Why you should be careful while cleaning your notebook ..

This is not the first time I screwed up with my notebook, but this is definitely the costliest one. On a fine Sunday, I set out to clean it. It has not been performing well since few months. It over heats in every few hours and shuts itself down automatically. Many times, I thought it is an Ubuntu specific bug. But I also had the suspicion that it is due to the dust clogged in the CPU fan. So, I bought a compressed air canister to clean the CPU heat sinks for Rs.500/- the previous day, and I set out to clean the system. Unfortunately, I missed out some important precautions while using the compressed air container and the result is the CPU fan now got stuck :( It would now cost me much more than 500 bucks and in addition ..

I am devoid of my favorite computer now and it has already been more than 24 hours. My sincere piece of advice for you all, if you are going to clean your notebook, make sure you watch this video before starting:


Computer Basics:How To Clean A Laptop