this video deserve more than 1 million of views and likes... Good Job 👏

laptop manufacturers seriously need to make fans more accessible for cleaning TBH

Ever since now, I will go have my lungs cleaned every 3 months then... After surgical: Body temp - 20C, brain performance +50%

Just finished cleaning the dust off my laptop. Thanks to you for putting out a video for us noobs. The satisfaction you get after peeling off that layer of dirt though.

This is actually a must when you have this laptop bro My temps dropped atleast 25 degrees when I game now how good

I was sceptical at first, but now that I cleaned mine and applied a new thermal paste, temps went from constant 95 to 50-69 while gaming. Top video. Thanks a lot

THANK YOU THIS COOLED MY COMPUTER DOWN FAR MORE THAN 20 C!!! If anyone needs to do this but it nervous about taking apart the computer, don’t be it’s very simple when you take your time.

Thanks! You motivated me to open my fans and I cleaned a lot of dust. My degrees went down in 20°C+

Dropped from 95c under load to around 70c. Thanks so much man; I’m such an idiot to have never thought of actually clearing and cleaning the venting. I couldn’t believe how much came out lol

This is such a great video!!! My Predator went from 95C+ to 83 C top when playing Call of duty! I repasted everything and replaced the thermal pads too. Now this Laptop is a jet!!!

Thanks! I was frustrated because my laptop was running hot as hell. I bought some thermal paste and did a fresh install of windows because it was overheating so quickly. I freaked out because I realized it was at 180°F even though nothing was running (GPU and CPU). I reset the laptop and changed out the paste and it was still hitting 100°C (212°F) and thermal throttling. Now my laptop is at around 70°C and 85°C when gaming (between cpu and gpu). Thanks for the video!

I had 2 years of dirty, now I have cleanned my predator's fan . I get reduce -20C my cpu and gpu temperature :D

Thanks a lot mate! My predator is running about 30°C cooler thanks to this!! I also applied new thermal paste to maximize the effects 😁

I factory reset, undervolted, replaced thermal paste, and altered max processor state to 95%, and still was getting an average of 93c in games with idle temps at 55-60c that jumped to 70c just watching youtube....until I opened it again and decided to clean out the cooling vent. I was able to drop down 15c to game in the 70c's! Many thanks! My laptop is only a year and a half old.

After cleaning my fans the temperatures while gaming went from perma 90-95oC on my CPU and GPU to an average of 65-70oC on Far Cry 5, at high settings. During combat with explosions, fires etc it can get up to 80oC but will never go higher than that. Thank you very much for this video! I finally fixed my overheating and thermal throttle problems

Holy crap, no wonder my cpu fan doesnt want to spin. Its probably being completely blocked off by dust and since no air can move, the current limiting circuit probably just shuts the fan down because of the pressure needed to move air. My only issue now is getting some more thermal paste to reapply to the cpu and gpu Edit: i cleaned out my fans but also changed the thermal paste from the stock paste to some arctic silver 5 that i had lying around. I also added some motor oil to the fan axels with a cotton swab. My cpu/gpu temps went from 95c with cpu throttling and only one fan working at full load down to 79 c working at full load with both fans working. I am so glad I got over my fear and decided to do this because its actually really easy so long as you are careful and have an anti static bracelet on

Dang ty for the video! My laptops temp goest from 93~98 to 73~85! This is astonishing! Also a tip, when u r unscrewing the screws, get a solid first spin, I ruined one of my screw by not pushing the screwdriver down hard enough...

The moment I used turn it on the temp used to be like 80-90 and now after cleaning and applying new thermal paste the max temp I saw was 75 while heavy gaming.

Thanks a ton man!! Most of them tell to clean just the fan. My laptop cpu was reaching 95 deg ....l tried cleaning the fans but it wasn't effective. Then i stumbled across this video...Really helped me!!!!

Man i wanna hug you, you are a life saver, i tried changing my thermal paste, i did that twice i thought i am doing something wrong, my temps were not going down(95), after cleaning vents now my temps are reduced my 15-17°. Its amazing, i have nitro 5 (2017) and used thermal greezly

Cleaned my fans and added Kryonaut, went from 92 C to 60 C when playing high resolution warzone. Thanks for the help!

IDK HOW MUCH I SHOULD THANK YOU BROO YOU SAVED MY HELIOS from 98 C to 60 C!!!!

Thanks. I can vouch for this. It worked just fine on my Nitro 5. Although I cleaned it for the first time ever, after about more a year of heavy usage. I did not have that much build up like in the video, but the cleanup really helped.

Thanks a lot man. i had more than 1 year o dust inside my laptop. opened like 3 times before for cleaning the fans but always missed the vents part. the dust seemed like filter to me XD. i just opened my laptop now and cleaned that portion and OMG the temp got down from 93° avg to below 70°.

Thank you so much man. Used to get 95C on both CPU and GPU from many months. Now in 60-70s literally -20C

Nice video, I just clean the heat sink of my Helios 300 following your video.

