Twice a year, my boys and I sit down, open up our laptops and clear out all the dust from the fans. Today was that day.
Dust in laptop fans at best reduces their effectiveness and at worst makes thing much hotter. We know this from bitter experience because we once cooked a CPU and graphics card because of laptop fan fluff. It killed a £1,000 laptop.
Make-up brushes and compressed air are great for clearing out the dust. Isopropyl alcohol and kitchen roll is great for cleaning the laptop case, keyboard and screen.
“You take care of your tools, your tools take care of you.” — James S.A. Corey
