cleaning ur thinkpad

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noel81 · #1 Post by **noel81** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:44 am

hi there..can i noe wat you guys use to clean any stains or marks be it on the screen or case..

christopher_wolf · #2 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:15 am

Alcohol+Water on a paper towel or cloth plus rubbing it on the lid case.

For the screen, I use Klearscreen and a microfiber cloth and it does wonders. You should never use window cleaner, an ammonia based cleaning product, or large amounts of non-diluted alcohol as exposure to such, over time, will make the LCD screen surface yellow and become brittle.

HTH

#3 Post by **JaneL** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:50 am

Item #18 in the FAQ.

princeatul · #4 Post by **princeatul** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:21 am

I use alcohol+water (50-50) + lint free soft cloth to celan my LCD. Getting a specklessly clean LCD is tough, though

Couldn't dare use undiluted alcohol on LCD, and as Chris, would advice against it.

Regularly air-blow the dust that accumulates on lid and between keys.

#5 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:07 am

A couple of articles I ran across while researching this awhile back....

Care and Maintenance of LCD Screens - Fairleigh Dickinson University

How Do I Safely Clean My LCD Monitor? - Samsung USA Support FAQs/Knowledge Base

Torque · #6 Post by **Torque** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:19 am

I just use a damp cloth (only water) and wipe with a dry towel afterwards.
Once in a while removing the keyboard and blowing dust out of it, and the fan, with canned compressed air.

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:56 pm

Torque wrote: Once in a while removing the keyboard and blowing dust out of it, and the fan, with canned compressed air.

Good practice to follow.

In addition, it is good to clean out the internals of it every now and then, about 1 month in intervals. A neat trick to get dust out of the fan air conduits is to take a can of compressed duster gas/air, apply the little straw attachment, and, while the Thinkpad is off, blow directly into the PC Card bays or the vents themselves. This causes the fan, under no torque (coincidence

) from the motor to spin more or less freely and blast a good portion of dust right back out. Even though there is a constant airflow through those regions even when the Thinkpad is on, dust can still adhere to it, through electrostatic interactions and simple mechanical positioning in a corner, to build up to levels that can impede the cooling efficiency.

I do the same thing along with partial parts removal and cleaning of my T43.

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