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From: gufus on 10 May 2010 19:57 Hello, David! You wrote on Mon, 10 May 2010 08:27:37 GMT: DK> FL>> If duster-can air "may bend the delicate fins on the fan", then the FL>> damned fan's too delicate to be in a laptop. DK> DK> Welcome to the world of $300 laptops. I paid over $1.000 6 years ago for a Toshiba A30 -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
From: Leythos on 10 May 2010 20:20 In article <n31Gn.8607$TL5.3362(a)newsfe24.iad>, stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca says... > > Hello, David! > > You wrote on Mon, 10 May 2010 08:27:37 GMT: > > DK> > FL>> If duster-can air "may bend the delicate fins on the fan", then the > FL>> damned fan's too delicate to be in a laptop. > DK> > DK> Welcome to the world of $300 laptops. > > I paid over $1.000 6 years ago for a Toshiba A30 My Toshiba and other cheap < $400 laptops don't have weak fan blades. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: David Kaye on 10 May 2010 20:48 "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > >I paid over $1.000 6 years ago for a Toshiba A30 Then you probably won't have a laptop with cheaply made fan blades that bend under a gust of compressed air -- which was my point.
From: Dustin Cook on 10 May 2010 23:04 "The Real Truth MVP" <trt(a)void.com> wrote in news:hs7h4n$mol$1(a)leythos.motzarella.org: > In your 30 years experience you could not learn how to blow air out of > your mouth without spitting? Who said anything about spitting? Your hot air, no pun intended contains a large amount of moisture. -- "Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior
From: Dustin Cook on 10 May 2010 23:05
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:hs6mkf06i(a)news2.newsguy.com: > From: "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> > >| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > >>>If it was a notebook that had dust choked cooling fins then it would >>>possibly >>> indicate a >>>thermal shutdown and be able to reboot once cool and cycle through >>>that. >>> Compressed air >>>is good for cleaning the cooling fins. > >| I recommend against using compressed air for a laptop because I feel >| the pressure is too great and may bend the delicate fins on the fan. >| This is why I recommend gently blowing into the air output holes, >| since it's far easier to control one's breath than it is a cannister >| full of compressed air. A few puffs can dislodge a lot of gunk. > > >>>When cleaning a desktop chassis a vacuum cleaner wand and >>>soft-bristle paint >>> brush is >>>best. Use the paint brush to gently dislodge the dust and vacuum the >>>dislodged >>> material >>>using the vacuum wand. > >| I bought a cheap feather duster. I use it with just a touch of spray >| furniture polish (just a light spray, to just give it enough oil to >| pick up the dust. With this I can gently pull the plumes along >| various circuit boards, around components, under the HD bay, etc., to >| pick up a *lot* of gunk from inside the chassis. Then a rigorous >| shake of the duster will dislodge the dust. > > > The air pressure from a cannister of compressed air will not "bend the > delicate fins on the fan" (blades) or the fins of the heat sink. > > I wouldn't use any "furniture polish" as you don't know what chemicals > are used which may cause corrosion of electronics. I know many lcd panels will die shortly after being exposed to furniture polish. :) -- "Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior |