Remove any dust, clean the fan spindle and add a drop of oil. All the HP laptop fans I’ve ever had fail sooner or later, resulting in overheating and the main reason for this is that laptops suck in lots of dust over the months. This dust sticks to everything, the fan blades, the fins around the fan, and most critically, dust turns the tiny amount of lubricant on the fans spindle into thick, black goo (technical term!). The ease of the maintenance I’m about to describe depends on the model of your …
