First time in years was a few months ago... not very dusty... 8-9ish year old Compaq had dust stacked about an inch high in some places... This FX5200 is passive cooled so I don't need to wonder if its going to burn up over a broken fan... same with the Voodoo 2... and P3 450Mhz... passive cooled.
I get a bit tense when the CPU fan on this computer starts buzzing / rattleing... no idea what causes it... no wires in the fan... its not dusty... I'm guessing it runs on ball berings and it/they are worn out after all these years...
Every 3 months or so, Ive got a 120mm fan at the front which sucks up all the dust :( then about every 6 months or so i have to take the enite case apart to get the front off to clean the damn fan so the LEDs keep shining lol
I have an extremely large fan on the window side of my case that sucks in dust like popcorn; I actually use a vacuum cleaner to get the dust out every month or so.
I haven't ever officially cleaned out my computer for 7 years. I have opened it a few times and coughed on the dust, so at least some dust escaped. Yet, no problems ever.
I haven't ever officially cleaned out my computer for 7 years. I have opened it a few times and coughed on the dust, so at least some dust escaped. Yet, no problems ever.animemog
:lol:
 That post reminded me of when I cleaned my bros PC. I just turned on the industrial vaccuum ans sucked all the bunnies out.
Since I just got this one, I'm trying to keep it clean - I generally do a light dusting every week, and once a month I go all out, taking out my graphics card to clean out its shroud, taking off the front of the case to do a spot check, and getting in all the corners.
I seriously need to clean the innards of my PC....seeing as ive left the case open for 2 years now you can imagine how dusty it is in there! Whats the best way to clean out the dust inside the pc? Compressed Air spray?
Since I just got this one, I'm trying to keep it clean - I generally do a light dusting every week, and once a month I go all out, taking out my graphics card to clean out its shroud, taking off the front of the case to do a spot check, and getting in all the corners.RayvinAzn
Hardcore. My desk has a space for a tower and that's where my computer sits. Plus, it's heavy. Considering I still get the Antec P180, it might be the same fate since I heard that case was heavy, too..
How would I go about cleaning the innards of a laptop? Im pretty sure that mine is getting pretty dusty and affecting the cooling-it gets really hot now.
i built my rig in november.. and ive done alot of tinkering in it over the past few months so when ive removed the side panel i give it a quick clean.. it doesnt really get that dusty though thb. the only place it accumulates is inside my fans.
but a couple of weeks ago i completely rewired my rig to get better cable managment and i took out all my fans and my heatsink fan and cleaned everything with cotton buds :) so its spotless now
Whenever I start getting overheating problems which so far has only been once so I got some of them cotton wool ear cleaner bud things and used them to clean the cement like dust between my processors heatsink and fan. I would have took the fan off but it would not come off.
I have 2 PCs, one was built in January of this year, other PC was built 5 years ago. I haven't cleaned the dust from my new build yet, but maybe this weekend since I bought compressed air. Another reason being that I will need to swap parts.
As for my older PC, I cleaned it completely by taking everything apart. Then I find out that I need to replace the thermal paste on the CPU, which I just ordered. It's time I maintain the older PC. I know they're going to be useful in the future!
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