On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 07:38 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > blow some compressed air from a decent air compressor (as I said cans > do not have equal airflow power) into the cpu air exhaust vents at the > back of your lappy. If you hear the internal cooler hum (it´s likely > spinning backwards due to the reverse airflow), it means it´s working. > After 3-4 seconds stop. Also move from side to side to cover all the > sections of the air exhaust vents. Cautionary advice: High speed air can create static charges that destroy static sensitive components (e.g. what you're computer is full of). Careful blowing out of heatsink fins wouldn't be a problem, but blowing across components can be, and that's hard to avoid unless you can actually remove the heatsink. Blowing into a fan can blast muck into the bearings, stuffing things up in a new way. Blowing into a fan blade so it audibly goes WHEEEEEE as it spins around can (depending on the design of the fan's electrics) cause the fan to act like a dynamo, and inject current into some circuit that never expected to receive it. High pressure air could blow off any components with a weakness. Perhaps something that, otherwise, wouldn't have broken. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
