Cleaning Psu fan

[Shane]

Hi,

How would you recomend cleaning my Psu fan?

The blades on the fan are realy and i mean realy dusty but i wonna try and avoid opening up the Psu if possible.

Ive tried everywhere i can think of around stores and they dont sell cans of compressed air...But even if i had a can of compressed air wouldnt that just be blowing it around inside the Psu again?

This isnt an actual pic of my Psu but its very similar...Just a cheapo 400w one...

Any suggestions?

 

[hpi]

Opening it would be yoru best bet.

That's what I did.

 

[Archangel]

Use a small brush to poke through the holes at the Fan. worked perfectly for me. (you might need 2, 1 to prevent the Fan from stinning while you clean with the other one )

 

[Shane]

Use a small brush to poke through the holes at the Fan. worked perfectly for me. (you might need 2, 1 to prevent the Fan from stinning while you clean with the other one )

Yeah il try that if i can find a small enough brush around the house somewhere
The holes are a little smaller that the Psu ive shown as an example so i dont think i will be able to clean it properly unless i do open it up

Is it safe to open up a Psu aslong as its been not running for a few hours?
And its disconnected from the mains?

 

[hpi]

Yeah il try that if i can find a small enough brush around the house somewhere
The holes are a little smaller that the Psu ive shown as an example so i dont think i will be able to clean it properly unless i do open it up

Is it safe to open up a Psu aslong as its been not running for a few hours?
And its disconnected from the mains?

Make sure it's disconnected and no power at all running through it.

 

[The_Other_One]

I'll be honest, I've opened PSU's before to clean them, and even replace the fans. However, you're not suppose to. It actually can be quite dangerous with the capacitors that take a while to discharge.

 

[Shane]

I'll be honest, I've opened PSU's before to clean them, and even replace the fans. However, you're not suppose to. It actually can be quite dangerous with the capacitors that take a while to discharge.

Yeah thats what i was afraid of...