Help me clean my laptop

[Direkled]

yeah im not gonna be touching any capacitors, really paranoid when it comes to that as well, on top of being scared of destroying my laptop

it's a good idea checking on youtube about my laptop model, will do that

btw how do you replace thermal paste? Did you un-solder the processor from the motherboard, put the paste, then resolder it?

Yea, exactly like this

dont do it

If you bring it to shop make sure that its good shop with good guys.
That they properly disassemble it and clean everything.
It may be that they are lazy and stupid jews that only take your money, apply some pressured air to your keyboard and give it back to you, saying that they did complete cleaning to it!

What the fuck, why would anyone do that?

[azrid]

My fan was really loud and cpu overheating. I grounded myself then took laptop apart and wiped off all dust with anti static cloth. Took apart fan and some dry black charcoal looking shit fell out of the socket of fan. Stuffed the hole full off axle grease and it hasn't made a noise ever since and temp is always cool.

[Jalpha]

If ur gonaa use canned air do it somewhere with low humidity like an air-conditioned room cuz the air comes out of the can so cold it can suck moisture from the air and it will condense on your computer parts.

[MagicManICT]

you can use rubber gloves if you are 2 scard when youre doing it to have some protection from static electricity

Bad advice. The two common materials for rubber gloves are latex and polyurethane. Both have high static capacity. Just think of a balloon after rubbing it on your head. Any electronics supply will have gloves for sale that are static free. You can also hit up Amazon, Newegg, etc. for such things. (And they're pretty cheap for limited use.)

Get a ground strap. A lot of people say they've never used one, but all it takes is blowing up a $200 processor before that $5 strap looks like it would have been a good idea. If you feel the need for gloves, spend about the same on some anti-static gloves.

[nerdyaf]

just a small protip: if you decide to disassemble your laptop yourself, take pictures of every step so you know how to put everything back together.

This is a top tip! I have a a collection of screws and little metal things i have taken from many laptops and other electrical items because i simply forgot where they belonged when it came to putting things back together..

[MrGemini]

Carefull tho do not use salt water or your processor fluid will rust

Lol'ed

[Ukhata]

put it in the dishwasher with the plates.

[razfen]

i have my pc case open and once i cummed on gpu and my pc immediately shut down and i immediately unplugged it from electricity and proceed to clean the cum off gpu with my dick still out

thx for my new signature teleskop, you did the world a favor.

[loftar]

disassemble your laptop and clean it out

I would suggest this too, but I did recently have my hands on a HP laptop which was thus constructed that the fan was pretty much the "innermost" component, and the entire laptop had to be torn down around it, in which case the risk of snapping some of the fairly delicate chassis parts is only really worth it in case it's necessary. Not that I wouldn't do it if necessary, but even I have to admit that laptop/phone parts are tiny enough that there's always a risk of breaking some little thing. Pretty retarded construction, though -- in my own ThinkPad, the fan is directly accessible under a screwed cover.

And, I mean, if you really haven't done anything else, just blow really hard through the vents. It's not the ultimate cleaning solution or anything, but it's not like it hurts, and it might at least make whatever problem you're having go away for a while. Laptop vents are usually small enough that you can get pretty good pressure with just your lungs.

yeah im not gonna be touching any capacitors, really paranoid when it comes to that as well

I can pretty confidently say there's no danger whatsoever in a laptop, as it's all low voltage stuff. The power-brick handles all the high-voltage stuff. Even in the odd chance that you have a CCFL-lit screen with a high-voltage inverter, it's not like it's going to have bulk caps on the high-voltage side holding an amount of charge that would remain over any significant amount of time.

[Ukhata]

also never blow into a fan with compressed air without holding it tight.
do not make it move with the compressed air, cuz its an electric motor that can generate power as well as use it.
you could fry yer motherboard.