Anonymous Posted on May 07, 2012

How to clean fan for acer aspire

How do I get at the fans to clear them of dust? My laptop seems to be overheating quite a bit when I play a game or spend too much time on it! I have ordered a laptop cool pad in the hope that this will help but until that arrives thought I could try and clean the fans if that is possible? Thanks

Anonymous May 09, 2012

my laptop is overheating and was told one way of preventing this is to clean the fans of dust just not sure how to go about doing that.

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You could try air duster or even buy a fan that goes underneath the laptop to help it stay cool.

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A notebook can only shut down if the processor is getting HOT that is by itself. I can timagine its a virus because you said you formatted it?. You keep maintaining that it keepsshutting down. to me thats the CPU because its getting too HOT> How to fix is to check to see if the fan is ok the one on top. Even when it glogs up the fan can always clear it ......may be a faulty fan check it...

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i formated my aspire 3680-2022 for winXP now my sound and wireless network doesn't work anymore

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SOURCE: Replacing cooling fan in ACER ASPIRE 3620 Notebook

Try this link:

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/clean-cooling-module-acer-aspire-3620/

Anonymous

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Posted on Aug 18, 2009

SOURCE: Acer Extensa 5630G it's overheating a lot!

Cooling pad will be best bet, extend the life of the laptop. They are annoying sometime but got to weigh options. Cooling pads plug into usb so that is a plus, dont have to plug them in wall. Try to find a real slim one, i got a real slim one, not the strongest fan but it keeps my laptop at a good temperature.

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Posted on Feb 08, 2010

SOURCE: ACER aspire one netbook model# A0A150 cooling fan quit

It shouldn't be that hard if you've done it before. netbooks are just so compact, so i suggest you keep track of where everything goes. Make sure you remove the fan and test it with a 9v battery to make sure that it's dead or not.

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