r/LegionGo • u/ShortSeaworthiness64 • 18h ago

TIPS AND TRICK Reminder to clean fans

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This is after 6 months of travelling Australia, it caused it to crash and go over 95+ degrees. Work's perfect after cleaning :)

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u/Slow_Guide_1718 18h ago edited 15h ago

Mine also got like this pretty quickly. In the year and a half I’ve owned it I’ve had to clean it up three times. I’m considering DYI-ing some dust filters to put behind the rear vents.

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u/YuraShatunoff 9h ago

I also wanted to put some filter, but I'm kinda scared it will choke the air coming inside and dust will get through anyway

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u/Christophart1 13h ago

Amen, was wondering why my temps were in the mid 80s. Cleaned the fan, boom down to to the 60s at same load.

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u/goldenwukong 14h ago

Thanks for the reminder! It's been a year since I cleaned mine but I haven't used it that much in the last 6 months.

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u/Mammoth-Difference27 18h ago

Do you smoke?

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u/Rabbid7273 17h ago

Usually the dust would be a brown colour if it's from smoke I've found

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u/JohnBrownJovi 18h ago

Pets can do this too.

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 17h ago

The small amount of cat hair is from back home, I cleaned it a week before I left. I think the places we are staying must be dusty af

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 18h ago

No, literally just changing location every week.

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u/txracin 6h ago

I'm guessing there's a lot of carpet at the places you're staying and they use cheap vacuums. I was thinking about putting a little piece of PC filter over the intakes with a couple of hot glue dots.

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u/PhattyR6 17h ago

That’s so much dust for 6 months of use. Were you visiting lint factories? /s

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 17h ago

It is a bit mental but tbf I used it as a desktop pc essentially and had fans on full

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u/PhattyR6 17h ago

No need to justify it. I’m just shocked by the amount.

I use mine predominantly at home, and i have two cats. Still doesn’t get half that bad over 6 months.

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 17h ago

Same as me back home with the cats, it didn't get nearly this bad. I get to see them next week, been too long

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u/PhattyR6 9h ago

You can’t mention cats on reddit without posting said cats.

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u/Twashstarhero 15h ago

How careful must you be to open it up to get to the fan? Worried ill break it

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u/goldenwukong 14h ago

It's super ez. Take out the 6 screws then lift up the kickstand and take a pick and put it between the indent part it's in the center. And slid the pick around the edges.

Here's a YouTube video. I just watched real quick and saw he don't pry like I did but you can follow how I did it or the video. It's really not that difficult.

https://youtu.be/78O4wvpq-kE?is=b7OOr2STuMusSXtC

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u/Complex_Bass_2465 9h ago

I break a clip every time I clean the fans 😭😭

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 6h ago

That sucks, I bought a tool kit off amazon with plastic prying tools. Gotta so gentle

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u/ZoomItsGone 6h ago

Link? I have to do mine

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u/ShortSeaworthiness64 5h ago

Pretty sure its ifixit. Just type in prying and opening toolkit. Should be top selling. Sorry I bought it months ago

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u/bamaugking 1h ago

Soon as I get back to back off days I'm cleaning the fan.

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u/Embarrassed-Copy3930 15m ago

be an FAN of your console