Laptop Fan Question

[iceblitzed]

I opened the laptop today and noticed there were dust buildups in the wings of the fan but I didn't do anything (It was just an inspection for now I suppose).

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Ive heard I should use a qtip to hold the fans and spray compressed air. But what if the dust slides down the blades into the processor or other parts of the computer if moisture builds up?

 

[dwatterworth]

You should be ok to do both. Gently using a qtip to swab the dust off works well too. You can cut the qtip head in half if it is too wide/thick. The dust will blow out with the compressed air, you don't really need to worry too much about it building up, once it's broken up and free, just keep blowing the air through until no dust particles show. You can also blow from the opposite direction if the vents allow to make sure nothing goes further into the ducting.