Ever run a marathon while wearing a coat ? That's your laptop when it's blocked up, full of dust . Regarding compressed air, yes it will work. But this video was meant for people/students who don't have access to compressed air, whose laptops have shut down or slowed to a crawl due to an overheating condition because of an internal lack of cooling airflow due to a dust buildup. This is a TEMPORARY SOLUTION. IMPORTANT NOTE! There is always a possibility that the laptop fan could become "jammed-up" with the dust that is blown back from the processor heat sink while doing this cleaning procedure, so be warned! The odds are very slight, but they ARE there! If this situation occurs, I would (and have in the past) used a vacuum hose (gently) from something like a shop vac, or something similar to get the dust off the fan allowing it to spin free (not a hair drier, not strong enough). Myself, I would power off the laptop, place the vacuum suction near the "fan inlet" vents, and then outlet vents in an alternating fashion (gently) to achieve this. The vacuum should dislodge and break up the dust, and the fan will start to spin. DO NOT let the fan spin up at a fast rate of speed as damage to the fan could occur. I have never had to take a laptop apart because of a dust build-up. If you do have access to compressed air, your efforts will be reduced. Unfortunately compressed air isn't available everywhere, and usually not late at night before an essay is due!
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This is a life saver. I was planning on taking apart my laptop to clean the fan itself but I was too scared, so I did this, didn't just fix my laptop also my stomach lol
Usually, by the time you're getting a shutdown from heat, the thermal compound is toast + the fan is backed up with dust. There are also many laptops which do NOT have the vent over the cooling fan, so blowing through a straw is going to do nothing but shift dust further into the chassis, where it will again become lodged in the fan on next power-on. It's always better to disassemble to thoroughly clean the fan area and to replace the thermal compound.
This is absolutely amazing, thank you! I'm a writer and cannot be a day without my laptop. Yesterday it began overheating and shutting off. I know nothing about computers and panicked. I found your video and thought I'd give it a try before opening the laptop, which I was very afraid to do. Voila! I couldn't believe it was this easy to fix. I'm relieved and grateful.
I was watching this thinking "what the HELL can the bread possibly be for?" and you, sir, are a genius. The straw and tape were obvious, but I didn't even think about that part.
I have never seen someone offer THIS much support in a youtube video's comments before. And the video was extremely helpful. Thank you so much! Really does seem like you care
Just watched a very detailed video took the ENTIRE computer apart. I was dreading taking apart my computer and had started on two screws already when I accidentally hit the screen on my phone and your video came up... In the past when I have run my hand around my computer I felt no air at all coming out! That tells me my vents are completely blocked... heading to the store to get compressed air since I have no straws and I don't eat bread LOL thanks a million
This video was a lifesaver I never thought it could be this easy. My laptop has had this problem for ages and just when I was finally looking to take it to an IT guy (who had quoted expensive and gave m some technical term telling me it was a problem with "BIOS") it is when researching BIOS I stumbled upon this and now it's as good as new. Thank you
Omg I'm literally crying, u helped me fix my laptop, my parents won't let me give the laptop to the fix shop, and i had to strip apart my computer but i didn't even have the proper tools, then thts where u came, man it works so well rn I wanna give u a million sub but i did everything I can do, can't thank u with words😭
Just wanted to thank you. My laptop is a couple of years old, and I live out in the desert where it's dusty, dirty. A few days ago my laptop started shutting itself off and restarting for no reason I could think of. I googled it, which led me to this video. I followed your instructions, {except for the bread thing}, and sure enough, all kinds of dust and dirt came blowing outta the vents on the bottom of the darn thing. Has not shut off and restarted for a couple of days now. I guess that was indeed the problem....dusty dirty cooling vents. So, thank you very much. You may have saved me a grip of dough. Peace!
Thanks. I use a) hoover with a narrow brushed bit. This helps removing chunks of dust from PCs that were never cleaned for 7-15 years. b) a self and pupil made air blower made from broken Dell Otiplex tower cases. Those had big fans with plastic side covers to help you hold it. Just had to find an adapter from a non-working laptop. This blows dust really well on tower PCs. c) compressed air. d) Own lungs for tower PCs. This requires strong lungs and resistance to fatigue/faint. That option is the worst case scenario since you would pick your nose afterwords to free it from dust. Don't forget to close your eyes when blowing and do this in open air only. Now I will use straw. It makes sense since the pressure through a tiny hole in the straw would be way greater than that of mouth. Plus, it would be directed pressure, not scattered.
If you suspect your laptop is shutting down because of an "overheating condition", the laptop will usually run fine for the first few minutes, then, it will freeze and/or shut down. Also, the top of the laptop near the "warm air exhaust vent" will usually become quite warm to the touch. There are other reasons why a laptop could be shutting down (software/hardware failures), but overheating is BY FAR the most common cause out there. To ensure that overheating is not the cause, please verify that the following is true. 1:- Is your laptop fan ever "loud" or have a "racing sound", especially before the laptop shuts off? 2; - Is your fan blowing air at all just before the laptop shuts down? If it isn't the fan could be stuck with dust, or it could be defective. 3; - When the fan is blowing air, do you feel lots of WARM air, or very little HOT air coming out of the exhaust vent? (as airflow slows down and the temperatures rise, the fan will race, and the output air will become quite HOT!) The fan should usually NEVER race, unless the laptop itself is working very hard at processing or gaming. Good luck!
