The proper way of fan cleaning

[sbwalshe]

Hi,

My laptop is about a year old now and the fans inside have obviously gone bad. It's really noisy and hot to the touch.

HP has demonstrated fan cleaning by getting compressed air and blowing it on the outside-in. However, on some websites like youtube, it seems that opening your own laptop and air blowing everything makes me feel more satisfied in a way. So what would you guys suggest? To open or to not open?

 

[Jacob McIntosh]

Well, its more of a question of warranty or no warranty. If you open it, that will void the warranty on your laptop, but you will get the fans cleaner. If you do it as per the HP video, you will still have the warranty, but the laptop won't get as clean.