Fan cleaning fun ;)

s_m_w_d · 01-05-2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Other_One

I've always been a bit curious about this... If you have a dirty fan, could you clean it in water and it still work. I say yes, it should work fine. Anyone say it won't?

Haha, I've yet to try this fan again, just waiting untill I'm sure it's nice and dry.

I'll try some other things later for fun if I have some older parts that I know arent worth selling

Iv seen a picture of a computers work in vegetable oil i thing that was on here so why not do that no dust!

s_m_w_d · 01-05-2006, 11:15 PM

this isnt the one i have seen before but it must work lmao
http://www.gigafrag.net/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1127801373

and here
http://www.markusleonhardt.de/en/oelbilder.html

seems to be done a good few times i might just do it with my old computer to test it out!

Mr.Suave · 01-05-2006, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by s_m_w_d

this isnt the one i have seen before but it must work lmao
http://www.gigafrag.net/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1127801373

and here
http://www.markusleonhardt.de/en/oelbilder.html

seems to be done a good few times i might just do it with my old computer to test it out!

thats so cool!! seems kinda yuckey tho..does the oil really keep it cooler? and if its submerged in oil y would you need fans? maby to circulate the oil?...
i bet its really quite too.. now companies just have to start making cases that can have oil in em lol!

**The_Other_One** · 01-05-2006, 11:43 PM

Haha, I'll have to try that stuff with the oil! What about fans? Do they just remove them? It seems they'd burn out from the added pressure of the oil. And what if you decide to upgrade or need to replace something... THat'd be kinda gross to work on

s_m_w_d · 01-05-2006, 11:53 PM

Iv seen a video of a computer running in oil and it still had fans in it. the fans how ever did seem to be going slower than usual from the pressure of the oil!

fade2green514 · 01-06-2006, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by geoff5093

When i was younger i took a fan kit, which consisted of 2x AA batteries, a small motor, and some plastic propellers, and i submerged it in the bath tub and it worked for at least 20 minutes! I also held my old cellphone under water for a while and it still worked... but eventually the display got screwed up.

lol what a goofball... who would do that with their cellphone?? lol
unless it was an old one with no sim card.... lol
funnyyyy

s_m_w_d · 01-06-2006, 02:13 PM

iv been looking at my crystal xbox and making it vegetable oil cooled! if it ever good really hot I could cook food!

Apokarteron · 01-06-2006, 04:04 PM

I've cleaned my CPU fan a few times with earbuds.

s_m_w_d · 01-06-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Apokarteron

I've cleaned my CPU fan a few times with earbuds.

Good idea!

Blue · 01-06-2006, 04:56 PM

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Yeah, I've heard water rarely hurts anything as long as you don't try and send electricity though it when it's wet.

Well that would be because the water allows current to cross it. I don't know allot about electricity but I would have thought that fans days where numbered or the power supplying it as it is actually running in that small pool of water. Very cool to learn otherwise.

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s_m_w_d Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ireland Age: 21 Posts: 934	Iv seen a video of a computer running in oil and it still had fans in it. the fans how ever did seem to be going slower than usual from the pressure of the oil! __________________ Nzxt Apollo chassis Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 2x Crucial 1GB @1066MHz EVEA nForce 680i SLI BFG 8800 GTX @ 768 MB 20" Samsung LCD " @ 1680 x 1050 60Hz 3DMARK05:12133 Comming in 2008 my computer but better

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s_m_w_d Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ireland Age: 21 Posts: 934	iv been looking at my crystal xbox and making it vegetable oil cooled! if it ever good really hot I could cook food! __________________ Nzxt Apollo chassis Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 2x Crucial 1GB @1066MHz EVEA nForce 680i SLI BFG 8800 GTX @ 768 MB 20" Samsung LCD " @ 1680 x 1050 60Hz 3DMARK05:12133 Comming in 2008 my computer but better

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Apokarteron banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: OS X Age: 18 Posts: 1,920	I've cleaned my CPU fan a few times with earbuds.