My laptop does not usually shut off because of heat, but it has been getting increasingly hot (enough to burn me if I putt hand o the vent) and the secondary fan is ALWAYS on now, and very loud right from when I turn the computer on. Any suggestions? Thanks for the vid.
***** excessively hot temperatures are a sure sign of a lack of airflow. Either a fan is unable to move air because it is full of dust or it's defective (unable to spin up to speed), an inlet vent or the discharge vent is plugged (on the "inside" of the heat sink). I would be sure to put most of my effort into blowing the air "backwards" through that warm air discharge vent, as in most cases it gets totally plugged with dust on the inside. Let us know how you make out.
Thank you so much for this tip. I'd tried condensed air a few months back when the laptop was getting hot but it hadn't shut itself down until today. I was amazed at the amount of dust that blew out, fine as well as clumps. I didn't realise the fan could be so quiet!
Thanks so much for this awesome and genius tip!!! It actually worked for my laptop. The fan is no longer overheating, you have saved me from forking out money to get a pro guy to fix my laptop, when you've come to an aid by putting together this video showing us what can be done to resolve the overheating issue in 5 minutes, providing you have the tools at hand. Maybe there was a reason for me to buy a packet of straws I bought 6 months ago. Lol!! Thanks heaps!
I'm asked the SAME question by so many people, "Will this method work on my particular model laptop?" The answer to everyone is... "if your laptop pulls air in, and expels air out using its fan, then yes this method I would definitely do to eliminate the possibility of overheating due to a dust build-up". Laptops need to breathe. Try putting a heavy coat on and running around a track. You'll overheat too! Some people have "comments to their replies" disabled, so I'm unable to respond to them. This is the only way I can answer their question (in this paragraph).
You said you are blowing into the fan? That is important too, but make sure that you are especially paying attention to the warm air "exhaust vent". It is behind the fins inside that vent where the majority of the dust usually builds up!
A vacuum will work for all the other vents EXCEPT the warm air discharge vent at the CPU heat sink. Putting a vacuum to the warm air discharge vent is like trying to pull dust directly through a filter. Not possible. It must be blown backwards. The air must be blown in the "opposite direction" . Also, vacuums are a big source of static electricity which may damage electronic components, so be careful!.
Virus removal can be VERY difficult! Just saying.. As a basic approach, try to run "system restore" back to a time before this weird stuff started happening. If successful, immediately run a FULL scan using the Microsoft Malicious software removal tool (Microsoft.com/downloads). This will take hours! Then I would reset Internet Explorer settings, as well as other browser settings. Do full windows updates, then update Adobe reader and flash, and update Java. You need to close all the vulnerable areas to keep the virus contained. I've had good luck using Malwarebytes, spybot s & d 1.6. 2 from www.safer-networking.org/dl/ just keep hammering away with the scans until no more viruses are found....OR....restore your laptop with a previously backed up image. You did back up your computer didn't you?
If you have any doubts, always check with the manufacturer of your laptop to verify where your "exhaust vent/warm air discharge vent" is. Once you do know, this is the only method I can suggest for safely/effectively dislodging a build-up of dust from the "inside" of the CPU heat sink and fan (other than using compressed air, or physically taking your laptop apart for service). One must always use caution "if" using compressed air, as the possibility of causing damage to components increases as the air pressures increase. This method of blowing air into the exhaust vent dislodges the dust build-up by driving it in the opposite direction in which it was deposited. Good luck!
I am so glad I checked the description. No dust really came out of the laptop and I did I️t the super complicated way and everything. I installed the malware removal tool and it has found many infected files. Thank you so much my computer could have gotten so much worse than just random shutoffs!
WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE I SHELLED OUT $80 FOR A NEW BATTERY! My Toshiba started to shut down after only a few minutes when on battery power. I hadn't really noticed that the fan was getting louder and the exhaust air hotter. I was told - and believed- that my battery was shot. I ordered a new one ( which arrived today) THEN I watched this video. I didn't follow the instructions exactly; instead I held a vacuum a short distance away from (and NOT right against) the intakes and exhaust vents. But man, the dust just FLEW out of the holes. The fan is now silent, the small amount of air exiting the vent is relatively cool. I now have a spare battery and I'm out $80.
+mrtruculent Well I mean if you are going to go to the trouble to get a new battery(in my opinion) you should just get a new laptop. Because say the battery doesn't work(which it wasn't the problem) then it would be a total waste of money.
Cap Prop everyone who tried to help someone deserve some credit because I'm not one of those people who are like OMFG this didn't work btw you still earned it
worked AMAAAAAZING!!! WOW, I cannot believe it. A clump of dust did come out, and my laptop is not only cool as a cucumber, it is no longer revving up and making a constant humming sound! I have tested it watching video- no problem! Thank you!!!! I also highly recommend downloading "flashblock"- this stops every annoying pop-up advert. Again, thank you so much, genius trick.
WHAT KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS??? IT WORKS OMG! i just blowed to the thingy and my computer isn't overheating from now... lool thanks man!!! I can play alot of games again! Especially terraria!!! OMG!!!!
