Anyone use a blowdryer?

[wootwoot66]

OK this may come off as absurd but i was wondering if i could use a blowdryer to clean my computer or if that's a bad idea... also are there cans you can buy that you can refill with compressed air for cleaning a computer?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Compressed air is safer and will give you a higher pressure blast of air so it cleans better as well.

 

[truegenius]

you can try a leaf blower too.

 

[wootwoot66]

I was just wondering if using a blow drying could build up static electricity versus compressed air?

 

[eXistenZ]

I had a fan to a 212evo that sprayed smell throughout my apartment. Still smells. I thought it was a chemical but it was something else. I completely abused that mobo trying to get rid of the smell. I washed it in the sink. I sprayed electronics spray all over it. I ran a fan directly at it for a day. I heated the damn thing with a hair dryer, too. It survived.

ASUS P8Z68-V

and CM !

 

[wootwoot66]

lol ok

 

[Pyree]

Isn't a blow dryer going to heat up the component?

 

[eXistenZ]

Isn't a blow dryer going to heat up the component?

Make sure you have your fingers in the way. If it's too hot for you . . .

Isn't there a shut off point for the mobo just like the cpu (72 oC) ? If so, then one could expect that it could take that amount of heat.


Regarding refilling air, I saw a micro- vacuum cleaner somewhere, with a bunch of attachments specifically for cleaning electronics. I'll let you look for it, if you care, but IIRC it wasn't prohibitively expensive.

 

[truegenius]

many shopkeeper in my area use leaf blower to clean pc.

 

[jsc]

Isn't a blow dryer going to heat up the component?

Most blow dryers have a switch to turn off the heat.

 

[wootwoot66]

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