potatochobit Posted February 26, 2017 Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) it was so cold outside, my computer decided to put on some socks this was between the actual fan and the heatsink and was completely blocking the airflow while gaming, my keyboard was getting so hot it was literally burning my fingers, i thought man, I am doing some hard core gaming with huge FPS but my laptop was not putting out as much hot air as it usually did so I thought the fan went bad after opening it up, I had to remove all the taping around the heat sink and inside was this I believe this was mostly caused from using the computer on a bed without a hard surface it has been pulling in the cotton residue, dust, and a little pet hair while i was visiting relatives for the holidays I do blow can air to clean out the heatsink, but this was on the other side in the fan and nothing would help it other than physical removal moral of the story: dont use gaming computers on a bed without protection this was a nvidia 640M heatsink and I could see it throttle while this was happening Edited February 26, 2017 by potatochobit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus Posted February 26, 2017 Posted February 26, 2017 Doesn't even look like drier lint, more like hair and skin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Edited February 28, 2017 by Braegnok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefiretiger Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Sadly very common. Most of the laptops I service get used on soft surfaces and clogged like that. I've even seen where the blockage is burning where its been against the heatsink. Wish i had taken a picture of the laptop cooling pad I was given because "it doesn't move much air" has a blower style fan and the intake side of the blades had between 1/16" and 1/8" of yuck. Sent from my SM-J700P using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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