Every laptop with a fan needs it's intake vents (located underneath) clear from "any" restrictions to airflow. Many people out there have a habit of using their laptops on their beds. This completely blocks airflow! To allow good intake airflow, you must put your laptop on a large flat tray/big book/flat surface/desk/or a laptop cooling pad for the best cooling performance. This method, combined with help from this video, will ensure a good laptop performance (with respect to overheating/staying cool).
Faced with the prospect of dismantling my 8-year old Acer Aspire Z5610 All-In-One which was overheating and running very slowly, I thought I would give this method a try and it worked a treat. Saved me a whole bunch of work and money. A big sincere thanks you!
EVERYONE please read! (3 tips) 1, EVERY LAPTOP that has a cooling fan MUST be able to stay cool by pushing an "airflow" with its fan past internal cooling fins and components. A severe dust build-up WILL block this effect. It's just like YOU putting on a winter coat in the hot weather and working as hard as you can. You won't be able to do it for long without overheating. 2, a can of compressed air would be just fine to use for laptops (if available), but this video shows an effective method for people WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS to compressed air, possibly students late at night. 3, Laptops were never designed to require dismantling to remove a dust build-up. Google search any laptop manufacturers website and you will see this is true! Here is a link to demonstrate cleaning with compressed air. support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01657439
Tony James Gilpin Thanks Tony! That fixed it. Although now there is a little bit of peanut butter and grape jelly in my fan. I made a PB&J sandwich first by the way
OMG I think I can save my Laptop YEAH !! Quote :If you suspect your laptop is shutting down because of an "overheating condition", the laptop will usually run fine for the first few minutes, then, it will freeze and/or shut down ... That is what mine is doing . I was told by Phone Teck support it's the mother board going ? I pay $ 15 dollars a month for their service on my phone :{ If after I clan it & find out that's what it was ... well all I have to say is - The person that told me that is not going to have a Very Good Day . Only because I to rent another one until I can find one I can afford .. Grrrrrrrrrr more money . Rant Over thanks I subbed / liked :)
I thought I am gonna fail in my networking final lab. u have saved me. after using this methodology a little piece of paper comes out my fan place. I encourage to all of u use this simple methodology. again tnx man
Picked up on this an hour ago, after having had overheating on an 9 yr old ACER 5742. I used a bicycle pump and its connector to blow out the dust. The computer fan has stopped racing, and, on running video graphics, previous overheating shutdowns have ceased . Many thanks MRB.
I never comment, but man am I grateful to the person who created TH-cam and the internet, and people like this man who post videos about random things! Lol Thank you!!
I didn't even use the bread, because I didn't have any. I was just careful to switch out the straw every few blows, because I had a lot of straws. It worked perfectly. My HP laptop was super loud, so loud that it was interrupting me from watching TH-cam and Netflix. It was crazy loud, and this worked for me. I thought I was going to have to send my laptop out for repair service. Great tip, thank you.
Worked like a charm! DIdn't thinking it was gonna work cuz no dust was shooting up as I was blowing into the straw, but surprisingly, error message stopped showing up at startup after I tried this fix! Thanks for this!!!
I literally used merely my mouth to blow some air into the air vents and the laptop is working as usual, also that warning of cooling fan problem which appeared when I started the PC is no more!
I can't believe it actually works. I had two forced shutdowns and didn't know what to do. Noted that my laptop was overheating as hell, the air coming out from the fan (I'm talking about a vaio i3 laptop) was hot, the keyboard was burning and there always were that brrrrrrrrr sound even when idle. Take my laptop upside down, did what is in this video and magically there is not that awful sound, and the laptop is cooler. I recommend to monitor cpu's temperatures. Didn't do that before but I guess one learns from experience.
Put the bread in the straw and blow as hard as you can, the bread then heats up in the heatsink and fills the room with a lovely toast smell. Bread...hahahahahaha...the IT technician's favourite.
Hello, I just wanted you to know that 5 years later this technique still works. 👌 I just tried it and it worked date stamp 06/27/2022. Greatness thanks again
I thought this is ridiculous, but it actually works. I am a university student so I don't have access to vacuum cleaner or whatsoever. Thanks a lot dude!
I tried this but barely any dust came out of the laptop. I'm trying to fix an old HP Pavilion g6 (I believe you are using one in the video, which I find funny) which seems to have serious heating issues. I don't have a lot of experience in fixing laptops, but if you have any advice I'd appreciate it! The computer can literally sit with nothing open and start to overheat, and blow hot air through the fan, and be very loud.
@@HealingBeats777 Best thing to do is go to a computer store where they clean the laptops and apply thermal paste which is really cheap. It can be done in 1 hour if you tell them to do it then and there.
I never leave comments unless I am really awestruck by something My fiancee and I are going to try this out tonight thank you so much kind sir for sharing this information Two things I love to do, eat and fix computers
I had my laptop taken in for fan cleaning. No problem, he said. When I picked it up, he porudly showed me a hair ball he claimed came out. After that, my PC kept shutting down. I later learned that to get to the fan, he had to get past the heat sink and when he put it back together, he neglected to apply heat sink paste. So anything you can do to avoid tearing the whole laptop apart is worth a try. Thanks for your tip.
