Dell Inspiron 15 Fan Cleaning

During usage i hear a low grinding sound high pitched straining sound from the area of the fan.

Dell inspiron 15 fan cleaning.

How to replace remove disconnect install upgrade clean apply. Do not attempt to open the power supply to clean the fans. It is powered by a 2 5 ghz intel core i5 7300u cpu with 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage. Cleaning the air vents on your dell pc.

The unit may now be removed from the board. My dell inspiron 14z 5423 ultrabook s fan has recently stopped working. The black cord running alongside the fan is for the display. Ensure to power off the pc and disconnect the power cables and use a compressed air can to clean any dust or debris.

About dell inspiron 15 7000. Remove the two 2x3mm screws from the fan using the phillips 1 screwdriver. You can clean the cooling fan with a brush. The sad fact is that you cannot open fan case without removing the whole cooling system.

Remove 4 small screws which retain the fan. I assume that this is the sound of the fan straining against the dust there s a buildup of dust visible. Remove all screws securing the heat sink. Remove two screws securing the cooling fan.

Dell inspiron 15 7000 comes with a horrible display of 15 6 inch with a 1080p screen. The graphics card is powered by nvidia geforce gtx 1060 gpu. This means that every time you want to clean it from dirt and dust you ll have to replace the thermal grease. Push it aside if it stops you from removing the fan.

So after i ve replaced the thermal grease and cleaned the fan the cpu temperature decreased by around 15 c 59 f. I ve decided to clean. Turn the motherboard the right way up again and lift off the fan. The xps 15 l502x cooling fan is attached to the bottom cover.