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System Name | Black Panther |
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Processor | i9 9900k |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
Case | NZXT H710i Black |
Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
Keyboard | Motospeed |
Software | Windows 10 |
I'm going to web-note the seller about this but I'd want to see your opinions first..
So a year ago my parents bought two MSI GT640 laptops, one for each.
Lately my dad's been complaining that the fan was running loud and asked me to check the temps.
Having 2 perfectly identical machines in the same house and ambient temperature it was easy to do a reliable comparison. Using realtemp on both systems just showing the desktop with no background processes except the basic ones - I got 45 degrees for mum's machine, and 60 degrees for dad's. The latter put me off from testing load temps..
Probably dad's accumulated more dirt and fluff inside since he uses it for ~ 7 hours per day as opposed to mum's 1 hour a day...
But the problem lies here. I turned the laptop upside down, it seems easy to remove the bottom for air-blowing. But there's a sticker covering the crucial parts which need to be removed, saying "warranty void if tampered with". So taking it apart is out of the question.
Is there a way to clean it effectively then? There's still 2 more years remaining of warranty, so that sticker is kinda precious for now...
I know I can blow out the vent at the side with compressed air, but wouldn't that just dislodge the dirt and re-lodge it elsewhere inside?
I hate to think of the fate of this laptop if I leave it like this for 2 more years.
I do clean my own laptop regularly by opening it, and even replaced TIM for gpu and cpu.. but mine never had that sticker.
What are your views?
So a year ago my parents bought two MSI GT640 laptops, one for each.
Lately my dad's been complaining that the fan was running loud and asked me to check the temps.
Having 2 perfectly identical machines in the same house and ambient temperature it was easy to do a reliable comparison. Using realtemp on both systems just showing the desktop with no background processes except the basic ones - I got 45 degrees for mum's machine, and 60 degrees for dad's. The latter put me off from testing load temps..
Probably dad's accumulated more dirt and fluff inside since he uses it for ~ 7 hours per day as opposed to mum's 1 hour a day...
But the problem lies here. I turned the laptop upside down, it seems easy to remove the bottom for air-blowing. But there's a sticker covering the crucial parts which need to be removed, saying "warranty void if tampered with". So taking it apart is out of the question.
Is there a way to clean it effectively then? There's still 2 more years remaining of warranty, so that sticker is kinda precious for now...
I know I can blow out the vent at the side with compressed air, but wouldn't that just dislodge the dirt and re-lodge it elsewhere inside?
I hate to think of the fate of this laptop if I leave it like this for 2 more years.
I do clean my own laptop regularly by opening it, and even replaced TIM for gpu and cpu.. but mine never had that sticker.
What are your views?