Many many thanks to you! My Vaio was frequently suddenly shutting down. I was in panic! I searched the net, found your video, used a needle that we attach to an air pump we when inflate a football, blew and blew and the laptop is working normally now.
did it with minimum effort. improved significantly. was having trouble watching any video files before coz laptop shut down every time it uses above 20%CPU or 45% memory. I'll do a more thorough cleaning tomorrow. thanks very much.
thank you so much :) :) god bless you :)) this really works...... i was having problem while playing games....my games were having "lag" due to this heating problem..... i used a straw and yeyyy it really helps.... thanks again :))
I will try this. It's exactly as you said in one of your comments, laptop stays on for a couple of minutes then just shuts down without any notice. A technician (I don't know if he's any good honestly) had a look at it and said it was indeed the fan, he made a vent where the fan is, it worked for about a day then returned to spontaneously turning off
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Ever run a marathon while wearing a coat ? That's your laptop when it's blocked up, full of dust . Regarding compressed air, yes it will work. But this video was meant for people/students who don't have access to compressed air, whose laptops have shut down or slowed to a crawl due to an overheating condition because of an internal lack of cooling airflow due to a dust buildup. This is a TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
IMPORTANT NOTE! There is always a possibility that the laptop fan could become "jammed-up" with the dust that is blown back from the processor heat sink while doing this cleaning procedure, so be warned! The odds are very slight, but they ARE there! If this situation occurs, I would (and have in the past) used a vacuum hose (gently) from something like a shop vac, or something similar to get the dust off the fan allowing it to spin free (not a hair drier, not strong enough). Myself, I would power off the laptop, place the vacuum suction near the "fan inlet" vents, and then outlet vents in an alternating fashion (gently) to achieve this. The vacuum should dislodge and break up the dust, and the fan will start to spin. DO NOT let the fan spin up at a fast rate of speed as damage to the fan could occur. I have never had to take a laptop apart because of a dust build-up. If you do have access to compressed air, your efforts will be reduced. Unfortunately compressed air isn't available everywhere, and usually not late at night before an essay is due!
Mysimplefix hello could u help me
Mysimplefix my laptop shuts off when I plug my PS4 controller to it
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if you just blow on it will it work
I just ended up eating lots of bread and forgot what I was doing for a while
eat it with cheese you stupid.
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Highly underrated video. Saving lives one loaf at a time.
Very underrated!
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The bread idea was pretty smart man
This is a life saver. I was planning on taking apart my laptop to clean the fan itself but I was too scared, so I did this, didn't just fix my laptop also my stomach lol
+Nicole dR
use a vacuumcleaner, it takes the dust out instead of you blowing them in
I don't have a vacuum cleaner lol
Low powered vacuums work for other things like gaming systems (or so it has for my PS3 lol), but I wouldn't recommend that on a laptop.
good call; depending on laptop models, in most cases you have to disassemble the laptop completely in order to reach the chassis fan.
Andrew Noel lol
I shoved bread in the laptop and ate the straw.. Fixed!!
Hahaha
That made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣
this comment made my day!!
Made me giggle 😂😂😂
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I thought he was joking when he said to eat a bread... LOLOLOL
M. Rafi Nugroho no
At first i thought that too..but when i tried blowing on the straw, my saliva started squirting out :v..then i had to make another straw -.-
I thought the same
Goblok
Me too
Usually, by the time you're getting a shutdown from heat, the thermal compound is toast + the fan is backed up with dust. There are also many laptops which do NOT have the vent over the cooling fan, so blowing through a straw is going to do nothing but shift dust further into the chassis, where it will again become lodged in the fan on next power-on. It's always better to disassemble to thoroughly clean the fan area and to replace the thermal compound.
Agreed
Don't use this method if you're trying to lose weight!!
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Shuwen Wei cuz the bread
sinisa majetic use a paper towel to dry out your mouth instead! :)
***** The bread. It's a carbohydrate, so eating it can cause weight gain.
+niko kong cause u eat bread dumbass
This is absolutely amazing, thank you! I'm a writer and cannot be a day without my laptop. Yesterday it began overheating and shutting off. I know nothing about computers and panicked. I found your video and thought I'd give it a try before opening the laptop, which I was very afraid to do. Voila! I couldn't believe it was this easy to fix. I'm relieved and grateful.
I was watching this thinking "what the HELL can the bread possibly be for?" and you, sir, are a genius.
The straw and tape were obvious, but I didn't even think about that part.
i managed to realize what the bread was for. although it did throw me off at first
Omg i cracked up laughing : ''Dont blow the dust out where you normally are, do it on a hallway or on someone you hate pillow's'' 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The bread was delicious so delicious I forgot about the straw and computer.
+James Wright (Wolfpack) 11/10 Better love story then twilight.
+Edwin Michael Castillo Quiboloy II just beware! The pepperoni frisbees!
JediRevan I snorted my bread with the straw😬
Nicholas Driver, lol. you ok
nirvana lol
I have never seen someone offer THIS much support in a youtube video's comments before. And the video was extremely helpful. Thank you so much! Really does seem like you care
Thank you!
