Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?

Hello,

I had read somewhere (a military serviceperson's blog?) that they had taken to
taping pieces of pantyhose over the air inlets on PCs as filtering material to
keep dust out of them. Perhaps you could use something similar to prevent dust
from getting in?

If you do install filters, I would strongly suggest monitoring temperature to
see what effect, if any, they have on internal temperatures.

Regards

Aryeh Goretsky

At 04:27 AM 10/14/2006, you wrote:

>Message: 10
>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:27:46 +0200
>From: "Tim S." <tsservo@gmail.com>
>Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?
>To: "'Thinkpad Users Group'" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
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>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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