Blow out your dust!

Burgerbob · 12-22-2006, 08:17 PM

I was messing with my new Celery machine the other day, putting in better IDE cables, taking out the old modem, putting in shinier PCI slot covers(nothing else to do), and i decided to blow all the dust out of the heatsinks. HOLY $#@&! it was CAKED onto the CPU heatsink, when i blew it out i almost suffocated. My temps are now 4 degrees Celsius lower. (from 21C or so to about 16-17). Just reminder to all of you with prebuilts with no windows and no idea what your temps are like. I know my temps were great to begin with, but those of you with Prescotts might not be so great. Remember to blow out that dust! (I measured the amount later, and got almost a quarter POUND of dust from my computer).
Dont forget!

harrold · 12-22-2006, 08:21 PM

man i have had roomates in the past with a ton of dust in their machines, its discusting !

Alphatronix · 12-22-2006, 08:56 PM

DAM, to bad i never took the pic of my friends ol' computer. When you open the side up, you mostly see gray and a few shades of green and some wiring pop out like a daisy during spring.

What do you think the gray is?

Enough to make a minature coat for your dog.

jp198780 · 12-22-2006, 09:37 PM

damn man, where the hell is this computer sitting? my computers only get like a coading of dust..

shortymet55 · 12-23-2006, 08:26 PM

I blow my dust out every once in a while. I have cough attacks after. Feels like your breathing in when its really moist outside. Only difference is the moisture is tasty and cools you down, and this is dirty and makes you sick.

Bobo · 12-23-2006, 08:30 PM

In 5 months I have never blown out my computer, and there are only a few specks on my heatsink. I think it's because I have so many fans(9), the air moves around so fast it carries the dust with it.

[-0MEGA-] · 12-23-2006, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgerbob

4 degrees Celsius lower. (from 21C or so to about 16-17).

Do you mean those are your CPU temps?

I find that a little hard to believe, because 16C is 61F, and most peoples houses are warmer then 60F.

StrangleHold · 12-23-2006, 09:21 PM

I find it a little hard to believe that you got a quarter pound of dust from your cpu heatsink, thats a lot of dust, that much would fill your case up

Tri·Gon·Jin · 12-26-2006, 09:36 AM

I clean my case about every 4 months. But at my work I had to help clean out their computers and I don't think they ever had anyone clean those machines out before. Half of those computers had a least 10-40% filled with dust. It was amazing they're still running. After I did a full maintenance on their computers it ran a whole lot better. XD

devilswing5 · 12-27-2006, 01:17 AM

how could I clean my motherboard do I have to use small vacuum cleaner
its already 4 year.

12-22-2006, 08:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,515	Blow out your dust! I was messing with my new Celery machine the other day, putting in better IDE cables, taking out the old modem, putting in shinier PCI slot covers(nothing else to do), and i decided to blow all the dust out of the heatsinks. HOLY $#@&! it was CAKED onto the CPU heatsink, when i blew it out i almost suffocated. My temps are now 4 degrees Celsius lower. (from 21C or so to about 16-17). Just reminder to all of you with prebuilts with no windows and no idea what your temps are like. I know my temps were great to begin with, but those of you with Prescotts might not be so great. Remember to blow out that dust! (I measured the amount later, and got almost a quarter POUND of dust from my computer). Dont forget! __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate HDD, eVGA GeForce 8800GT w/Akimbo Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G, 1GB RAM, 4GB SD card

12-22-2006, 09:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	damn man, where the hell is this computer sitting? my computers only get like a coading of dust.. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

12-23-2006, 09:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,513	I find it a little hard to believe that you got a quarter pound of dust from your cpu heatsink, thats a lot of dust, that much would fill your case up __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

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shortymet55 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 210	I blow my dust out every once in a while. I have cough attacks after. Feels like your breathing in when its really moist outside. Only difference is the moisture is tasty and cools you down, and this is dirty and makes you sick.

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Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	In 5 months I have never blown out my computer, and there are only a few specks on my heatsink. I think it's because I have so many fans(9), the air moves around so fast it carries the dust with it.

12-26-2006, 09:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
Tri·Gon·Jin New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19	I clean my case about every 4 months. But at my work I had to help clean out their computers and I don't think they ever had anyone clean those machines out before. Half of those computers had a least 10-40% filled with dust. It was amazing they're still running. After I did a full maintenance on their computers it ran a whole lot better. XD

12-27-2006, 01:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
devilswing5 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19	how could I clean my motherboard do I have to use small vacuum cleaner its already 4 year.