Just watched a very detailed video took the ENTIRE computer apart. I was dreading taking apart my computer and had started on two screws already when I accidentally hit the screen on my phone and your video came up... In the past when I have run my hand around my computer I felt no air at all coming out! That tells me my vents are completely blocked... heading to the store to get compressed air since I have no straws and I don't eat bread LOL thanks a million
When I saw bread i thought I was going to toast bread on my laptop..that's how hot mine gets
the laptop must be hungry
or it won't work
JUSTPLAYNEVERSTOP looooool
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This video was a lifesaver I never thought it could be this easy. My laptop has had this problem for ages and just when I was finally looking to take it to an IT guy (who had quoted expensive and gave m some technical term telling me it was a problem with "BIOS") it is when researching BIOS I stumbled upon this and now it's as good as new. Thank you
Omg I'm literally crying, u helped me fix my laptop, my parents won't let me give the laptop to the fix shop, and i had to strip apart my computer but i didn't even have the proper tools, then thts where u came, man it works so well rn I wanna give u a million sub but i did everything I can do, can't thank u with words😭
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Neptune's Beard lmaoooo
HAHAHAGHAA
My laptop still not working and I finished off a half loaf of bread..lol
while doing this,my weed comes out from the fan
Ali Rizky Lmao
Hahaha
Ali Rizky lol
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so much weed subhanallah
Just wanted to thank you. My laptop is a couple of years old, and I live out in the desert where it's dusty, dirty. A few days ago my laptop started shutting itself off and restarting for no reason I could think of.
I googled it, which led me to this video.
I followed your instructions, {except for the bread thing}, and sure enough, all kinds of dust and dirt came blowing outta the vents on the bottom of the darn thing.
Has not shut off and restarted for a couple of days now. I guess that was indeed the problem....dusty dirty cooling vents.
So, thank you very much. You may have saved me a grip of dough.
Peace!
the bread made my mouth water.
Maybe you should try to turn your bread off then on again
chew some laptop and blow the bread
HAHAHAHA I CANT STOP LAUGHING WITH ALLT THSES COMMENTS
Thanks. I use a) hoover with a narrow brushed bit. This helps removing chunks of dust from PCs that were never cleaned for 7-15 years. b) a self and pupil made air blower made from broken Dell Otiplex tower cases. Those had big fans with plastic side covers to help you hold it. Just had to find an adapter from a non-working laptop. This blows dust really well on tower PCs. c) compressed air. d) Own lungs for tower PCs. This requires strong lungs and resistance to fatigue/faint. That option is the worst case scenario since you would pick your nose afterwords to free it from dust. Don't forget to close your eyes when blowing and do this in open air only. Now I will use straw. It makes sense since the pressure through a tiny hole in the straw would be way greater than that of mouth. Plus, it would be directed pressure, not scattered.
If you suspect your laptop is shutting down because of an "overheating condition", the laptop will usually run fine for the first few minutes, then, it will freeze and/or shut down. Also, the top of the laptop near the "warm air exhaust vent" will usually become quite warm to the touch. There are other reasons why a laptop could be shutting down (software/hardware failures), but overheating is BY FAR the most common cause out there. To ensure that overheating is not the cause, please verify that the following is true.
1:- Is your laptop fan ever "loud" or have a "racing sound", especially before the laptop shuts off?
2; - Is your fan blowing air at all just before the laptop shuts down? If it isn't the fan could be stuck with dust, or it could be defective.
3; - When the fan is blowing air, do you feel lots of WARM air, or very little HOT air coming out of the exhaust vent? (as airflow slows down and the temperatures rise, the fan will race, and the output air will become quite HOT!)
The fan should usually NEVER race, unless the laptop itself is working very hard at processing or gaming.
Good luck!
My laptop does not usually shut off because of heat, but it has been getting increasingly hot (enough to burn me if I putt hand o the vent) and the secondary fan is ALWAYS on now, and very loud right from when I turn the computer on. Any suggestions? Thanks for the vid.
I should add that I just tried this method, but couldn't actually see any dust come out
***** excessively hot temperatures are a sure sign of a lack of airflow. Either a fan is unable to move air because it is full of dust or it's defective (unable to spin up to speed), an inlet vent or the discharge vent is plugged (on the "inside" of the heat sink). I would be sure to put most of my effort into blowing the air "backwards" through that warm air discharge vent, as in most cases it gets totally plugged with dust on the inside. Let us know how you make out.
I used your method and used a can of compressed air, it seems to be working a lot better now. Thanks for the help.
My fans are working but I sill over heats the air that comes out Is very hot I brned my hand on it
This helped so much! It's not loud anymore! Which was a problem. ;/ But you fixed it! I didn't use the straw, I used a air horn .
A+ for creativity ;)
Ha ha Thanks.
But 8+ on english
I used a pen
Youre gonna deafen your poor laptop
nah i fixed it myself,
just some overheating.
i sprayed the hot part with water and boom....
it goes boom...
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 yoooooooo!!!!
what the heck.....
@@Denver4570 lmate I really I dont know
@@youareveryannoying9179 fair enough
Thank you so much for this tip. I'd tried condensed air a few months back when the laptop was getting hot but it hadn't shut itself down until today. I was amazed at the amount of dust that blew out, fine as well as clumps. I didn't realise the fan could be so quiet!
I used an air pump and it did the trick. Thanks so much, it's even improved my laptops performance.
I know I’m so late but how exactly do you clean it using an air pump?
