Massive dust problem 5 years unopened case! :p

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!

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

The reason it is now running fast than before you cleaned it is because the CPU was getting too hot before and was throttling. The CPU slows itself down when it get too hot so it doesn't get damaged.

You never want to use a leaf blower, hair drier even on cold, a vacume cleaner or air compressor. All of these sources will create a static charge. On top of that an air compressor will add both moisture and oil. Only use the can's of air made to clean electronics. They have added compounds to eleminate static buildup and the air has been filtered for moisture and oil. You garage air compressor with a water filter will not get the job done. Even the best auto body shops have problems filtering moiture and oil out of the air supplys they use to paint a car with and thats almost as critical as using compressed air on cleaning electronics.

well stoner i done that to over 10 mobo and havent seen a problem of static build on up components or kill the mobo, it maybe you have been unlucky.but even i walk into the computer shop ask for the product,the salesman told me quietly just use a hair dryer will do.actually i heard that quiet a few times.another one is i want to buy some screen wipe the sales just told me get some MR muscle and spray it on a cloth then wipe it.result?fantastic!

Here's one I had to clean out for someone recently, was a celeron based Dell.

http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5396

It was, just took the vacuum to it.

well it would be revenge for all the times they have a bbq when we have washing out....

damm!what you do to counter attack the BBQ revenage?the dust bow would be good idead you know.i dont think they will eat those chicken wings if they got dust on them!lol

anyone try polish their HDD to bling bling*?

can you actually blow something thats soldered on with a compressor?

Hold the fans from spinning while blowing dust out. Over spinning can ruin the bearing and could be dangerous if the fan should be brittle or stressed and decinerate under hyper speed. A plastic wire tie or the nozzle from a WD 40 can, or the like, is good enough to keep the fan stopped while blowing on it.

but the point is i didnt experience any similar problems like your customer's had.maybe its just my pure luck.i guess i will still push it though!but i blow clean my whole system every 3 months so no hard cleaning needed.maybe thats why im still in good shape!

i guess so!its holly exciting!!!haha

I can one up you. I worked in an "It shop" that rolled out and supported directly over 5000 computers. I the 3 years I was in that department we used a small compressed air machine to clean out every PC we had. These PC's sat in industrial warehouses so they got damn dirty. Never once had a problem with it... ever.

5000 Computer
1 cheap air compressor: $200
Or
$50000 in canned air

Choice is easy.

lol I hate to say it but I got ya beat badly. I just got a hold of one of my friends parents computers to try to salvage data off their hard drive since the computer stopped working and well I popped that thing open and I swear there was probably 2-3 times the dust. Sad thing is the computer is a small micro atx computer with only one fan, the cpu fan. I have no idea how it got so much dust in there, all I know is when im going back there to return their HD tomorrow im bringing my tools, dust mask, and a can of compressed air and cleaning their other computer.

Oh and strangely enough it didn't overheat due to the dust, and the fact that the CPU fan was 100% covered in dust all the way to the point where it did nothing. The HD actually gave out, sure surprised me when I narrowed it down to that.