Cleaned out 6000D with compressed air - wow!

Hi there,

My Insp. 6000 has got a bit f dust on the bottom fan. I was wondering if you could explain this compressed air method of cleaning you used?

Do you have to open the laptop up?

If not, then wont spraying copressed air inside, push dust into the "nooks and crannis" of the precessor heatsink, etc...

Thanks, (also tell of best way to clean out built up dust pls :D)

Ok, just to clarify,

Spray the compresed on the back vent, without removing any parts from the laptop right?

Sounds, simple enough, now to find a can of compressed gas.....hmmm lol

The most environmentally sound way is to get a rechargeable can of air.

Turns out in the long run that this is the most economical also.

Its an air can with a tire valve on the bottom.

You go to gas station and put air in carefully or use a tire pump that comes with it.

http://www.nextag.com/Read-Right-reair-refillable--zz3298807z0znz1zcompressed_air_canzB9az2--COMPARE-PRICES-html

What does undervolted mean?

Mine gets hot/fan gets noisy after its been on for hours, like when downloading or burning dvd's.

you turn down the voltage to the cpu to make it run cooler without a loss of performance. this is how.

This thread is intended to be a simple tutorial for undervolting your Pentium M (Dothan) laptop. Undervolting the CPU reduces power consumption, thus allowing your laptop to run cooler and increasing battery life. I was able to adjust the minimum voltage of my Pentium M 760 (Dell Latitude D810) from 0.988V to 0.700V and the maximum voltage from 1.308V to 1.068V. Your mileage may vary!

1.) Download RightMark CPU Clock Utility (RMClock) from http://cpu.rightmark.org/ and Prime95 from http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
2.) Unzip the programs to the directories of your choice (I use /program files/rmclock/ and /program files/prime95/).
3.) Launche Prime95.exe, download and begin calculations, minimize the window (you should see a red icon in your system tray), then launch RMClock.exe.
4.) Click on the "General" tab and note your default voltages (mine are "Startup" and "Minimal" at 0.988V and "Maximal" at 1.308V).
5.) Click on the "Management" tab.
6.) Select the "Use P-State Transitions (PST)" box. Intel 855 and 915 chipset users may need to select "Run HLT command when the system is idle" (I did). Do not select or modify any other options.
7.) Make sure "Minimal FID" is at the lowest number (6.0x in my case) and "Maximal FID" is at the highest number (15.0x in my case).
8.) Change "Profile" to "Maximal" and click the apply button.
9.) Now click on the "General" tab and ensure that "Actual Clock" is your maximum processor operating speed (1995.16 Mhz in my case). Return to the "Management" tab.
10.) Decrease the "Maximal VID" (1.308V in my case) by one stepping and click the apply button.
11.) Ensure that Prime95 is still running without any errors. An error will look something like this: "FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4" or "Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt."
12.) If you do not encounter any errors after a few minutes, return to RMClock and decrease the "Maximal VID" by another stepping.
13.) Continue decreasing the "Maximal VID" and checking Prime95 until you encounter an error. Make sure to press the apply button with each change.
14.) Once you encounter an error, raise the "Maximal VID" by one stepping.
15.) Then allow Prime95 to run for a few hours. If you receive an error, increase the "Maximal VID" by another stepping and run Prime95 for a few hours until you do not encounter any errors.
16.) If Prime95 runs for a few hours without encountering any errors, you have determined the lowest possible CPU voltage at maximum processor speed (1.068V in my case). Write this number down!
17.) Now change "Profile" to "Minimal." Repeat steps 9-15, except for "Minimal VID" instead of "Maximal VID."
18.) If Prime95 runs for a few hours without encountering any errors, you have determined the lowest possible CPU voltage at minimum processor speed (0.700V in my case). Write this number down!
19.) Change "Profile" to "Automatic Management" and select your recorded "Minimal VID" and "Maximal VID" values (0.700V minimal and 1.068V maximal in my case). Press the apply button.
20.) Select the "Advanced" tab and select "Apply these settings at program startup" under the "Misc Settings" area. Do not change any of the other settings. Click the apply button.
21.) Right click the RMClock system tray icon and select "Run Automatically at Startup" and "Start Minimized to Tray." You also may want to unselect "Force Minimal Profile on Batteries."