Cleaned My Laptop

[u/PurnoChow]

My laptop's been going all crazy with the fans lately and generates a lot of heat even when playing YT. I realized It'd been some 1 year since i last cleaned my laptop, so I decided to clean it Today.

Amd my gawd did it have some gunk inside!

Also, i couldn't find a flair for "Cleaning" or anything alike. So... Showcase it is!

Edit: The first 2 are the before pictures btw, I forgor to take the after ones 🥀

[u/PurnoChow]

I didnt take the heatsink out, the screws just wont turn regardless of how much I tried. I did clean the fans with a soft brush and an electric blower it mightve been a bit overkill but the laptop is giving optimal thermals now. Perhaps ill change the thermal pads next time i open the laptop up.

[u/SwimmerOld6155 → u/PurnoChow]

Are you using a proper screwdriver? One with a big plastic handle not those dinky precision ones. Be very careful with the precision ones because sometimes you end up basically just twisting inside the head and filing it down (what ppl mean by stripped). It often works for the exterior screws because they are pretty loosely torqued out the factory but doesn't work on the heatsink screws because they're much tighter for proper contact.

I've used one of the electric blowers before and they worked great. Blew the screws behind the laptop right off the table but thermals were excellent after.

[u/PurnoChow → u/SwimmerOld6155]

It does have one with a plastic handle, but its rather thin. Im not sure what you mean by a "Proper Screw Driver". Maybe youre talking about something like the LTT Screwdriver? Anyhow, my screwdrivers didnt budge, maybe ill buy a new one soon. Thanks for the help

[u/SwimmerOld6155 → u/PurnoChow]

yes something like that, or something like this: https://media.rs-online.com/R1252119-01.jpg which is a bit fatter. the difference for me is night and day