M570RU cleaning guide

Rorschach · 07-18-2008, 02:00 AM

Well decided to clean my laptop out today and I remembered a while back some people with the M570RU wanted a guide on how to do that, so I thought I would post this guide
to help out.

List of things you will need.
Can of compressed air
2-3 Q-tips
paper towel or napkin
Small philips screwdriver. You can use a larger one than the one I have a picture of, but if you want to open up the silver covers above the fans you need something smaller.
I should note, it is not required to open up the fan covers, but it allows you to be much more thorough and its much easier to clean the fan blades.
Also I used a small dish with some water to wet the Q-tips

First step before you even begin disassembly, is to clean off the intake vents for the fans, I clean mine pretty often, so it wasn't required today, but usually when they are dirty
you can see they are covered in white dust and hair, especially if you have pets. I usually just use a damp paper towel and wipe away the dust.

First step to disassemble the laptop is to unscrew the 10 black screws holding down the access panel. I don't recommend removing them all the way, because they are easy to lose track off.
Just loosen them enough so you can remove the panel with the screws still in their positions.

Next step is to clean the fan blades, which are very likely to be covered with dust and hair. If you wish to just clean the blades without removing the silver cover go ahead to the next step,
or continue reading if you want to make cleaning them easier.To remove the silver fan covers you will see 4 screws on each one. You want to remove the silver screws, not the larger black ones below the silver plating.
These screws you want to take all the way out and keep a good track of them, because they get lost easy and even worse, they fall into the laptop which can make them a pain to get back out. If they do by chance
fall into the laptop continue removing the rest of the screws and once the others are removed turn the laptop over slowly so it is completely upside down and the screws should pop out, you might have to nudge it a little though if they get stuck around the heat sinks.

To clean the fans I used the Q-tips and the small dish with water. Just get the Q-tips damp, not dripping wet, you don't want any water getting on electrical components. Once you finish cleaning the fans and the casing around the fans, make sure everything is dry. The next step
involves blowing air into the system and you don't want any water drops blown onto electronics.

Can air is pretty easy to find in most electronic stores. I went to staples and picked up the cheapest one I could find. ">.> you would be surprised how much people charge for the air you breath". Its all the same stuff, just buy the cheapest one. The can should come with a small straw
angle this like shown in the picture provided and blow the dust out in short burst. Repeat for the gpu and cpu heat sink and you can blow out hte internals also. Reassemble the laptop, turn it on with the fans on full blast to blow out any loose dust and your done.