Today I will try to explain how to take apart Dell Inspiron 5100 series laptops and clean the cooling fan. You can also use this guide if you need to replace thermal compound between the heatsink and the CPU. Unfortunately in this model the cooling module cannot be accessed from the outside and you’ll have to remove the keyboard first but don’t worry, it is not so difficult. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Today I will show you how to disassemble and clean your MacBook White laptop. You can also use this guide if you want to replace the RAM memory or hard drive or just to perform an upgrade. In this model the cooling fan is located in the center of the laptop under the keyboard, so you’ll need to unmount it first in order to reach the fan. But before you start, it is important to see the screws used in this computer and select the appropriate screwdriver. According to Apple you can use a Phillips size 00 screwdriver. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Nowadays PDF documents are found almost everywhere on the Internet and probably most of you every day have to work with pdf documents, such as manuals, tutorials, e-books etc. As you may know two of the most popular applications for reading PDF documents are Adobe Reader and Foxit PDF reader. But what happens if you do not have the software that is necessary for this purpose (e.g. if you need to work on a machine, which does not have any viewer to view PDF files ). [Read the rest of this entry...]
In this post I will try to explain how to clean the cooling fan and heat sink in Acer Extensa 5230 series laptop, but it should also work for other similar models like 5630/5330z/5630z. The cooling fan can be accessed from the bottom of the laptop and cleaning procedure takes only about 15 minutes. As you will see below I will also use the opportunity to apply fresh thermal paste on the CPU. [Read the rest of this entry...]
This guide explains how to clean the cooling fan and heat sink inside a MSI M670X laptop, but it should work also for other similar models. The reason that made me think of cleaning this laptop is that sometimes it overheats and shuts down by itself without any warning. Increased noise produced by the fan is also very important sign that there is overheating. However, if you suspect that your laptop overheats you can always check its temperatures with programs such as SpeedFan or HWmonitor. [Read the rest of this entry...]
