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My old boss insisted on using canned air for every dust job, but a buddy in Denver swears by a $80 electric blower.
After the canned air froze a sensor on a ThinkPad T480 last winter, I'm starting to think he might be wrong, so what's your go-to method for a deep clean?
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caseyflores15d ago
Agree with king.jordan about canned air causing hidden problems. That frozen sensor story is exactly why I stopped using it. I use a cheap USB electric blower now for my deep cleans. Pull the back cover, hit the fans with short bursts, and use a small paintbrush to loosen the caked-on dust in the heatsinks. Works way better and you never get that scary moisture buildup.
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king.jordan15d ago
Canned air is a total waste of money for anything more than a quick keyboard clean. That freezing thing is no joke, I've seen it leave condensation inside laptops that causes real damage later. Honestly, a small electric blower is the move, it's way more powerful and you don't run out. For a deep clean, taking the back panel off and using a soft brush with the blower gets all the packed dust out of the fans.
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