Mac Pro - need to clean a fan (and can't get to it)

[ZachPruckowski]

I've got a first-edition Mac Pro. My room is kind of dusty. I've had to do a lot of cleaning inside the machine on the RAM and the fans, but I can't figure out how to get to the fan in front on the bottom. Is there a teardown guide? Every time I try to google "Mac Pro", it converts it to "Macbook pro".

Thanks.

 

[wesk702]

I've got a first-edition Mac Pro. My room is kind of dusty. I've had to do a lot of cleaning inside the machine on the RAM and the fans, but I can't figure out how to get to the fan in front on the bottom. Is there a teardown guide? Every time I try to google "Mac Pro", it converts it to "Macbook pro".

Thanks.

would compressed air help out?

 

[fluidedge]

just hold a vacuum cleaner pipe up to the back and front vents. should dislodge the worst of it.

 

[Sesshi]

Unless you have the UltraMegaSuck-10000i, a vacuum cleaner isn't going to do much beyond slightly dislodge what you can see.

Use canned air - much more effective.

And I suppose if I'm going to say that, I might as well as add: either close your eyes when you blast, or wear glasses/goggles.

 

[ThirteenXIII]

aisde from maybe useing a micro-duster, i would recommend using a compressor as opposed to canned air.

the compressor has more air pressure to remove the dust and any smaller particles.


maybe find someone with an AirCompressor of some kind.


id avoid vaccums near the computer as who knows if it will discharge static electricity to it on or off!