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How To Clean Laptop Fan And Stop Fan Noise and Overheating
Apr 25, 2025
Is your laptop fan making a lot of noise and your laptop is overheating at some point? In this tutorial I show you how stop all these by cleaning the noisy fun to stop the laptop from overheating. This works for both HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo Laptops and more.
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Is your laptop fan making a lot of
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noise? Now, if that is the case, then
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you might need to go ahead and clean it.
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One of the reason why your fan is making
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a lot of noise or your computer is
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overheating is because the fan is too
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dirty or it has accumulated a lot of
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dust or even blanket particles. Your
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laptop fan regularly needs to be cleaned
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because with time it accumulates dust
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and it accumulates dirt and this dirt
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blocks the airway making the laptop to
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struggle. Now, the best tool to clean
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your fan is having a blower. However, if
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you don't have a blower, don't worry.
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I'm just going to show you how you can
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clean your fan just using a brush and
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even toothbrush. These are all the tools
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that we going to use. These two are
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enough. And the best way to clean your
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fan is to go inside. And to go inside,
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all you need to do is to uncover this
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casing just using a screwdriver. You may
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want to go ahead and clean the fan using
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these ventilations or these vents.
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However, this will not go deep as most
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of the dirt or dust accumulates inside.
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So, let's get
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started. Now, to begin with, just go
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ahead and unscrew all the nuts, all the
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screws on your laptop on top here. But
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before you even do that, make sure that
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you have unmounted the battery from your
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laptop before you go ahead and remove
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the screwdriver. So, let me remove all
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of them.
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So I had removed the rest and the screws
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are here. So to remove the casing just
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go ahead and using your fingers just go
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around the edges or if you have an if
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you have this remover just go ahead and
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run it around the edges and it should be
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able to
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remove the casing. And the casing is
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removed. As you can
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see there is a lot of dirt around the
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fan area. And this is one of the problem
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that this laptop has. If I also show you
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closer, you can see how dirty the fan
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is. There's a lot of dirt that has
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accumulated here. Unscrew the fan alone.
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And the fan is here. So I'll go ahead
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and unscrew
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it. And it is
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removed. Now we have also a cable done.
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Then go ahead and unmount the cable that
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is attached to the motherboard. You can
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see here we have a cable from from the
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fan to the motherboard. So you can just
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go ahead and pull it using your fingers
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by pinching at the head of it and then
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pull it out. So we are done. Now if I
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even touch it, you can see now our fan
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is here. And indeed it is very dirt.
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Look at that. That's the dirt that has
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accumulated on this
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fan. Once you've removed it, using your
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brush, now go ahead and start cleaning
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it. And there's a lot of dirt that is
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coming out. Make sure you do it away
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from your motherboard so
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that you don't difify
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everything and there's a lot of dirt
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that is coming out of it. Here's where
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the blower is much important. So if you
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have a blower, you can now go ahead and
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use it. So the advantage of the blower
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is it will penetrate inside without
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having to struggle. And let me just use
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it. So I'll also blow
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this. Again, you may want to go ahead
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and brush over these vents. Have the
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vents
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here for the fan that is connected at
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the heat sink area. So, make sure you
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penetrate in using your
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brush. And you can see there's a lot of
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dirt that is coming out. There's a lot
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of dust and even mattress particles that
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are coming out. And this is what is
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causing heating problem and noise
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problem on this laptop. And make sure
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that the ventilation or the openings are
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wide open. There is no blockage. As you
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can see, there is a lot of dirt coming
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out. Was very dirty. And it is done.
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Once you're done, it's time to fix it
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back. And you see with this, we didn't
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touch any other part of the laptop. So,
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we don't have any issue. So, from here,
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go ahead and fix it back.
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Don't forget to fix the cable from your
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fan, your motherboard. And then go ahead
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and screw all the
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nuts on the fan and make sure it is also
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aligned with the ventilation holes on
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your heat sink. So that is it. I'll fix
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all the screws that are attached to the
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fan on the motherboard. Also clean this.
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Make sure you clean also
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this once it is clean.
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It's
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time to turn the
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casing. And that's
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it. You'll not have tempered with
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anything. So go ahead and fix the screw
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back. Then press on the edges to make
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sure that they are intact.
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Sometimes you'll hear them
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clip. And then don't forget to return
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this the CD ROM if you had it on your
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laptop. Return
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it and then fasten it with a
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screw. So I not fasten the others. I'll
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just leave it at as it is because this
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was just a demonstration using this
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sample or this laptop. So if you have
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any other question, kindly let me know
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in the comment section. Otherwise, if
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