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vsdagama
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n°1827724
06-10-2008 at 05:30:42 PM

So I've never touched or opened my case for 5 years, a pre-built computer,
But since last month, It starts beeping like crazy when playing a game or something,
maybe to much heat??

OK, I opened it for the first time, the whole thing has a white color because of the dust!!!
How do I remove it?
The metal case pieces I can clean easily, but what about the mobo, fan etc? how do I do that?

thanks!

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jtt283
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n°1827731
06-10-2008 at 05:37:21 PM

Get a can of compressed air. Open the PC up outside on a nice day and blow it out really well.


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n°1827735
06-10-2008 at 05:38:56 PM

Moisture free, oil free compressed air. Available in spray cans from electronics suppliers. May want to move it outside before blasting.

vsdagama
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n°1827747
06-10-2008 at 05:45:00 PM

Can I do it witout? I already removed the dust from 1 case fan and the main dust-mountains are out of the case...

Can I do it just with a (dunno what it is called in english) a towel to clean dust :p

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n°1827753
06-10-2008 at 05:47:43 PM

I've always used an air compressor instead of spending $5 on a can of air. It's free and does a much better job. I also tried a leaf blower once and it worked just as well :)

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n°1827761
06-10-2008 at 05:53:18 PM

techtre2003 wrote :

I've always used an air compressor instead of spending $5 on a can of air. It's free and does a much better job. I also tried a leaf blower once and it worked just as well :)




Problem with that is that it compresses and blow air from your surroundings. Unless you're in the desert, that air contains water (humidity) which you are blowing all over your expensive electrical components. Many people do not like doing this for just that reason.

Please don't give stories of how you've used it on dozens of computers and never had a problem, thats fine, you're just playing with fire when you do it.

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n°1827763
06-10-2008 at 05:56:41 PM

techtre2003 wrote :

I've always used an air compressor instead of spending $5 on a can of air. It's free



Where can I pick up one of these free air compressors?

:D

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n°1827764
06-10-2008 at 05:57:16 PM

Obviously don't use compressed air when the computer is on. Just a few quick bursts, and it should be fine.

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n°1827769
06-10-2008 at 06:04:20 PM

The CPU cooler (I think it is), the one attached to the mobo, is FULL of dust, I don't see any screw to Deattach them, how do I do?

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n°1827778
06-10-2008 at 06:14:20 PM

carver_g wrote :

Where can I pick up one of these free air compressors?

:D


Free assuming you have access to a compressor I guess :)

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n°1827781
06-10-2008 at 06:18:16 PM

deuce271 wrote :

Problem with that is that it compresses and blow air from your surroundings. Unless you're in the desert, that air contains water (humidity) which you are blowing all over your expensive electrical components. Many people do not like doing this for just that reason.

Please don't give stories of how you've used it on dozens of computers and never had a problem, thats fine, you're just playing with fire when you do it.


If I were cleaning a nice rig (such as yours) I probably wouldn't recommend that method. I was just recommending that for the OPs 5 year old computer. The computers I use a compressor on are at work and are just the cheap workstations. And just for the record, we haven't had any problems with them :D

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n°1827808
06-10-2008 at 06:50:05 PM

WOW, I cleaned everything and got It to start up like normal (my first desktop I actually looked into the inside)


Now he works hella smoothly!!!
Normally he lagged like hell and started up in 5 minutes,
now its 2 times faster!!!

How does that come??

Now I am going to run WOW to see if the beep is still there...

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n°1827814
06-10-2008 at 06:55:33 PM

Lots and lots of water. Then a lot of electricity. JOKE BTW


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n°1827832
06-10-2008 at 07:17:06 PM

Leaf Blower outside does wonders...


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n°1827834
06-10-2008 at 07:19:22 PM

vsdagama wrote :

WOW, I cleaned everything and got It to start up like normal (my first desktop I actually looked into the inside)


Now he works hella smoothly!!!
Normally he lagged like hell and started up in 5 minutes,
now its 2 times faster!!!

How does that come??

Now I am going to run WOW to see if the beep is still there...


I'd imagine your processor was throttling immediately on start up (lowering clock speed because of extremely high temperatures). If that's the case, you're now running your hardware at stock speeds and it should be much faster.

deuce271 wrote :

Problem with that is that it compresses and blow air from your surroundings. Unless you're in the desert, that air contains water (humidity) which you are blowing all over your expensive electrical components. Many people do not like doing this for just that reason.

Please don't give stories of how you've used it on dozens of computers and never had a problem, thats fine, you're just playing with fire when you do it.


You sound a bit paranoid about this. As long as it's not raining you will NEVER to damage to electrical components with ambient air. To OP, don't do it when it's storming.


Message edited by KyleSTL on 06-10-2008 at 07:21:42 PM

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n°1827837
06-10-2008 at 07:21:35 PM

if you wanna clean it cheap then just get a hair dryer and press the cold air button on it.if you didnt press it then something will melt!lol

or the proper way is to clean it in water and leave the whole thing dry for like a week to be on the safe side then