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Topic: How often do you clean out yer PC?
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FieroRumor
Member Posts: 29338
From: New York
Registered: Dec 2001
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No matter how clean I keep my place, my PC always ends up suckin' in and buildin' up some dust over time... I try to clean it out a few times a year, just to keep it nice and clean. Lately, I've been hearin' something moving around inside the box,(something ALIVE?!?!  ) and I don't think the air's flowin' as well as it used to, so I figured I'd open it up and take some before/after pics...
How often do you open your pc and clean it out?[This message has been edited by FieroRumor (edited 11-10-2009).] IP: Logged |
FieroRumor
Member Posts: 29338
From: New York
Registered: Dec 2001
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OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!
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I found a similiar setup in my freezer a few months ago, I think it's the same guy.(The little guy that turns the light off when you close the door...)
(And yeah, that HDD's one of those wireless versions)[This message has been edited by FieroRumor (edited 11-10-2009).] IP: Logged |
Jake_Dragon
Member Posts: 21056
From:
Registered: Jan 2001
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most of the time when I upgrade something. I do think I will start cleaning it more often, last time it was full of spiders.IP: Logged |
Blacktree
Member Posts: 11378
From: Central Florida
Registered: Dec 2001
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| | | quote | | Originally posted by FieroRumor: (And yeah, that HDD's one of those wireless versions) |
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You got a Bluetooth hard drive? SWEET!
Edit to add: My desktop computer has an air filter, so I don't need to clean it very often. About once a year is usually enough. However, I vacuum out the air filter about once a month.[This message has been edited by Blacktree (edited 11-10-2009).] IP: Logged |
Khw
Member Posts: 2762
From: South Weber, UT. U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2008
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Not as often as I should...IP: Logged |
jimbolaya
Member Posts: 5890
From: Virginia Beach
Registered: Feb 2007
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| | | quote | Originally posted by FieroRumor:
I try to clean it out a few times a year, just to keep it nice and clean.
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A few times every decade or so. Well okay, just once ever. When I added some memory. Flame on! I deserve it.
Jim
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N3M3S1S
Member Posts: 2263
From: Newark, DE
Registered: Dec 2007
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Once a month. If I don't the fans start to wail loud as all hell. Keeping them dust free keeps my OC'd processor nice and cool.IP: Logged |
cliffw
Member Posts: 18218
From: Kerrville, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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Clean ?IP: Logged |
lurker
Member Posts: 9710
From: between unionville and shelbyville, tn
Registered: Feb 2002
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one winter i noticed ants coming and going between my computer and a crack under the window. they had set up a colony to keep warm. i sent them packing.IP: Logged |
maryjane
Member Posts: 32380
From: Cleveland Tex
Registered: Apr 2001
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off topic a bit. Long ago, I had a MB, that whoever did the printed circuits, had put a design into the layout. A bird of some kind, and it wasn't by coincidence. Anyone run accross anything similar?IP: Logged |
N3M3S1S
Member Posts: 2263
From: Newark, DE
Registered: Dec 2007
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Engineers loved to do that kind of stuff back in the day. I haven't seen it that much lately.
On an Alarm Clock's circuit board
Waldo inside the chip itself. IP: Logged |
Pyrthian
Member Posts: 23485
From: Detroit, MI
Registered: Jul 2002
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alot has to do with where the PC sits. get it off the carpet is step #1
anyways - you can get cases which have filters on the intake fans. makes a big difference. just about every rack mount case has a filter intake setup.
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Deabionni
Member Posts: 3506
From: Kalkaska, MI
Registered: Mar 2004
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Looks like the dust bunnies have a cozy pad in yer PC.  IP: Logged |
Fosgatecavy98
Member Posts: 2402
From: GL,MI
Registered: Jul 2005
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Hahaha that picture is greatIP: Logged |
Monkeyman
Member Posts: 11436
From: Peru, IN USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Pyrthian:
anyways - you can get cases which have filters on the intake fans. makes a big difference. just about every rack mount case has a filter intake setup. |
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All 3 of my intake fans have filters. I clean them every 2 weeks (just to be safe). I open the case and clean everything else about once a month. I dust/brush the outside about once a week. The only thing I have trouble keeping clean is the top exhaust fan. It's tough to get to the fan blades so I just do my best to clean it with canned air (from the outside/top) when I open the case. The 2 rear exhaust fans tend to stay pretty clean oddly enough. The fan on my vid card stays pretty clean too.IP: Logged |
