Contents:
- How to clean without disassembly?
- General cleaning: how to completely remove dust?
- Preventive measures
How do I clean my laptop from dust and dirt? This is a very simple procedure that any adult can handle. It does not require any special knowledge and skills to clean the dust quickly and qualitatively.
One can choose one of two principal approaches to this task:
- vacuuming the exhaust vent with a conventional vacuum cleaner;
- purge the inlet vent with a can of compressed air.
To clean properly and not damage the device, you need to understand what it needs. In every modern computer, a silicon processor is used. It can be compared with the brain: if the processor does not work well, the laptop "thinks" slowly and tightly. Powerful processors can not work without a cooling system, since only at low temperatures the resistance of the chip allows for rapid electrical impulse.
Cooling system is a cooler, a box, inside which a fan is installed. Access to the cooler can be obtained by removing the back cover. But if the computer is under warranty, it can not be disassembled.
The only way to clean the warranty is to take it to the official service of the manufacturer. If the user removes the cover by himself and damages the warranty seal, he is deprived of free repair. To find out before what period the warranty is valid, you need to find the documents to the laptop and read this information in the certificate.
How do I clean without disassembly?
At the bottom of the notebook is the grille of the inlet ventilation opening - this is the opening for air supply to the fan of the cooling system. Under the action of the fan blades cool air is supplied to the processor and the graphics card and chills them. On the side is the grille of the exhaust vent, through which the heated air leaves the laptop.
Cleaning the laptop from dust at home should be concentrated on the ventilation grilles, because it gets most of the small household dirt. The vacuum cleaner will get out dust particles from the grate.
How to remove dirt from the outlet quickly and easily?
- Turn off the laptop.
- Steady place it on the edge, like an open book.
- Take an ordinary vacuum cleaner, remove the nozzle.
- Turn on the vacuum cleaner, hold the pipe to the ventilation grill, hold for 2-3 minutes.
It is more convenient to clean the inlet ventilation hole with compressed air. It can be purchased at any construction or computer store. The can has a long spout that can be inserted into the ventilation grill. When pressed from the can, air is released under pressure, it rotates the fan and blows off dust from it.
How do I clean my laptop from dust using a can?
- Turn the device over, blow out all contamination between the keys of the keyboard with a balloon.
- Place the laptop on the edge, blow out the vent hole.
- Set to the normal position, purge the inlet.
For excellent computer performance, it is necessary to carry out preventive cleaning as contamination, that is, often. Knowing how to clean a laptop from dust without analyzing it will help maintain the excellent performance of the processor. The laptop will serve for a long time if it is properly maintained and cleaned in time by the fan.
General cleaning: how to completely remove dust?
If you have not cleaned your notebook for years, you may need to disassemble the case. The back cover of the case is fixed on small bolts, a screwdriver of the appropriate diameter is required for unwinding. Bolts are untwisted anti-clockwise. After removing them all you need to collect in order not to get lost.
At home, disassemble and assemble a laptop can even a housewife. For cleaning, you need to find a cooler and a radiator. The cooler looks like a fan in a square frame. A radiator is a box with a grate. You can blow the cooler and radiator with a can or vacuum. It is more advantageous to use a balloon, because they can walk through all the internal microcircuits.
If the disassembled cleaning is carried out with a vacuum cleaner, you must act extremely carefully. In order not to damage fragile and complex microcircuits, you should not bring the vacuum cleaner tube close or touch the structures. Even more detailed cleaning of the laptop with the replacement of thermal grease is better not to conduct yourself, if there is no special skills. After the end of the procedure, you need to assemble the body back.
How often do you need to remove dust? It depends on the features of computer operation. If the laptop is used on a blanket, pillow or floor - you need to clean up at least once every 3 months, while it is better to disassemble the case. If the computer is on the table, only once in six months. Timely dust removal ensures that the cooler will cool the processor and graphics card. This facilitates fast and trouble-free operation of the notebook.
Preventive measures
Proper care for such complex and expensive equipment as a personal computer, is careful handling.
Here are some tips on how to protect your laptop from damage and contamination.
- You only need to work on a computer on a smooth and clean surface, on a special stand or on a table. Do not put the laptop on blankets and pillows! In its working form, the cooler draws in air through the inlet, which in most models is located at the bottom, which means it is easily clogged.
- Do not contaminate the keyboard with crumbs, do not spill any sticky liquids on it. Clean the keyboard with a compressed air cartridge as soon as the keys begin to stick.
- Turn off the computer or enter into sleep mode for an interruption in use.
In order to take care of the laptop at home, it is necessary to have a can of compressed air. This device makes it easy and easy to blow out crumbs from the keyboard, clean the ventilation holes and keep the cooler clean.
