cleaning my power supply

hey all,

just a quick question, my power supply (quiet pc 300w), which i've had for a while and love as it has always been very quiet and despite only being ickle at 300 watts runs my 9800pro 128mb, sound card, athlon 64 3200+, 1GB geil ram, 3 sata diamond max 9's, 6 fans, 2 optical drives, webcam etc. without any stability problems at all has now become very dusty and dirty and ive noticed it is starting to power up the thermistor controlled fan much earlier than it used to which has made it quite noisy at night

ive managed to get my rig so i can make it virtually inaudible from 3-4 feet away when i turn down all the fans yet still be adequately cooled when i'm gaming for hours at a time

:-)

so this is p***ing me off

i want to clean it to improve the heat dissipation (i was planning to dust it off with a plastic brush after opening it up and possibly hoover it) but am aware that opening up the power supply can be dangerous

what precautions do i need to take?

i have had a look on the forums but couldn't find the right answers

i.e. - an idiot proof guide of what and what not to do ensuring i don't kill myself

lol

cheers

Lil' Biatch

See you at the end of my scope

I've never been shocked by a power supply, and one of my sideline businesses is power supply repair.

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so basically it isn't particularly dangerous as long as i let the charge in the capacitors out

wicked thankyou again thg lot for helping me out

biatch

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