Thanks so much for this awesome and genius tip!!! It actually worked for my laptop. The fan is no longer overheating, you have saved me from forking out money to get a pro guy to fix my laptop, when you've come to an aid by putting together this video showing us what can be done to resolve the overheating issue in 5 minutes, providing you have the tools at hand. Maybe there was a reason for me to buy a packet of straws I bought 6 months ago. Lol!! Thanks heaps!
My laptop hasn't auto shutdown yet from the overheated fan since I tried this today. Thank you so much.
I'm asked the SAME question by so many people, "Will this method work on my particular model laptop?" The answer to everyone is... "if your laptop pulls air in, and expels air out using its fan, then yes this method I would definitely do to eliminate the possibility of overheating due to a dust build-up". Laptops need to breathe. Try putting a heavy coat on and running around a track. You'll overheat too! Some people have "comments to their replies" disabled, so I'm unable to respond to them. This is the only way I can answer their question (in this paragraph).
Hmm.I can reply here! Did you blow out your laptop?
You said you are blowing into the fan? That is important too, but make sure that you are especially paying attention to the warm air "exhaust vent". It is behind the fins inside that vent where the majority of the dust usually builds up!
A vacuum will work for all the other vents EXCEPT the warm air discharge vent at the CPU heat sink. Putting a vacuum to the warm air discharge vent is like trying to pull dust directly through a filter. Not possible. It must be blown backwards. The air must be blown in the "opposite direction" . Also, vacuums are a big source of static electricity which may damage electronic components, so be careful!.
Virus removal can be VERY difficult! Just saying.. As a basic approach, try to run "system restore" back to a time before this weird stuff started happening. If successful, immediately run a FULL scan using the Microsoft Malicious software removal tool (Microsoft.com/downloads). This will take hours! Then I would reset Internet Explorer settings, as well as other browser settings. Do full windows updates, then update Adobe reader and flash, and update Java. You need to close all the vulnerable areas to keep the virus contained. I've had good luck using Malwarebytes, spybot s & d 1.6. 2 from www.safer-networking.org/dl/ just keep hammering away with the scans until no more viruses are found....OR....restore your laptop with a previously backed up image. You did back up your computer didn't you?
+Northcaledon Just tried this, great tip.
I've put up for more than a year with this! I'll take care of this!
I just use my leaf blower to blow into the vents. When I don't have the leaf blower, I use my vacuum hose. Works perfectly.
I am so grateful to you!!!!
It worked on my 11 years old laptop!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
Thank you so much, my temp dropped by 20 degrees and finely runs quietly, saved me 80 bucks on a cooling pad thanks again!
+Obi Wan Siaosi I'm glad this worked for you! Thanks for posting.
If you have any doubts, always check with the manufacturer of your laptop to verify where your "exhaust vent/warm air discharge vent" is. Once you do know, this is the only method I can suggest for safely/effectively dislodging a build-up of dust from the "inside" of the CPU heat sink and fan (other than using compressed air, or physically taking your laptop apart for service). One must always use caution "if" using compressed air, as the possibility of causing damage to components increases as the air pressures increase. This method of blowing air into the exhaust vent dislodges the dust build-up by driving it in the opposite direction in which it was deposited. Good luck!
I am so glad I checked the description. No dust really came out of the laptop and I did I️t the super complicated way and everything. I installed the malware removal tool and it has found many infected files. Thank you so much my computer could have gotten so much worse than just random shutoffs!
WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE I SHELLED OUT $80 FOR A NEW BATTERY! My Toshiba started to shut down after only a few minutes when on battery power. I hadn't really noticed that the fan was getting louder and the exhaust air hotter. I was told - and believed- that my battery was shot. I ordered a new one ( which arrived today) THEN I watched this video. I didn't follow the instructions exactly; instead I held a vacuum a short distance away from (and NOT right against) the intakes and exhaust vents. But man, the dust just FLEW out of the holes. The fan is now silent, the small amount of air exiting the vent is relatively cool. I now have a spare battery and I'm out $80.
+mrtruculent Well I mean if you are going to go to the trouble to get a new battery(in my opinion) you should just get a new laptop. Because say the battery doesn't work(which it wasn't the problem) then it would be a total waste of money.
Even though it didn't help me you still earn a sub
Cap Prop everyone who tried to help someone deserve some credit because I'm not one of those people who are like OMFG this didn't work btw you still earned it
No repair shops are open during this lockdown and this worked. Thank you so much!!
worked AMAAAAAZING!!! WOW, I cannot believe it. A clump of dust did come out, and my laptop is not only cool as a cucumber, it is no longer revving up and making a constant humming sound! I have tested it watching video- no problem! Thank you!!!! I also highly recommend downloading "flashblock"- this stops every annoying pop-up advert. Again, thank you so much, genius trick.
WHAT KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS??? IT WORKS OMG! i just blowed to the thingy and my computer isn't overheating from now... lool thanks man!!! I can play alot of games again! Especially terraria!!! OMG!!!!
He was right my CPU was dusty
I am playing cod:bo2 thanks to this!!
wow thanks i worked
sorry it
Nope it's doing it agin
Every laptop with a fan needs it's intake vents (located underneath) clear from "any" restrictions to airflow. Many people out there have a habit of using their laptops on their beds. This completely blocks airflow! To allow good intake airflow, you must put your laptop on a large flat tray/big book/flat surface/desk/or a laptop cooling pad for the best cooling performance. This method, combined with help from this video, will ensure a good laptop performance (with respect to overheating/staying cool).
