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"pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message 
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> One of the company PC is located in the warehouse area, and that place
> is very dusty.
>
> So dusty that a lot of grime have built up in the heatsink + cooling
> fan, and the CPU temperature is rising as a result.
>
> In the process of cleaning the PC, I disassembled the cooling fan +
> heatsink assembly from the CPU, trying my best to clean away all the
> dust and grime stuck on the heatsink and the cooling fan.
>
> The cooling fan / heatsink assembly is joint together by 4 washer type
> of stoppers (located almost at the half way down the 4 screws) and I
> can't find a way to separate the fan from the heatsink.
>
> This resulted in the THICK LAYER of grime and dust that are stuck in
> between the fan and the heatsink to be totally inaccessible.
>
> I tried my best to clean them out but couldn't.
>
> If only I can separate the fan OUT from the heatsink assembly ....
>
> So, to the hardware gurus here ---
>
> 1. Is there a way to take out the fan from the fan/heatsink assembly,
> without breaking anything?
>
> 2. If the answer to #1 is NO, then, is there a way to clean out the
> grimes that stuck in between the fan and the heatsink?
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you !!


I use a can of compressed air. To get the fins of the HSF I use the same 
compressed air with the straw attached to the nozzle that comes with the 
can. Seems to get rid of even the most reluctant schmutz.
-- 
Jan Alter
bearpuf@verizon.net