Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?

Don't just blow out the fan vent. Take off the keyboard and blast out the
innards. From what you describe, I would do it at least once a week.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim S." <tsservo@gmail.com>
To: "'Thinkpad Users Group'" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:27 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?

> Hi all, I've got an X41T and a T60p which weather the daily hot and dusty
> environment of Egypt. The X41T (my wife's) makes a daily trip to the
school
> that she teaches at whereas the T60p (mine) is largely sedentary in our
> apartment.
>
> I wipe down the outside of the cases every other day or so with a just
> barely damp cloth to keep them from turning a lovely shade of brown.
Around
> here, it's simply impossible to keep anything from getting dusty.
>
> The other day after I had wiped the case down, one a whim, I turned it
over
> and gave the intake port for the fan a good shot with the Giotto Rocket
> blower that I keep for my camera equipment (now those are a pain to keep
> clean). Perhaps I shouldn't have don't that, but the amount of dust that
> came out of the fan port was humbling and it took a half dozen blasts or
so
> before the dust was no longer noticeably coming out.
>
> I mentioned this to my wife, who subsequently mentioned to me that her
X41T
> has been running rather hot as of late and it occurred to me that I should
> probably look at it as well.
>
> What I was wondering was if anyone has any strong opinions on cleaning out
> the dust from the inside of the Thinkpads. I know I've never done it
before
> to any other laptop I've owned, but I've never had any in Egypt either. I
> don't know if they're relatively dust proof, or, like a PC it doesn't
affect
> it all that much.
>
> If it's not a concern, does anyone have any ideas on an X41T that's been
> running very hot as of late? It's to the point where it's uncomfortable
to
> keep on her lap whereas previously could barely tell the machine was on.
> I've flashed the BIOS and installed the latest Power Manager on it but
it's
> not cooling down.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
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