+Mysimplefix The thing is that dust didn't go anywhere but my eyes! lmao
lol he moved outa the way attack and dust charges at you and your like MY EYES
Mysimplefix
My laptop just shut down and I came across this video! I tried it and voila! My laptop is now functioning! Thanks ☺️☺️☺️
Faced with the prospect of dismantling my 8-year old Acer Aspire Z5610 All-In-One which was overheating and running very slowly, I thought I would give this method a try and it worked a treat. Saved me a whole bunch of work and money. A big sincere thanks you!
Man, it worked perfectly. Thank you so much for this video. Happy new year.
EVERYONE please read! (3 tips) 1, EVERY LAPTOP that has a cooling fan MUST be able to stay cool by pushing an "airflow" with its fan past internal cooling fins and components. A severe dust build-up WILL block this effect. It's just like YOU putting on a winter coat in the hot weather and working as hard as you can. You won't be able to do it for long without overheating. 2, a can of compressed air would be just fine to use for laptops (if available), but this video shows an effective method for people WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS to compressed air, possibly students late at night. 3, Laptops were never designed to require dismantling to remove a dust build-up. Google search any laptop manufacturers website and you will see this is true! Here is a link to demonstrate cleaning with compressed air. support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01657439
I tried the method in the video but now there are bits of bread in my computer fan. What do I do now? I used a sourdough dinner roll by the way
Lol, sorry but that made me giggle :P
+Scratch_K
Try switching your bread from sourdough to whole wheat!
Tony James Gilpin Thanks Tony! That fixed it. Although now there is a little bit of peanut butter and grape jelly in my fan. I made a PB&J sandwich first by the way
OMG I think I can save my Laptop YEAH !! Quote :If you suspect your laptop is shutting down because of an "overheating condition", the laptop will usually run fine for the first few minutes, then, it will freeze and/or shut down ... That is what mine is doing . I was told by Phone Teck support it's the mother board going ? I pay $ 15 dollars a month for their service on my phone :{ If after I clan it & find out that's what it was ... well all I have to say is - The person that told me that is not going to have a Very Good Day . Only because I to rent another one until I can find one I can afford .. Grrrrrrrrrr more money . Rant Over thanks I subbed / liked :)
I thought I am gonna fail in my networking final lab. u have saved me. after using this methodology a little piece of paper comes out my fan place. I encourage to all of u use this simple methodology. again tnx man
Picked up on this an hour ago, after having had overheating on an 9 yr old ACER 5742. I used a bicycle pump and its connector to blow out the dust. The computer fan has stopped racing, and, on running video graphics, previous overheating shutdowns have ceased . Many thanks MRB.
It really didn't fix my laptop, but eating the bread definitely made me feel better
I got into this situation before. Thanks man! Now I can clean my laptop and play my all nighter gaming without overheating!
You’re the best!
I never comment, but man am I grateful to the person who created TH-cam and the internet, and people like this man who post videos about random things! Lol Thank you!!
You just made my day! Thank you. 😊. I'm glad this helped you.
I didn't even use the bread, because I didn't have any. I was just careful to switch out the straw every few blows, because I had a lot of straws. It worked perfectly. My HP laptop was super loud, so loud that it was interrupting me from watching TH-cam and Netflix. It was crazy loud, and this worked for me. I thought I was going to have to send my laptop out for repair service. Great tip, thank you.
Thank you so much! I can finally play CSS without getting a random shutdown...
It worked....wow..IT WORKED
PinnkCat rlly lol
For everyone that talked about using a can of compressed air, thank you. I knew there had to be a better way.
I was sceptical about the bread part but got my confusion clears until video ended
I don’t have a fricken Straw in this is Frickin Quaratine ahhhhh
..i maybe super late buuut you could buy a air spray for the laptop to take out all the dust from it =0 get one at your local store.
Need a girlfriend? chew some bread.
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER All The other ‘fixes’ never worked...
Worked like a charm! DIdn't thinking it was gonna work cuz no dust was shooting up as I was blowing into the straw, but surprisingly, error message stopped showing up at startup after I tried this fix! Thanks for this!!!
before i saw this i usually blow into my computer and all the dust gets in my eyes
but did it work?
Genius
I literally used merely my mouth to blow some air into the air vents and the laptop is working as usual, also that warning of cooling fan problem which appeared when I started the PC is no more!
Your sense of humor is so awesome
😊
This video is actually a _meme_ 🤣😂😂
I put peanut butter on my bread. Now my laptop is overheating even faster.
Can I use vaccuum cleaner(blower end of course) ? Or it may be harmful??
thanks men it really helps my laptop open in a second then shuts off then I've tried this and it really works thanks a lot many thumbs up for you men
It worked. Instead I used the duct part of the vaccum to suck all of the dust through every hole. Thanks man, your concept is helpful.
Omg thank you so much, this actually made my laptop fans work again
I can't believe it actually works. I had two forced shutdowns and didn't know what to do. Noted that my laptop was overheating as hell, the air coming out from the fan (I'm talking about a vaio i3 laptop) was hot, the keyboard was burning and there always were that brrrrrrrrr sound even when idle.
