Best way to tidy the internals

Framework Laptop 13
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I work in a timber yard and my 12th gen Framework accompanies me there. There is a lot of saw dust around. I am ready to open it up and tidy the thing.

Is there a guide I can follow about what is/isn’t worth doing in this regard? Ought I fully remove the keyboard, for example?

I have air duster, 80% alcohol hand sanitiser and some contact cleaner. I am fairly patient and not completely terrified of electronic stuff.

Cheers

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Hi and welcome to the forum.

Everything starts with removing the ‘input cover’ via 5 screws on the bottom. From there is self evident.

The screws are self retaining and the bottom left pushes the chassis and top [Input Cover] apart a little so you can finger them apart as they are held together by magnets.

Removing [Input Cover]

General Guides:

Take care: Use a a lot less torque on the screws than you use on the wood :slight_smile:

Just the air vacuum should be fine. Any liquid may just turn the dust to glue, especially if you have resin in the dust, so I would use anything ‘wet’

The only contacts are cables to separate the [Input panel] so try and vacuum before you separate so as not to get debris in the connector.

I work on the land, soil and dust and . . . burn wood at home in a small wooden cabin, there is dust everywhere. I was surprise after 2 years to find next to no dust inside.

  • I don’t know what an air duster is but thinking more I hope it’s not a blower which could pressure dust into small areas. Best start with a small paint brush Even a fine ‘artists’ brush in some places.
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Thanks very much for the thoughtful response. ‘Air duster’ is a marketing term here for a can of compressed gas you spray in tight spaces with a little plastic tube. I will try the paint brush that’s a great idea. Popping the input cover following those guides seems straightforward enough :+1: I hope I find what you did – a nice clean interior! Cheers

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It would be a good idea to jam the little straw in the fan blades and blast the dust out. BUT - if you do this, be sure to jam something against the fan blades to keep them from spinning. It’s a little comical to spin the fan blades up this way but you can exceed the maximum speed the bearing can take and you may damage the bearing.

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Awesome, will do that :slight_smile: blast the fan… but no spin.

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