Dell Inspiron 15 Fan Cleaning

The graphics card is powered by nvidia geforce gtx 1060 gpu.

Dell inspiron 15 fan cleaning.

During usage i hear a low grinding sound high pitched straining sound from the area of the fan. You can clean the cooling fan with a brush. Replacement fan and heatsink replacement battery module replacement main access panne. Remove any build up of dust and blow through the radiator fins to ensure they are clear.

The unit may now be removed from the board. It is powered by a 2 5 ghz intel core i5 7300u cpu with 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage. Ensure to power off the pc and disconnect the power cables and use a compressed air can to clean any dust or debris. Do not attempt to open the power supply to clean the fans.

Push it aside if it stops you from removing the fan. I ve decided to clean. Remove all screws securing the heat sink. The black cord running alongside the fan is for the display.

This means that every time you want to clean it from dirt and dust you ll have to replace the thermal grease. Remove the two 2x3mm screws from the fan using the phillips 1 screwdriver. Remove two screws securing the cooling fan. How to replace remove disconnect install upgrade clean apply.

The fan was also full of dirt. The xps 15 l502x cooling fan is attached to the bottom cover. So after i ve replaced the thermal grease and cleaned the fan the cpu temperature decreased by around 15 c 59 f. The sad fact is that you cannot open fan case without removing the whole cooling system.

Cleaning the air vents on your dell pc. Dell inspiron 15 7000 comes with a horrible display of 15 6 inch with a 1080p screen. Turn the motherboard the right way up again and lift off the fan. Remove 4 small screws which retain the fan.