Take my laptop upside down, did what is in this video and magically there is not that awful sound, and the laptop is cooler. I recommend to monitor cpu's temperatures. Didn't do that before but I guess one learns from experience.
Put the bread in the straw and blow as hard as you can, the bread then heats up in the heatsink and fills the room with a lovely toast smell.
Bread...hahahahahaha...the IT technician's favourite.
Warning:- dont blow it at the pc
nor suck it in
or ur gonna end up realizing that the bread flew to your throught and NOW Chocking to death
Thank you i needed this my laptop is old and shutting suddenly right after i open it.
Hello, I just wanted you to know that 5 years later this technique still works. 👌 I just tried it and it worked date stamp 06/27/2022. Greatness thanks again
Glad this helped you! Thanks!
Fart through the air holes didn't worked for me
+Dogon Reel but directly blowing though them did for me.....fry my motherboard i.e
+Dogon Reel xD hahha
Catch your fart in your mouth and then blow that fart's smoke through the straw into the laptop. Let me know if it worked for you?
wow i was surprise this technique really works. i was able to convert my videos without any problem. thank you so much
I thought this is ridiculous, but it actually works. I am a university student so I don't have access to vacuum cleaner or whatsoever. Thanks a lot dude!
+atiffboojae great!
I was thinking about buying new laptop but your video stops me. It works!
I tried this but barely any dust came out of the laptop. I'm trying to fix an old HP Pavilion g6 (I believe you are using one in the video, which I find funny) which seems to have serious heating issues. I don't have a lot of experience in fixing laptops, but if you have any advice I'd appreciate it! The computer can literally sit with nothing open and start to overheat, and blow hot air through the fan, and be very loud.
Same I hope someone finds a solution beacuse the laptop I have is realy old but it works better then all the others just over heats
I just followed his tips and it further pushed chunks of dusts into blades of cpu, causing system fan 90B error.
@@saad.memon1 oh my goodness, was about to try this since i dont have vacuum cleaner nor blow dryer :'(
@@HealingBeats777 Best thing to do is go to a computer store where they clean the laptops and apply thermal paste which is really cheap. It can be done in 1 hour if you tell them to do it then and there.
what if instead of eat bread i just do it without eating bread? my mouth is dry now anyways
At first I thought it would not work.
But after I tried I worked like hell.
Thank you man
I never leave comments unless I am really awestruck by something My fiancee and I are going to try this out tonight thank you so much kind sir for sharing this information Two things I love to do, eat and fix computers
Or light use with an air compressed can :^Y Still neat idea tho
This. Was. Awesome. Thank you so much. Fixed the problem hopefully. And so simple to do :D
pandorawarhol love ur profile 😍
I had my laptop taken in for fan cleaning. No problem, he said. When I picked it up, he porudly showed me a hair ball he claimed came out. After that, my PC kept shutting down. I later learned that to get to the fan, he had to get past the heat sink and when he put it back together, he neglected to apply heat sink paste. So anything you can do to avoid tearing the whole laptop apart is worth a try.
Thanks for your tip.
Many many thanks to you! My Vaio was frequently suddenly shutting down. I was in panic! I searched the net, found your video, used a needle that we attach to an air pump we when inflate a football, blew and blew and the laptop is working normally now.
my laptop reaches 72c max when playing CS;GO or Warframe ._, hope this works.
for me its fine when i play warframe. but when i play robocraft my hp dead after 5 minutes -_-
Sortoff, not that effective on some laptops
REALLY Warframe that is "shit" dud fuck that play god of war or far cry stop that shit
Lucy when I play minceblox my lapto reaches 69 F•
delicious chicken i can play warframe in high fps about 10 minutes right after i opened my pc. After that, rip my framerate.
Lol , cool story, you have the same laptop as me.
And me
We took it one step further and used a plastic foot pump... clouds of gorgeous dust and IT WORKED!!
did it with minimum effort. improved significantly. was having trouble watching any video files before coz laptop shut down every time it uses above 20%CPU or 45% memory. I'll do a more thorough cleaning tomorrow. thanks very much.
thank you so much :) :) god bless you :)) this really works......
i was having problem while playing games....my games were having "lag" due to this heating problem..... i used a straw and yeyyy it really helps....
thanks again :))
wow thank you so much! this really helped a lot.
U actually saved my life. My computer broke and didn’t turn on for 2 weeks. Now it’s working! Tysm
Thank you Sir. So simple and easy. I fixed my laptop fan with your technique in just three and a half minutes. Thank you once a again.
I could use some help, my laptop makes a click and it shuts down
Have you tried to blow the dust out from your laptop heat sink?
No I will try that
I probably should be careful though
Always be careful.
sounds like ur hard drive is bout to quit
dafuq is the slice of bread for again LOL
lmaooo
Drying out your mouth so when you blow no spit goes into the laptop.
+Kenneth Tay He said it like 5 times dude
+Tyson Aquino Didn't work. Saliva glands in mouth still active.
Then eat some salt .
I got confused, I put the straw in to the bread and I ate the laptop.
I will try this. It's exactly as you said in one of your comments, laptop stays on for a couple of minutes then just shuts down without any notice. A technician (I don't know if he's any good honestly) had a look at it and said it was indeed the fan, he made a vent where the fan is, it worked for about a day then returned to spontaneously turning off