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From: Andy Hewitt on 2 Jun 2010 10:21 I got up this morning, and had a desire to strip the MacBook and clean out the dust. Bloody glad I did, there was a carpet's worth of fluff and dust bunging up the outlet. There was probably about 20% of the outlet left open. I did some testing with Aperture, and I'd say it's dropped by about 10C when under load. That's been about a year since I last did it, so I reckon six months is more like it. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Chris Ridd on 2 Jun 2010 10:37 On 2010-06-02 15:21:01 +0100, Andy Hewitt said: > I got up this morning, and had a desire to strip the MacBook and clean > out the dust. > > Bloody glad I did, there was a carpet's worth of fluff and dust bunging > up the outlet. There was probably about 20% of the outlet left open. > > I did some testing with Aperture, and I'd say it's dropped by about 10C > when under load. > > That's been about a year since I last did it, so I reckon six months is > more like it. Make sure you put all the '1' bits back. -- Chris
From: Jim on 2 Jun 2010 10:43 On 2010-06-02, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> I got up this morning, and had a desire to strip the MacBook and clean >> out the dust. >> >> Bloody glad I did, there was a carpet's worth of fluff and dust bunging >> up the outlet. There was probably about 20% of the outlet left open. >> >> I did some testing with Aperture, and I'd say it's dropped by about 10C >> when under load. >> >> That's been about a year since I last did it, so I reckon six months is >> more like it. > > Make sure you put all the '1' bits back. Pro tip. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Andy Hewitt on 2 Jun 2010 10:55 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-02 15:21:01 +0100, Andy Hewitt said: > > > I got up this morning, and had a desire to strip the MacBook and clean > > out the dust. > > > > Bloody glad I did, there was a carpet's worth of fluff and dust bunging > > up the outlet. There was probably about 20% of the outlet left open. > > > > I did some testing with Aperture, and I'd say it's dropped by about 10C > > when under load. > > > > That's been about a year since I last did it, so I reckon six months is > > more like it. > > Make sure you put all the '1' bits back. Oh! -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: smurf on 4 Jun 2010 05:26
Andy Hewitt wrote: > I got up this morning, and had a desire to strip the MacBook and clean > out the dust. > > Bloody glad I did, there was a carpet's worth of fluff and dust > bunging up the outlet. There was probably about 20% of the outlet > left open. > > I did some testing with Aperture, and I'd say it's dropped by about > 10C when under load. > > That's been about a year since I last did it, so I reckon six months > is more like it. I have a compressor, i do my dell laptop about once a year. It really makes the difference in fan noise, must be badly designed cooling mechanism, as it seems to draw fluff around the vents on the heatsink meaning that the air sucked in just touches the layer of dust and doesnt cool down. It makes video etc jerky as the cpu goes into thermal control throttle. |