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My heat sink is Very dusty like the bad thick caked type is it possible to remove the stock fan OFF the heat sink with out removing the heat sink to clean it since im at a lack of thermal compound i mean i have toothpaste and it worked well for my laptop but im tired of using that so please help to reiterate can u take the stock fan off the heat sink of an intel cooler 

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Why is it necessary to remove the fan? Get a can of compressed air or use an air compressor (unplug the fan header first) and blow it out.

Also, it's time to spend the $10 and get some thermal paste. Toothpaste is the joke thermal compound, only included in comparisons because it is so ridiculous to use.

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Why is it necessary to remove the fan? Get a can of compressed air or use an air compressor (unplug the fan header first) and blow it out.

Also, it's time to spend the $10 and get some thermal paste. Toothpaste is the joke thermal compound, only included in comparisons because it is so ridiculous to use.

I don't know why people trust in airblowers they just blow dust everywhere.

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I don't know why people trust in airblowers they just blow dust everywhere.

The trick is to do it outside.  Give the dust somewhere to land that isn't inside, and you'll get rid of the vast majority of it.  

I've never had a problem cleaning my components with air, and is probably the least damaging way to get rid of dust.  

Isopropyl alcohol is all you need for cleaning CPU's and motherboard components.  No, you don't need [insert cleaning solution here].  -Source: PhD Student, Chemistry


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My heat sink is Very dusty like the bad thick caked type is it possible to remove the stock fan OFF the heat sink with out removing the heat sink to clean it since im at a lack of thermal compound i mean i have toothpaste and it worked well for my laptop but im tired of using that so please help to reiterate can u take the stock fan off the heat sink of an intel cooler 

 

Are you *actually* using toothpaste on your laptop really? Don't so that.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-16.html

 

The answer about the fan is that it varies with the heatsink. You should probably just use canned air.

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