Clean up cooling system - do it yourself or give it to service

Hi,
I'm a happy owner of X200 for a year. Recently the cooling fan started turning on more often - it's time to clean the cooling system. My question is - will I loose warranty if it do it myself ? (disassembly laptop, put new cooling paste, clean the dust) Maybe I should give it to service? Any people experienced in this topic?
Has anyone disassembled his X200 to do these things? Is it very complicated compared to other laptops?
Thank you for answers in advance,
Kind regards,
Lukasz
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skomialek wrote:
Hi,
I'm a happy owner of X200 for a year. Recently the cooling fan started turning on more often - it's time to clean the cooling system. My question is - will I loose warranty if it do it myself ? (disassembly laptop, put new cooling paste, clean the dust) Maybe I should give it to service? Any people experienced in this topic?
Has anyone disassembled his X200 to do these things? Is it very complicated compared to other laptops?
Thank you for answers in advance,
Kind regards,
Lukasz
if you take out the heatsink/fan then there is a good chance that your warranty maybe voided. If cleaning the vane of the fans and wiping off any dusts don't work, then just send it in, and the depot will change a new fan/heatsink for you.
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