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I have an Intel Core 2 Duo running on a laptop; a month ago, I downloaded and installed Team fortress 2 on my laptop and whenever I play it for an extended period of time, my speedfan readings go as high as 86 C (for either core) and the hard disk at 54 C.

How will this affect my laptop over the long term? I'm going to move to a colder area in a month or so (ambient temperature here is around 25 or so, going to a place that may have ones lower than 15 C).

I haven't checked my laptop for dust (and I don't want to open up my laptop for fear of damaging anything) and as a result, dust gathering might be the most likely option; so my questions are:

1) There are a few *small* slits where I think the fan is; how do I remove any dust present without risking any damage to my laptop?
2) Will these high temperatures do any permanent damage to my laptop?
Thanks!
 
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Canned air or air compressor is usually a good bet for dust removal.

Most processors have overheat protection, but running at high temps for extrended periods of time can do damage over time.

Lower ambient temps will help, but probably won't take care of the problem permanently.
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Canned air or air compressor is usually a good bet for dust removal.

Most processors have overheat protection, but running at high temps for extrended periods of time can do damage over time.

Lower ambient temps will help, but probably won't take care of the problem permanently.
 
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Thanks for the quick response!
Currently, I don't have canned air on my person (not that I know of) and so I have a few more questions:
1) Will a brush do an equally good job of removing dust / blowing hard on the fan?
2) This may seem naive, but wouldn't canned air push the air further inside?
 
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By blowing I don't know what you mean, but you should never blow on any computer components with your mouth incase a bit of spit manages to fly out. :p
Don't worry about your laptop overheating, as long as you keep a book underneath it when using it on your bed and things like that, you have absolutely nothing to worry about! :p
 
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Dust on fans is a problem, but usually dust build up on the heat sinks is the main cause for overheating. Some laptops have little access ports for getting to the RAM modules, held on by a screw or two. If you can get a can of air and blow it in one of those ports, you can probably get the dust to blow out through the fan vents.

Though to somewhat echo what mopkap said, keeping the vents clear and not blocking intake or exhaust vents is paramount to keeping your laptop cool. If you keep the laptop on a bed or anything without a solid surface, you're probably blocking the vents a bit.
 
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