When I upgraded to my first custom-built desktop last January, I had switched from an old HP Pavillion Laptop from 2015. It had had some issues with some drivers, and running Ubuntu was extremely slow. So Yesterday, I took it apart to see if there was dust clogging the fan, which would cause the issues I had.
When taking it apart, I followed this tutorial I found on YouTube (Click Here.)
One problem was that the screws below the DVD tray were super small, and none of my screwdrivers could unscrew it. Luckily our local Ace Hardware had eyeglass removal kits, and the screwdriver fitted perfectly. After removing all of the screws, I pried off the bottom cover, and surprisingly, it wasn't as dirty as I had expected it to be, although it was pretty dirty in only one spot, the fan and the cooling block. Once brushing off all of the dust, I had reassembled back the laptop and booted it up. It booted into Ubuntu which is what I had installed at the time. I really wanted to try out a Linux distro called Mofo Linux, a private Linux distro where everything is secured. But unfortunately, it didn't let me actually install it onto my laptop, so I resorted to a Distro called Zorin. Zorin is a clean operating system that has a very similar look to Windows 11. Once installed, I downloaded a browser called Opera (which is becoming my favorite browser.). I ran a couple of speed tests plus performance tests on the laptop overall. It works really well in my case, so I will be using it for traveling and schoolwork.