My Computer Keeps Freezing: Laptop Fan Options

My Computer Keeps Freezing: Laptop Fan Options

In the past, I was getting frustrated, constantly yelling, "My computer keeps freezing!" Obviously, that did not help. I eventually found out it was the fan.

Computer fans are invaluable, only increasing in importance the hotter your computer becomes. Gaming computers in particular are susceptible to high temperatures because of a high-powered CPU and high-powered graphics card. Both the graphics card and CPU have their own fans, and in some cases, the case has a few fans latched to the walls. When building your own desktop, if you do not pick the right size and speed of fan, your amazingly awesome computer can turn into an amazingly broken computer. With laptops, there are usually less fans built into the system because they do not normally get as hot. This becomes a catch-22 if you own a gaming laptop.

It is true that laptops do not have the capability of getting as hot as a beastly gaming computer, but gaming laptops become troublesome when their fans do not do what they should. To make it worse, laptop fans can be the most annoying things to clean because they do not come out and are usually set in place by an army of screws.

Three options are available when cleaning a laptop fan, 1 you should not choose, and another you should avoid. The first one, the one that you should not do, is ignore it. If your computer does not cool correctly it just starts with freezing. Left alone, a malfunctioning fan can destroy the inside components of your laptop simply because it cannot keep up with the rising temperatures of your computer. The second, and most recommended, option is to send it in for maintenance and repair. Who knows what is really wrong with your fan? The fan could really have died and have to be replaced. Most commonly, it is just filled with dust, lint, hair, etc.

Now let us say that your laptop's warranty expired a long time ago and it would not really be a loss if you lost it. This brings me to the third options -- cleaning it yourself. For this you will need some form of compressed air, something more powerful than Air in A Can, though you are welcome to try that. There are compressed air containers that you pump like bug spray and there are motorized air compression units that compress once plugged in and then really blow you away. It is important to be really aware of how much power is going to come out the end when you hit that button. As you know, it takes very little to damage the inner components of a laptop. You will probably want to do this outside if you do not want your room to look like a miniature vacuum bag just exploded. Flip the laptop over. The pressure that should be hitting the area of the fan should not make the fan spin terribly fast. Spinning a fan manually like that can damage it if it goes faster than it normally does. Blow air just close enough so you can see results. You want to blow the back panel where you can see the fan and also the side of the laptop where the hot air normally exits. Again, do this at your own risk, and if at all possible just simply send it in to a professional. I do not take any responsibility for any of this you try. It definitely worked for me, but it should never be your first option.

"My computer keeps freezing" is not a legitimate way to fix abroken computer. If an injured fan is the reason for substandard performance, send it in to the manufacturer to have it fixed. If that is not an option, try cautiously cleaning it yourself.

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