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07-27-2006, 03:07 PM
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the best and safest way to clean a CPU fan?
hi,
i was just wanderin wot is the best/safest way to clean a CPU fan? shud you take the cpu fan apart or leave it on the heatsink and clean it??? also wud u recommend using a brush to clean the places u can clean with a vacuum? cheers |
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07-27-2006, 03:23 PM
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i take the fan apart from the heatsink and clean it
and then put them back together .... it's not really dangerous ! and i use that thing the maid uses to clean the dust off wood surfaces and stuff i don't know what it's called.
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07-27-2006, 03:29 PM
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I've cleaned my fan/heatsink with compressed air before while it was still on the CPU. Like this type of compressed air:
 If you take it off the CPU than you might have to reapply thermal grease.
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07-27-2006, 03:37 PM
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Remove it from the heatsink, give it a good dusting, then give the heatsink a good dusting, then reattach it.
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07-27-2006, 04:51 PM
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jp i dont think that high pressure air is very good for your computer.
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07-27-2006, 04:54 PM
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i take the fan out, than spray it. i sometimes hit the insides of the computer, not straight into it, like on an angle.
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07-27-2006, 05:36 PM
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P.I Dragon
 
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i usually take the HSF off the CPU and plunge it into a big bucket of clean water, swoosh it around for a bit, gets the dust/dirt out of all the tiny corners that compressed air cant get to.
Leave it in the airing cupboard for a few hours make sure its dry and back on it goes. dragon
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