Was looking on ways to improve temps and stumbled on this video. N holy shit the dirt in the vents were halfway through the slits like 1.3cm thick. B4 this I just thought the stock paste dried out n replaced it (MX4). Decent decrease by 8°. But after cleaning I got 22° less! Frixking 30° drop. Played Far Cry 5 on high at room temp at just 78° and 69° in aircon. Fans were less loud too! Thermal throttle almost non existent😁

My 98 C GPU/CPU decreased to 81 Celsius (ingame) :) Greatful video, i mean as useful as simple :D I dared to start cleaning&repasting my Helios 300 because of these videos. Thanks!

Thanks buddy this video helped me a lot getting -20c temperature.....🔥🔥🔥

Thanks a lot, I had cleaned my fans several times without opening it but my gpu still reaches 95 celcius in only few minutes of playing AAA games. After I followed this tutorial, my cpu and gpu never reached 85 celcius, I can play games smoothly now without stuttering.

dude i have no words man just, thank you.

Thanks!! My fans started sounding a bit louder than usual and I don't have the money or time to have it sent off to get "repaired".

Bro thank you very much, my laptop is now running very well after copying from your video

I have an acer nitro 5 laptop and i noticed that my laptop was going crazy even without any load. More then 100 degree temperature the material from which the laptop is made felt like its ready to burn. I knew i had to clean it but i am 14 year old and if i broke it i will be in trouble. Well i had nothing to lose so i just did my best to clean it and here we go my laptop temps went from 100degree to stable 50 to 70 degree and i feel so happy. I risked it for the biscuit.When that thick dust gets removed off the fan and heatsink its satisfying.

This is the first time I decide to open up my laptop after I bought it 2018 because of the heat man my lap is cooking when I gaming. After I done with it omg it was so smooth, I apply thermal paste as well.

You are a Life Saver my friend

I wish I saw this before my laptop over heated and burned 😭😭😭 great video

Great video! I'm doing mine next week - nervous to see what 1 year of dust looks like...

I did it today and honestly it's pretty remarkable...the temps are more than 20 degrees lower on average...I didn't belive it...guys...clean your laptops..its a bigger boost than any undervolt or paste or cooling pad or whatever...this is the thing u have to do first.

Thanks for the video! Time to get my scrubs on haha

Thank you for doing this video. Now i dont instandly thermal throttle and feel the air being exhausted

Thank you so much for making this video

Thank you this helped me lot

What size Philips or flatheads did you use for the silver fan screws? My philips screwdriver is 0 and 00, both didn't work. I tried a 1/16 and 3/32 flat head and didn't work well either.

Hey, I have an acer nitri 5. Everything is same except at the last step where u open up the fan. The tiny screws aren't there for me. Are they hidden under something? Pls help

its help me so much and works it thank you a lot

I repaste the cpu and gpu but dont know if i can open the fan cover what i did before was blowing air using air pump through the heatsink and now after watching this i know how to open the cover thanks for the video

From 95C At idle to 50C! Saved Me!

Thanks for showing how to even open the computer thanks slot

Amazing video. But I couldn't get one screw off since the last PC repair guy destroyed the screw and no matter how hard I pressed and twisted it only got worse. So I might have to try something else.

Bro if I could I would have personally kissed you.....I have been having overheating issues for a year thermal paste,mechanic,customer service noone could fix it your video fixed it for me within 5 mins thanks man I will share the vid everywhere

The funny thing is some people after doing this accidently messes it up and couldnt turn their pc on lol

After undevoltting and replacing my thermal paste with some kyronaut, I was pretty much hopeless with my predator and thought I was stuck with a pretty shitty laptop that thermal throttles even when idle. Games on the lowest of the low settings caused 96 C temps. DONT LOSE HOPE THOUGH!! It turned out that fans were just filled with so much dust and could barely blow air out. After cleaning the fans, temps were reduced and NO MORE THERMAL THROTTLING and fps drops. I can finally play my fave games on high specs for as long as I want at just 70-80 C (FROM FREAKING 98). I also read on an acer forum to ALWAYS leave your fan on high to reduce temps but just DONT! Leaving them on high can wear out the grease and will only cause temps to rise later on. Although the predator is a good gaming laptop it is still a high maintinance one though, so get it cleaned every 3 months or so.

Very effective, temps went down by 15C

Help me very quickly, I wonder if this fan is separate from the block.

I know I needed this since my Helios are always burning hot every single time I use it but dang I just don't have the courage to even open the back panel!

Wyat screw driver do i need to unscrew the parts over the heatsink, pulled my laptop twice now and havent been able to clean it.

the screwdrivers used in this video are no longer available. Can I get the exact dimensions for them, I can't seem to find the specs anywhere on google either.

Hey, I have done everything like you, wasn't even the first time I've opened the laptop, but now, it won't start on battery mode, it recognises it and says at what percentages it is at but shuts immediately of when I take the plug out, any ideas? I'm absolutely sure everything is connected were it should

Hello everything is fine? I have an Acer Predator Helios 300 model PH315-52. He had a slight fall and laterally dented the right sides of the 3 carcasses. I bought the 3 pieces on Ali, but I haven't exchanged them yet. On Facebook, a time I made a post there, they commented to be careful when changing the housing that holds the screen of the note because there is something that would be welded to the housing. Do you know if there is? If I'm not mistaken, they said something about the Wifi card near the webcam. Thank you very much in advance. Thanks.:

Thanks for the share! Helped a lot! :))

After removing the battery should I press the power button for like 10-15 seconds to remove residual charge? Or should i directly start after removing battery?

