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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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 Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: Cleaning your CPU's fan |
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| Man, my pc was running a wee bit warm (44 degrees celsius on idol) and I thought to myself, "hmm, it has been a while since I gave it a good cleaning; I'd venture to say about a month." So, I cleaned the zalman's copper vents and the rest of the case. I put it back together and turned it on and now we are idling around 36 degrees celsius again. This just goes to show you that you MUST maintain your PC in optimal standards if you are to keep it running smoothly; cleaning your CPU fan's vents is priority number 1! |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I thought of that tonight too.. cleaned it all out, put the fans back on pushed power.. waited... waited... waited. yeah its dead.. looks like a trip to the computer shop for me.
ahhh why does korea have to be so damn dirty.. |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| mehamrick wrote: |
Yeah I thought of that tonight too.. cleaned it all out, put the fans back on pushed power.. waited... waited... waited. yeah its dead.. looks like a trip to the computer shop for me.
ahhh why does korea have to be so damn dirty.. |
What did you use to clean it out with, a wash cloth? |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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no i used one of those compressed air cans.. But I did notice that when i was pulling off the main cpu fan one of the corners was pretty loose. It has been running hot but I also think its the power supply. The more i look at this its some pretty shotty korean work. This damn thing has three fans in it it shouldnt be running hot to begin with.
ahh well will find out more today of to the shop with it. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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no i used one of those compressed air cans.. But I did notice that when i was pulling off the main cpu fan one of the corners was pretty loose. It has been running hot but I also think its the power supply. The more i look at this its some pretty shotty korean work. This damn thing has three fans in it it shouldnt be running hot to begin with.
ahh well will find out more today of to the shop with it. |
ouch. This is how I cleaned mine:
I did not take it off of the cpu, rather, clean it while attached. I used a Dry Q-tip to gently and slowly remove the caked on dust from the fins. Then, I used the compressed air. It worked like a charm and looks brand new now. I should have taken a picture of the amount of dust that was on that fan (in just a month!) |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:49 am Post subject: |
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My laptop started running slow the other night, with the fan working real hard.
The 2 circular vents underneath were well choking up with dust.
My wife held it on it's side, and I put the vaccum cleaner nozzle where the vents where.
Worked a treat, although I really should venture inside the casing one day! |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| nobbyken wrote: |
My laptop started running slow the other night, with the fan working real hard.
The 2 circular vents underneath were well choking up with dust.
My wife held it on it's side, and I put the vaccum cleaner nozzle where the vents where.
Worked a treat, although I really should venture inside the casing one day! |
There is mixed opinions about using a vaccuum to clean dust from any type of electronics... one camp will tell you to never do that, that it can create static and bork your components. The other camp says, fire away, I have done it x number of times, and never had a problem. I am currently residing comfortably in the latter camp. Can someone explain the physics of why using a vaccuum would create static and a can of compressed air wouldn't? Both result in friction of dust particles that could potentially create static, no? :shrug: |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:10 am Post subject: |
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the spinning fan of a vacuum could create a static electricity charge, while the air is just.. well, air.. if the metal end of a vacuum hose hit something, I suppose it could do something.. (well, not entirely sure about that one)
but I also heard that using compressed air could actually blow dirt INTO a space that it wouldn't normally get into.. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
the spinning fan of a vacuum could create a static electricity charge, while the air is just.. well, air.. if the metal end of a vacuum hose hit something, I suppose it could do something.. (well, not entirely sure about that one)
but I also heard that using compressed air could actually blow dirt INTO a space that it wouldn't normally get into.. |
correct. I did this when I was a novice. I had to take apart my laptop (well...my wife's laptop) and clean it. You should have seen the glob of dust and hair that was jamming up the fan. Afterwards, I put the laptop back together and everything was running as if it were new again. I sold it a while ago; I wonder how it is doing now? |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Don't use a vacuum on it. It fried my chips!
It tried to overclock. Then the cpu went bizarre. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Don't use a vacuum on it. It fried my chips!
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The second funniest post this week. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:00 am Post subject: |
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I was never really able to find out for sure but I suspect using a vacuum cleaner fried the DVI input of my monitor awhile ago.
Incredibly, what may have happened is that a static charge went up the DVI cable after I vacuumed the graphics card and shorted the monitors digital input chips. End result, I can only use my monitor in analog mode now.
Like I say, I don't know if that's what really happened but it was too big a coincidence to be unrelated.
I'll be using compressed air only in future. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:27 am Post subject: |
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End result, I can only use my monitor in analog mode now.
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Same here. Bugger. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
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End result, I can only use my monitor in analog mode now.
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Same here. Bugger. |
For the same reason? A vacuum cleaner? |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
End result, I can only use my monitor in analog mode now.
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Same here. Bugger. |
For the same reason? A vacuum cleaner? |
No. Cause unknown. Probably just old age on my monitor. |
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