How do I clean out the dust in the fans of my MacBook Pro? (I'm perfectly comfortable with opening my MacBook Pro up (Unibody 2008 edition with removable battery cover), but I'm not exactly sure how I would carry out the dust-cleaning procedure. Recently my lower left part (In typing perspective) of my MacBook Pro had a really odd sound coming from it. I remember seeing a fan on that part and had saw lots of dust on it, but never did anything much about it. Would I use my fingers to scrape out the dust in the fans? Or a can of compressed air? (Wouldn't that be counterproductive? I would be blowing all the dust into the MacBook Pro/the unibody case itself/onto the other components on the motherboard?) Here it goes for your question JFW! At least, you will be able to have access to your fan without breaking your MacBook Pro. IFixit has a step by step procedure that you can follow to take off the parts of your computer so that you have access to the fans: As far as I'm concerned, I would use a can of compressed air.

Let me know if this tutorial helped you.I had a small piece of paper stuck. I did not actually have to remove the fans, I just opened the laptop, blew a bit and used a vacuum cleaner a bit too.Browse other questions tagged macbook mac hardware or ask your own question.best air purifier for sleepingMessage 1 of 9how to clean mold on air vents My laptop has been running quite alot louder and seems to be using the fan more too.indoor plant air purification I can see quite alot of dust when looking underneath my laptop... And so Im looking for a guide to disassemble my laptop to clear the dust from the fans, its the dv600 series, and the exact model is 6680. Message 2 of 9 - last edited ony Many times a laptop overheating is directly related to the cooling of the processo

r. The main culprit is the fan. The fan sucks in air from the bottom and blows it out the side. It will also suck in hair, dust, and other debris. That stuff often gets trapped by the heat sink and over time builds up in a layer which chokes off the cool air going to the processor making the fan work hard/us-en/document/c01657439What I recommend is getting some canned air and blowing out the vents in the side and bottom of the laptop. If after doing this you still have problems with over-heating, and your laptop is in warranty, you can take your laptop to a HP Authorized Service Center and ask them to clean the fan and heatsin/service/ewarranty/warrantyResults.do?admit=109447627+1286541891570+28353475If it is out of warranty, consider searching for the maintenance manual for your specific model, in the manual there are schematics for taking apart the laptop. Cleaning the fan is much easier that removing a motherboard, so don't feel to intimidated by the idea. Also you can remove the heatsink and then remove the thermal grease and apply a new layer which also helps alleviate heat related issu

es.I hope this helps. If you like my advice and it works for you, please thank me by clicking the Kudos Star under my screen name, thanks! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Love Kudos! If you feel my post has helped you please click the White Kudos! Star just below my nameIf you feel my answer has fixed your problem please click 'Mark As Solution' and make it easier for others to find help quickly Message 3 of AM that tip sounds realllly good   where can i buy compressed air though?? Message 4 of AM Just about anywhere, it comes in a can with a long straw attached, much like WD40, anywhere that has computer stuff should have canned air as well. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Love Kudos! If you feel my post has helped you please click the White Kudos! Star just below my nameIf you feel my answer has fixed your problem please click 'Mark As Solution' and make it easier for others to find help quic

kly Message 5 o0 AM I'm highly recommend you to assembly the notebook, clean the heat sink and replace the thermal paste with the good one.Go to local computer store if you cant do it your self. Above steps only effective temporary, the dust will stuck again eventua59 AM Rakhmad wrote:I'm highly recommend you to assembly the notebook, clean the heat sink and replace the thermal paste with the good one.Go to local computer store if you cant do it your self. Above steps only effective temporary, the dust will stuck again eventually.If you read the above steps you would have seen that I told him to have it done under warranty, if applicable, or to disassemble it himself as well as apply fresh thermal paste. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I Love Kudos! If you feel my post has helped you please click the White Kudos! Star just below my nameIf you feel my answer has fixed your problem please click 'Mark As Solution' and make it easier for others to find help qu

:20 PM - last edi by Knute said :  "If it is out of warranty, consider searching for the maintenance manual for your specific model, in the manual there are schematics for taking apart the laptop. Cleaning the fan is much easier that removing a motherboard, so don't feel to intimidated by the idea. Also you can remove the heatsink and then remove the thermal grease and apply a new layer which also helps alleviate heat related issues."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am confused, you have to remove the mother board to clean the fan and heat sink fins. You did mention this, but the mother-board still has to be removed for access, or at least on the HDX, dV8, dv7 series.  I am also going to add that if there is this amount of build up in there that compressed air is not going to clean it out as the link may s 8 of 9 ‎0112:58 PM On some models the motherboard must be removed as it is 'upside down' but for most as you know, it's just as easy as taking off the keyboard bezel and keyboard and then unscrewing the screw that holds in