Can you tell me the size of philips screwdriver used to open that fan assembly

i have acer nitro 7 can i remove just fans and not heatsink for cleaning as i have got it repasted just a few weeks ago?

I saw the dust come of the vents as I cleaned my laptop . It looked like a mattress cloth like thing as in the video but the temps are still so high!

2:00 are you sure you can safely remove the heatsink then put it back in place without risking messing with the thermal paste ? I'm worried about this, i don't have tp under my hand, can't repaste...

I just cleaned my fans for the first time in 3 years because I had no idea... my cpu temp is about 10c cooler on average!

Dont you need to apply new thermal paste tho?? I have been working on my laptop too but too scared to remove its cooling unit since i dont have thermal paste. I also need a new fan bc my current has a wobbly fan

doing this + applying kyonaut thermal paste reduced my temps from 95 degrees in 5 minutes when playing games to 65 degrees max

i need to open mine and change oil on the cpu fan tell me please are this fans opened or closed?? can i change oil without making a hole?

yo anyone knows what screws are there on the fan and also possibly the heatsink? 2 of my fan screws and 1 from my heatsink is stripped.

What screwdriver bit do u use to unscrew the silver screws on the fan?

nice work bro

I have problem with my laptop over heating too..it may reach 92C when i play game. I want to clean it but im affrid the the warranty might be voided..cuz i just bought it less than a year

Is there a way to access the fan grill I mean the inside of heatsink without lifting the entire heatsink?

Thank you so much!!! -20 °C is real!!!!

If i open up my laptop to clean my fans and air vents do i gotta reapply the thermal paste every time or no?

For people saying it’s scary it’s actually really easy if you stay calm and manage your time because I play rainbow six and normally it would get really hot but after cleaning it actually doesn’t overheat anymore

Holy shit, i think i might try this when i'm gonna repaste.

thanks for the video, kindly do tell what should be applied on the heatsink while closing? a thermal paste or a thermal pad, thanks

Hello, I have exactly such a laptop. After trying to update Windows 10, both fans stopped working. Have you encountered such a problem?

Hi. After removing the heat sink, do we need to replace the thermal padd covering VRAM and other stuff, or the old ones can be used?

Can you tell me what screw-driver size you used to unscrew both the fans, I couldn't do it from my available tool kit ?

is PT315-51 fan replacement same with PT315-52?

Hey man my cpu fan seems to be failing. I have the ACER PREDATOR HELIOS 300 17.3 inch GTX 1060. I am maybe the least tech savvy person on earth, could you link a fan from amazon, or anywhere that I could replace the current one with? Would be much appreciated!

I live in Las Vegas so we have strong, chicago style winds. There is dirt everywhere. My helios crapped out after 5 months. I sent it to acer. Most likely they will clean it out. It's the last time I'm buying a gaming laptop. PC desktop from now on.

can i not remove the whole cooling assembly? and just unscrew the fans to clean?

If i want to purchase a new fan, then what i have to do? i mean which website is best for acer predator helios 300?

Hey buddy i have a question i have reinstall windows on my´ Predator PH317-52 (Hard Reset) and now i doesent have the Preadator Sense Programm can i have maybe a link for the Preadator Sense Programm ?

can't we use cordless car vaccum cleaners for removing the segregated dust?

Hey is it possible to replace only one of the fans for this model ? I see like the two are attached to the flap

6. "hold your breath for what you are about to see" hah, this guy must be joking. "3 months of dirt" WHAT?! *mine is almost 1 year*

Do I have to change termal past when doing this? Will I have some issues if I wouldn't?

same problem of mine max temp goes to 98 degree and wind dont blow outside from vents

great video thank you very much! I have a question about the cooling system ... do you think the air runs through the cooling system because of those tubes or the fans only cool the metal?

How termal pads got all the dirt there :)). I'm having my laptop for about 3 years now and when I've cleaned it every time I didn't get more than some dust on the fans blades... But my laptop stays only on a table + cooling pad. How you treat your things.. You'll have them like that

I can't remove the silver screws on the fan so basically I'm screwed

Hi, I have this laptop. My CPU fan will not spin. I can hear it constantly trying to but never actually starting. I opened up the laptop and while the GPU fan spins freely the CPU one is hard to move. I sprayed it a lot with compressed air but had no effect. I did not do the full tear down like you did because I have no thermal paste. Do you know what may have caused this fan to seize up? Should I just send it ACER to fix it?

this laptop has CPU coil whine it seems common in so many laptops but not all people notice it ?

3:08 i wonder what my 3 years of dirt would look like daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn Update: not as much as in the video but still I got about 15 C less in both gpu and cpu and the fans makes less noise now.