You can use compressed air to blow off dust while holding the fan, preventing it from spinning much. Or you can simple use a cotton swab if ur not comfortable with that. If you’d like to go for a deeper clean you can also remove the top metal plate of the fan to clear out hidden dust bunnies, you’d prolly need a smaller screwdriver, but compressed air should blow any out anyways.

What should I do to clean the fans? What kind of tools should I use? I will probably clean them soon.

My fan woke me up at 3am last night making a fucking horrid grinding noise. Got it cleaned and no more sound. Now I’m gonna clean my fans every month or two lol

I also recommend replacing the thermal pads, they look very dirty.

Looks the same as my 3,5 year old asspire 7 lol

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Damn that's a lot of gooch

You can take the cage off, turn the spinner nut the wrong way, the blade comes off.

I put them in the shower with some warm soapy water.

If you can take the cage apart to get to fan blades, start there. For the cages, use that gooey slime they use for cleaning car vents and crevices. recipe

use those compressed air spray cans

u can get them at computer shop or hardware store i gess

remove the fan, blow out with compressed air, or use some kind of small brush ( hair trimmers have those small brushes in the box for example )

Air spray can. I recommend taking all the parts out and spraying them off. Also put new thermal paste on the cpu.

A nice big bucket of soapy water should do the trick.

If you feel up to it. The whole thing can come off. The whole thing being the heatsink and fan. If you take off the heat sink then you would need to re apply thermal paste to the cpu before putting the heat sink back on. If that is not your cup of tea a can of compressed air could do the trick but be prepared for dust everywhere for that. Other than that everyone else seems to have that covered.

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BLOW THEM

Farting could help /s

It's not that simple yet not that complicated too.

I'll tell you why. So my laptop fan wasn't properly working and I figured that it was happening because of dust and dirt. So I opened up the back pane, removed the fan. Unscrewed it very carefully and cleaned it with a brush. Reassembled it just the way it was and its working smoothly now.

If you can be careful, cause the screws are gonna be tiny as hell, try doing it else don't if you think you'll mess up. My screw drivers didn't fit the small ones So I had to use the tip of my knife but it worked lol.

You'll have to take the fan out and then use isopropyl alcohol on some kind of cloth or even paper towel and just manually wipe it down, carefully. Sometimes Q-tips with isopropyl alcohol might be good enough.

Get a small enough bottle brush.

Buy some mesh and magnetic strip to reduce dust.

You could buy a paint brush or make up brush for fans. Avoid anything with synthetic hair as they do build up static. There's also ESD specific brushes but they tend to be a premium price.

I use brushes with soft bristles to do that.

The only thing that’s worked for me is qtips honestly. I’ll get the surface dust off with canned air. Then I’ll hold the fan in place with one qtip and gently wipe off the dust with another. Annoying and time consuming, so if anyone has a better way I’m all ears

You could buy a can of compressed air and just blast them from the outside while keeping the fans still with the help of a small object or open it up and clean it with a brush or cloth. Make sure to hold the can upright and don't hold for too long, otherwise you might start expelling liquid propellant.

I just use a 10$ Bosch air blower, every week to keep my laptop and my workplace dust free, works perfect for me 👍🏻

Model is Bosch GBL 620-Watt Air Blower

Literally clean it every month to avoid accumulation.

Also, if it's dusty in your place try using an Air purifier.

My area is extremely dusty. I routinely take the bottom off every 2 months and blow everything out with compressed air (holding the fans so they don't spin).

I did consider an air purifier, but to keep all the dust out it would be pretty expensive. I'm going to wait until I move back east next month and see how the dust situation is out there. :)

It's not too bad. I have a Legion 5 17IMH05H (Intel) and the hardest part is popping the bottom cover off in certain spots. There's a couple spots where I have to use my little thin shims to get in and pop it out. But, once I learned where those spots are....popping it off now is a breeze. Then all I do is hold the fans still with a finger while I blow out the dust from the fins, and give the rest of it a light spray with the air to remove any residual dust.

If you’re willing to pay for it, there are anti-esd vacuums which is safer as vacuums create a lot of static that can brick the motherboard if it arcs

Every six months remove the back plate and use a vacuum (with non-conducting bristle brushes) to vacuum any obvious dust. Then use a can of compressed air to blow your heat vents, fans and other components and, when reassembled, under each key on your keyboard. If you have a house or place of business with a ton of particulates and/or dust, do this cleaning every 1-3 months.

Every 2 years or so, repaste your CPU and GPU and during this process do the same cleaning as above.

Once every 6 months. Tape the fans/or use a toothpick to stop them from spinning while you blow compressed air at them to clean them off.

IPA 99% with cotton swabs/ or coffee filters are handy as well.

I use an electric air blower made for electronics and set my PC near a window with a fan blowing over the case and out the window. I use 99% alcohol and those blue paper towels to wipe down all the easy to reach surfaces. Then blast everything with the duster for a couple minutes, especially my radiators. I clean it on the first weekend of every month since I use it daily and have a cat who likes to sit on top of it.

This is already assuming the PC is turned off. Compressed air will spin the fans, so the tape/toothpick is meant to stop them from doing so. It’s both to prevent dust from getting everywhere and the fans from generating electric current that can ruin components.

i only clean mine when it needs it. maybe once a year. dust filters help a TON