Yeah and that takes what? 3 seconds and a can of compressed air? pfft.Quote:
Originally posted by !shira!
plus the filters probably have to be cleaned out more often than an unfiltered case
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Yeah and that takes what? 3 seconds and a can of compressed air? pfft.Quote:
Originally posted by !shira!
plus the filters probably have to be cleaned out more often than an unfiltered case
In my case, 15 minutes, a sink, a hairdryer and some blue masking tape.Quote:
Originally posted by OCking
Yeah and that takes what? 3 seconds and a can of compressed air? pfft.
Its a good idea and hopefully will remind me to do clean mine out . After going 3 months without a cleaning I remember a while back , I cleaned the case and my temps dropped close to 5 C :eek: :D
EDIT : Also a hairdryer that I have which blows cool air works VERY well :D
hehe, do what i do--
use an air compressor, that works really well! and it only takes about 2 minutes. It hasn't damaged any parts (i've done it four or five times) and i bet it makes a case a hell of a lot cleaner than a friggin tooth brush... however, for those of you that don't have one of these lovely machines, i pity you. so go get one!
True. Good for a quickie cleanout. However, a few of us want a little more than just a little dusting and go all out.Quote:
Originally posted by Bobo22
hehe, do what i do--
use an air compressor, that works really well! and it only takes about 2 minutes. It hasn't damaged any parts (i've done it four or five times) and i bet it makes a case a hell of a lot cleaner than a friggin tooth brush... however, for those of you that don't have one of these lovely machines, i pity you. so go get one!
Like me :p
Yeh those filters do get pretty caked with dust.
One thing to be careful of are fans -
I can't count how many times I've seen people clean out computers with air cans and pratically blow their load over seeing their fans spin from spraying air into them.
This stresses your fans! It could possibly kill them, more likely shorten their life and make them grind/humm more and or sooner. Do your fans a favor and very lightly hold them down in the middle while blowing them out.
My computers are filthy. I clean them out, and they get dirty again real fast. I guess Im a dirty person.
I'm guilty :eek:. But great tip. ;)Quote:
Screwdriver wrote
One thing to be careful of are fans -I can't count how many times I've seen people clean out computers with air cans and pratically blow their load over seeing their fans spin from spraying air into them.
This stresses your fans! It could possibly kill them, more likely shorten their life and make them grind/humm more and or sooner. Do your fans a favor and very lightly hold them down in the middle while blowing them out.
My computers are filthy. I clean them out, and they get dirty again real fast. I guess Im a dirty person.
Screwdriver are u sure about that? To me it doesnt seem like moving the fans with air would do anything to harm them.
yeah, I mean, the inside is an axle, 2 ball bearings, and a magnet...whats too harm? I think that a fan filter could harm a fan, if left on forever, but I doubt even that would happen.Quote:
Originally posted by Captain Hook
Screwdriver are u sure about that? To me it doesnt seem like moving the fans with air would do anything to harm them.
Yes, I am sure. I personally have destroyed 2 fans by blowing air thu them. This most likely happened because they were spun too fast - the poor little brushless motor assemblies on most fans WILL get destroyed if they are spun too far beyond what they are supposed to spin at.
Unless one is extremely careful, its also very easy to blow excess dust into the motor assembly of fans, which is obviously not good.
Excess dust being blown aimlessly everywhere by air cans can get into just about anything... A decent quality service vacuum (such as those used by printer maintenance people) equipped with all of the appropriate attachments is a better option.
But we all dont have one of those :) ... so I guess air cans are good... when used with the appropriate discretion.
8 days to get your case cleanin' supplies :D
you know I never have had any problems with dust bunnies. Of course I've got three fans in mine including the ps. one force feeding are to processor from case front out the back lower half.
other fan setup in a push pull with ps fan circulating fresh air in upper half of case keeping scsi drives cool. course mine sounds like a jet engine starting up. not due to fans mind you but from the ten hard drives in my machine.:cool:
*checks watch*Quote:
Originally posted by !shira!
8 days to get your case cleanin' supplies :D
7 days ;)
1 more day before the dust begins to fly :D