Didn't see a qtddtot.I bought a cheap second hand laptop (Dell XPS 15 9560 with a non-functional battery) for my cousin since his parents are fuck ups who pawned their computer for booze money. I've never opened a laptop before but I figured putting a new battery in can't be too hard. Anyway, this is what it looked like when I popped the back off.Am I right in assuming all that pinkish-grey stuff between the fans and the (I think) vents from the heatsink is dust that I can safely brush off with a toothbrush or pull away with a pair of tweezers?Right now my plan is brush away the worst of the dust then just blast the whole thing with a can of compressed air. Is there anything I should know before that? Any parts I should be careful of?Anything else worth doing before I hand the laptop over to him? There's some brown gunk that's hardened on the inside of the laptop case, maybe thermal paste? Don't know if that's worth replacing.
>>106872345What do you think?
>>106872345Use a soft clean brush and a vacuum cleaner>inb4 static electricityIt's a meme
>>106872345Laurie has a laptop.How much pubic hair do you think she has in her laptop?
This hair doesn't look that weird, it probably pulled it in from whatever surface it was sitting on via the intakes. If you want to blast the fan with compressed air, I recommend unplugging it, and making sure you don't let it spin up too fast, go in bursts with pauses in between. I managed to use compressed air to cause the fins of a laptop fan to explode once. It was fun but you'd need to find a replacement and swap it in afterwards, otherwise it will not move any air around and cause the whole thing to throttle like crazy.Also, if the laptop has been used for years, you might want to consider replacing thermal paste. Just have some high concentration IPA and a paper towel on hand to clean the existing stuff off, make sure the new stuff spreads over the entire die to prevent it from burning up, and don't overtighten the screws to not crack it, because that would kill it entirely.
>>106872370>Use a soft clean brush and a vacuum cleanerabsolute pussy move. grab a lighter or a soldering machine and burn that shit out
Why bother when the parents will just instantly sell it for more booze money? Most functional wh*te family. India wins again saars
>>106872711>Ruins you're laptop
>>106873346just put it in the oven breh
>>106873346*Ruin's
