the laptop became very hot (even during a short work).
- If the laptop has become very buzzing, and sometimes uneven (it is often heard how the cooler stops, and then not immediately "start").
- If the laptop began to slow down (the operating system, programs, games, etc.) are loaded for a long time.
But it should be noted that paragraphs 2-4 do not always indicate the need to clean the laptop inside of dust. Quite often they can talk about the presence of malfunctions or even breakages in the system. However, if the listed factors appear after six months or a year after the last cleaning, then most likely it is in the dust.
Cleaning the laptop from dust yourself
The first advice that we will give you, please do not consider it a joke, but listen to it. Especially if you are not an IT specialist, or do not clean the laptop from dust inside professionally. So, having untwisted the laptop, take the camera and take a photo of the location of all the constituent parts of the laptop. So that later it was painfully painful to collect the components in a single whole.
Cleaning the laptop, by and large, is to clean only the cooling system. With the remaining parts, it is sufficient to clean the dust with a brush or blow off with a hairdryer.
The fan can be rinsed under running water, if after disconnection there are no wires left on it. Otherwise, you can wipe it with a cloth or brush it. Do not wash the fins of the radiator with water. To get to the most inaccessible places, you can clean them with a hair dryer or a vacuum cleaner.
In addition to the above procedures, cleaning the laptop from dust includes the replacement of thermal pads and thermal grease. Note that these are not interchangeable things.
After all the parts are cleaned of dust, you can start assembling the laptop. Then immediately check the serviceability of its operation.
Professional cleaning of the laptop
If you are not confident in your abilities, it is better not to test fate, and entrust cleaning the laptop from dust to professionals. Now a similar service is provided by almost any computer equipment salon. Or you can contact a private master. So at least you can be sure that you will not cause any mechanical damage to the component parts, and dismantling and assembling the laptop will be done in the right order. And also in case of unforeseen circumstances, you will have someone to file a claim.
The cost of cleaning laptops from dust often depends on the model, the need to replace the thermal paste or cooler, as well as going to the house. Depending on the region and the popularity of the organization, the price can vary from 5 to 40 dollars.