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Dusty PC It turns out excessive dust in your PC can cause more harm that even we t hought. The syste m was still functioning well at the higher temperature, but likely would have run into problems sooner or later. So if you havent cracked your case open in a couple of months, you might want to do so before it ends up looking like this fine specimen here.
after my alienware's fan ran always at 3 00% (being as loud as a jumbo at takeoff)i opened it, got rid of 13 poun ds of cat's hair stuck in the copper cooler and now its silent again 2 Posted Feb 9, 2005, 7:39 AM ET by Al And we're really starting to hit that point where there are enough deskto ps that have been out there long enough to get the dust collection. Anyt hing that comes through our department, for any reason, gets the cover t aken off and the dust blown out. It was intermittent and usually went away with a re boot. So I finally checked my temps and noticed I was running at 51C at idle. I opened up my PC and while the insides are totally pristine as they alwa ys have been, my friggin' *fan filters*, which are designed to catch dus t after all, were completely, completely caked with dust. I had just tot ally forgotten about them - I have filters over every fan intake. The whole point of having them is to pr event overheating from dust buildup on your parts, but if my PC's just g onna overheat because I forget to change the filters, I figure it's a wa sh. And it'll probably take longer for dust inside the PC to do any real damage (it's a lot more surface that it'd need to cover). And you can j ust blast it out with a can of compressed air.
L'Emmerdeur If your computer is getting that kind of dust build-up over short periods of time, you might have a bigger problem, in that the environment is fi lthy. I open up my computer every few months to remove dust, and there is barel y any (usually small concentrations on the edges of fan blades and the s uch).
Apreche This is why I got a case with an acrylic window. My newer compu ter I can see the dust accumulating, if it does. It definitely leads to a cleaner computing experience, its not just a ricer mod. BUT BE AWARE: if you use a canned compressed air -- keep the can upright when spraying, since air is mixed with water in the can. If you don't, i t doesn't mix properly when spraying and you get more water than air.... which is what happened to me, frying a card inside the computer.
Scott Johnson I recently had a 15krpm SCSI drive die in my home desktop. Upon opening t he case for the first time in a year, I almost choked on all of the dust that was released into the air. I'm almost positive that dust was the c ulprit in my drive's overheated death.
Posted Feb 9, 2005, 6:16 PM ET by Kick Ass Are you sure your maid didn't dump a vacuum bag on this? Are you sure you didn't buy it second hand from some cement bagging plant? Do you bother even using your vacuum or dust anywhere in your living area? Is it so hard to open your case once every two month to vacuum it? A person who lets their computer get this dusty should be shot or hung.
Posted Feb 9, 2005, 11:02 PM ET by RRF A friend of mine who is a PETA member never vacuums because it might kill some dust mites. I don't vacuum because I'm just lazy, and if my comp d ies then it would be a good reason to upgrade.
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