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Introduction |
| Dust can accumulate in all corners of a MacBook Pro, significantly affecting cooling. With some compressed air and a few screwdrivers, however, you can easily clean it out, reducing your CPU temperatures, fan noise, throttling, and power consumption. | | If your fan assembly is relatively clean, you can skip the [link|http://#s291927|In-Place Fan Cover Removal] steps. If, however, | | | # The fan blades are visibly caked in dust | | # You need easier access to the heat sink for cleaning | | # You suspect there might be clumps of dust in the fan assembly that are too large to blow out with air | | Then you can remove the fan assembly cover for full access—''without'' having to remove the heat sink and worrying about reapplying thermal paste—by following this guide. |
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