[Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?

[Deanna Berman]

I agree, both about the pantyhose and watching the very temperature
carefully if you try it. Laptops just don't have the ventilation of desktop
machines.

More suggestions:

If there are any window or other portable air conditioners around, you might
want to try a little snippet of the dust filter from it.

 A laptop "desk", a little tray sort of thing with built-in fans; I think
they run about $30 retail.

 Put the TPs in closed bags whenever they are not in use.

 In that environment, you might need to fight the dust with more than one
method.

 Good luck -- and please let us know if you find any solution that works.

 Deanna


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aryeh Goretsky" <goretsky at gmail.com>
> To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I had read somewhere (a military serviceperson's blog?) that they had
> taken to
> > taping pieces of pantyhose over the air inlets on PCs as filtering
> material to
> > keep dust out of them.  Perhaps you could use something similar to
prevent
> dust
> > from getting in?
> >
> > If you do install filters, I would strongly suggest monitoring
temperature
> to
> > see what effect, if any, they have on internal temperatures.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Aryeh Goretsky
> >
> >
> > At 04:27 AM 10/14/2006, you wrote:
> >
> > >Message: 10
> > >Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:27:46 +0200
> > >From: "Tim S." <tsservo at gmail.com>
> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad cleaning in dusty environment?
> > >To: "'Thinkpad Users Group'" <thinkpad at stderr.org>
> > >Message-ID: <003001c6ef83$c792d1c0$4201a8c0 at biggerpengin>
> > >Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
> > >
> > >Hi all, I've got an X41T and a T60p which weather the daily hot and
dusty
> > >environment of Egypt.  The X41T (my wife's) makes a daily trip to the
> school
> > >that she teaches at whereas the T60p (mine) is largely sedentary in our

> > >apartment.
> > >
> > >I wipe down the outside of the cases every other day or so with a just
> > >barely damp cloth to keep them from turning a lovely shade of brown.
> Around
> > >here, it's simply impossible to keep anything from getting dusty.
> > >
> > >The other day after I had wiped the case down, one a whim, I turned it
> over
> > >and gave the intake port for the fan a good shot with the Giotto Rocket
> > >blower that I keep for my camera equipment (now those are a pain to
keep
> > >clean).  Perhaps I shouldn't have don't that, but the amount of dust
that
> > >came out of the fan port was humbling and it took a half dozen blasts
or
> so
> > >before the dust was no longer noticeably coming out.
> > >
> > >I mentioned this to my wife, who subsequently mentioned to me that her
> X41T
> > >has been running rather hot as of late and it occurred to me that I
> should
> > >probably look at it as well.
> > >
> > >What I was wondering was if anyone has any strong opinions on cleaning
> out
> > >the dust from the inside of the Thinkpads.  I know I've never done it
> before
> > >to any other laptop I've owned, but I've never had any in Egypt either.
> I
> > >don't know if they're relatively dust proof, or, like a PC it doesn't
> affect
> > >it all that much.
> > >
> > >If it's not a concern, does anyone have any ideas on an X41T that's
been
> > >running very hot as of late?  It's to the point where it's
uncomfortable
> to
> > >keep on her lap whereas previously could barely tell the machine was
on.
> > >I've flashed the BIOS and installed the latest Power Manager on it but
> it's
> > >not cooling down.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Tim
> >
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