DUST

[WexyMaxy]

Hi

I have a question on dust inside the laptop.

here, i wanna say that i have never done cleaning inside my laptop body. because i have been cheated by a computer shop. They stole the part inside of my laptop then change it with other damaged part with different brand. I realized and i stop send my machine to any computer shop.

1) So, i am asking, is it okay if i never clean dust inside the laptop?

2) Can it be damaged because of dust?

3) How long the life span of my precious laptop will be last?

Thanks.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@WexyMaxy

While your laptop does have vents, these are enclosed and are for circulating fresh air to the CPU fan and for exausting hot air from it.  So, those don't accumulate dust elsewhere inside the laptop.

A typical way to clean those vents is to buy a can of compressed air from a computer retailer and spray that into the vents.

If you do that every few weeks or so, you should not get any buildup.

The dust will not damage the laptop but buildup could constrict the vents, causing the laptop to overheat.

Lifespan is impossible to predict because everyone's usage is different.  I have a laptop I bought in 2011 and it is still working fine -- but I have replaced the keyboard and swapped in an SSD to replace the HDD.  Both of these components went bad during the last couple of years.

Also, rugged handling like dropping or bumping can damage the laptop, reducing its useful life.

I would expect 5 years or so -- but that varies and is not any kind of guarantee.