Do not attempt to open the power supply to clean the fans.
Dell inspiron 15 fan cleaning.
Remove all screws securing the heat sink.
Ensure to power off the pc and disconnect the power cables and use a compressed air can to clean any dust or debris.
The black cord running alongside the fan is for the display.
The xps 15 l502x cooling fan is attached to the bottom cover.
The fan was also full of dirt.
The graphics card is powered by nvidia geforce gtx 1060 gpu.
So after i ve replaced the thermal grease and cleaned the fan the cpu temperature decreased by around 15 c 59 f.
The unit may now be removed from the board.
How to replace remove disconnect install upgrade clean apply.
Remove two screws securing the cooling fan.
Turn the motherboard the right way up again and lift off the fan.
It is powered by a 2 5 ghz intel core i5 7300u cpu with 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage.
This means that every time you want to clean it from dirt and dust you ll have to replace the thermal grease.
During usage i hear a low grinding sound high pitched straining sound from the area of the fan.
I ve decided to clean.
Cleaning the air vents on your dell pc.
Push it aside if it stops you from removing the fan.
Remove any build up of dust and blow through the radiator fins to ensure they are clear.
You can clean the cooling fan with a brush.
My dell inspiron 14z 5423 ultrabook s fan has recently stopped working.
Dell inspiron 15 7000 comes with a horrible display of 15 6 inch with a 1080p screen.
Replacement fan and heatsink replacement battery module replacement main access panne.
The sad fact is that you cannot open fan case without removing the whole cooling system.
Remove 4 small screws which retain the fan.