If you laptop’s get­ting too hot, turn­ing off then it’s time for a checkup. The chances are that you need to get your fan & heatsink cleaned and have the ther­mal com­pound (ther­mal paste, ther­mal grease) replaced. If you don’t then you’ll end up dam­ag­ing your laptop.

Do I really need it done?

Com­mon dam­age done by over­heat­ing lap­tops is faulty GPU chips, graph­ics cards, hard dri­ves (Yep! Very com­mon), RAM, wifi cards or even the motherboard.

Lap­top fan & heatsink cleans don’t cost that much, they pre­vent dam­age to your lap­top and also extend the laptop’s life.

How do I know if I need a fan clean?

Your lap­top is way too hot and prob­a­bly needs checking/cleaning out if you notice any of the following:

• Lap­top burn­ing your legs (or more!)
• Lap­top hot to touch
• Poor air­flow from the fan vent(s)
• Very hot air com­ing from fan vent(s)
• Burn marks on laptop
• Lap­top switch­ing off ran­domly (and nor­mally again shortly after turn­ing it back on)

How do I pre­vent this hap­pen­ing to my laptop?

You can take a few steps to pre­vent this hap­pen­ing to your laptop:

Don’t use your lap­top on your bed, don’t use your lap­top on car­pet, in fact, don’t use your lap­top on any soft mate­r­ial — cush­ions, pil­lows etc as this pre­vents the air­flow to & from your laptop’s fan AND pro­vides lots of dust which will end up clog­ging up your heatsink & fan.

Always use your lap­top on a firm, flat sur­face i.e. a tray, table etc. Take a look at your lap­top, you will notice it has small legs. These legs cre­ate a small gap between the bot­tom of the lap­top and the sur­face you are using it on — this gap is to enable clean, cool air to pass freely through your laptop’s fan & heatsink.

If you use your lap­top in the same place fre­quently, like a desk, then invest in a cool­ing pad. Cool­ing pads are for lap­tops to sit on when kept in the same place and raise the lap­top off the sur­face more to enable a bet­ter air­flow, and the bet­ter cool­ing pads have fans built in to pro­vide more cool­ing power.

We sell some top-notch cool­ing pads at just £21. They raise the lap­top a good dis­tance from the desk, also pro­vid­ing a new typ­ing & view­ing angle. They have a built in fan which is pow­ered by a USB cable to your lap­top — elim­i­nat­ing the need for bat­ter­ies or mains power. They fold away nicely for stor­age or trans­port. They have a grippy under­neath to pre­vent the pad from slip­ping. They rotate so you can still move your lap­top even though the under­neath is firmly grip­ping. They have clips to secure your lap­top in place.

How much does it cost for a fan clean?

Lap­top fan & heatsink cleans start at £35 and the aver­age cost is just £45. Prices vary as some lap­tops are eas­ier than oth­ers… and vice versa.

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