Hi, The vents are in the hinge area after you open it. The Apple store did it for me as a courtesy with a blast of compressed air--who thought canned air was a joke. I'd suggest having sighted help with this task. You don't want to blow the dust deeper in, but rather out, so a visual inspection is important. . --Scott
>Hi. This may seem like a really stupid question, but on the white >plastic MacBooks where are the vents? I am not sure so thought I'd >ask. I didn't think they'd be on the underside that sits on the table, >more like in the spine, if you held the macbook like a book book. Also >how do you clean the vents? I keep the macbook either atop my dresser >in the bedroom, glossy wood, or on my glass computer desk or on top of >the kitchen table. Rare for it to sit directly on my lap any >more...Okay well that's all. Thanks in advance for any answers. All >have a good evening. >Jenny > >On 6/28/09, Scott Bresnahan <b...@apple2.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Probably. Macbooks run quite hot especially the white plastic ones, >> and I've seen the white ones run on full fan throttle with just >> Safari and Mail open if they are not on a good conductive surface. >> I've also seen a lot of dust build up in the cooling slots of the >> white ones, and on one, I've seen a bad battery cause extra heat when >> connected via AC adapter. If you have a friend with the same >> computer, try swapping batteries for a day to see if that makes any >> difference. >> But in general, I'd say it's common. >> --Scott >> >>> hi is it normal for the fan on my macbook 2.4 core 2 duo machine to >>>spin occasionally for ten or so minutes before going quiet?? >>>All i have running are adium, skype and safari I think at the most, >>>and maybe mail, and even after bootup after around ten minutes the fan >>>kicks in as though i am running an extremely process intensive task >>>What is going on? >>>do I, I wonder, have faulty hardware after eighteen months? >>>Should I be concerned, is the query I am wondering I suppose. >>>WIll >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> --Scott >> >> > >> > > -- --Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
