Cleaning Alienware 17 R4 Laptop

[Avi-N]

So, I wanna clean my Alienware laptop's fans and vents. Does anyone know how I should go about this? I prefer not to have to open up the laptop if possible. Also, if anyone personally owns one, do you know if there is a way to manually control the fans?

[JimmyBuffet21]

Honestly, in my opinion, opening up the rig is probably the best and most thourough way to do this. You can just spray compressed air in the vents, but that pushes dust into the system...

 

[Theguywhobea]

Just watch a video that shows you how to open it up properly

[Tamesh16]

27 minutes ago, Avi-N said:

So, I wanna clean my Alienware laptop's fans and vents. Does anyone know how I should go about this? I prefer not to have to open up the laptop if possible. Also, if anyone personally owns one, do you know if there is a way to manually control the fans?

Alienware includes a manual on how to completely disassemble your laptop, so i dont think you need much more, but if youre unsure, 

its just the bottom panel you need to remove and use a duster to clean 

[Tamesh16]

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Alienware_17_R4

 

[Avi-N]

2 hours ago, Tamesh16 said:

Alienware includes a manual on how to completely disassemble your laptop, so i dont think you need much more, but if youre unsure, 

its just the bottom panel you need to remove and use a duster to clean 

Yea, just need to clean the vents only. Just doing so should be enough right?

 

[Tamesh16]

5 hours ago, Avi-N said:

Yea, just need to clean the vents only. Just doing so should be enough right?

 

yeah it should, there is a option in the link i added to remove the back covers of the fan too, but yeah it should be enough