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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #15 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 12:00pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 11:34am:

If you had given it a blow-job that would have solved the problem. Cool

For sure, but not always. I would encourage anyone going hardware shopping to review similar products of different manufacturers.

The easiest example is the graphics card, a single card may have 5-10 manufacturers all with their own variations. There are brands most people trust as high quality; ASUS, MSI, EVGA, Gigabyte etc. With these cards there are review that compare a card of each brand and show many things including how loud they are and how hot they run.

If someone is worried about that type of thing, then looking at reviews like that is pretty important before making a purchase.

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Reply #17 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 3:21pm

It all depends on circumstance.
Do you know the temperatures you are getting?
Like what temperature it idles at (when you just start up + max temperature) and what temperature it is under load (when you are using lots of programs + max temp)?

Most people can get away with (if need be) turning up the fan speeds or adding some ventilation. You could set that setting lower but it all depends on circumstance, I mean you don't want to not be able to use the computer in summer you may want to risk certain temperatures so you can actually use it, all depends.

What I mean is if you set it to say 80 degrees and during summer it always gets to 81/82c then it will constantly be shutting down etc. So it won't really make it cooler it will just prevent it from frying or degrading the parts to quick.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #19 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 7:25pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:12am:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 6:57am:

Dear Herbert,
If the PC internals are badly covered in dust the CPU heat sink & fan may need to be
removed & the heatsink cleaned of all dust using water & scrubbing in the sink - then dried out before re-installing.

This is more a job for a technician who understands anti- static procedures & re-application of heat sink thermal compound etc.

The PCB board needs to be blown out with compressed air.

The fans need to be checked to see if they still turn &
replaced if necessary.

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technician my butt ... the last time a technician did mine he used an old paintbrush and a dustbuster ..... Grin

I am a technician - he didn't do it properly because dust
would have still been stuck to the heatsink fins.

Sometimes you have to remove & wash the heatsink & scrub it with a paint brush & detergent.
You then need to dry it with an air compressor.

It's a big risky job if you don't know what you're doing.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #20 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 7:28pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 1:49pm:

Okay Vuk.

At what temp should I set the Overheat Protection temp to warn me?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e150/ruffdiamond/January%202013/overheatproter...

They had '90' in the option box, but I think that's a bit high.

I set my warning as 82 degrees.

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Reply #21 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:40pm

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 7:28pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 1:49pm:

Okay Vuk.

At what temp should I set the Overheat Protection temp to warn me?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e150/ruffdiamond/January%202013/overheatproter...

They had '90' in the option box, but I think that's a bit high.

I set my warning as 82 degrees.

But you've got a 4 core system. Mine's only 2.

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Reply #22 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:43pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:40pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 7:28pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 1:49pm:

Okay Vuk.

At what temp should I set the Overheat Protection temp to warn me?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e150/ruffdiamond/January%202013/overheatproter...

They had '90' in the option box, but I think that's a bit high.

I set my warning as 82 degrees.

But you've got a 4 core system. Mine's only 2.

So what?

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Vuk11 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1797 QLD Gender:	Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC? Reply #23 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:44pm Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:40pm: But you've got a 4 core system. Mine's only 2. Is that the heat protection setting for your processor?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC? Reply #24 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 9:12pm Vuk11 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:44pm: Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 8:40pm: But you've got a 4 core system. Mine's only 2. Is that the heat protection setting for your processor? I've set it to 83degs before the alarm goes off and the system shuts down after 30 seconds.
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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #25 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 9:30pm

Never, ever ever ever "blow" the dust off a motherboard or cards.

Using compressed air etc is fine for the inside of the case and the case fans, but never ever for drives, cards or the motherboard.

Use a vacuum for the drives, cards and motherboard.

Using compressed air on boards etc will drive dust particles into the crevices etc between the components on the boards and can lead to system HW failure.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #26 - Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm

Life_goes_on wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 9:30pm:

Never, ever ever ever "blow" the dust off a motherboard or cards.

Using compressed air etc is fine for the inside of the case and the case fans, but never ever for drives, cards or the motherboard.

Use a vacuum for the drives, cards and motherboard.

Using compressed air on boards etc will drive dust particles into the crevices etc between the components on the boards and can lead to system HW failure.

A vacuum cleaner will not remove the dust.
The dust sticks like glue.

The most important place to remove the dust is from the heatsink fins.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #27 - Apr 17^th, 2014 at 1:19am

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm:

Life_goes_on wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 9:30pm:

Never, ever ever ever "blow" the dust off a motherboard or cards.

Using compressed air etc is fine for the inside of the case and the case fans, but never ever for drives, cards or the motherboard.

Use a vacuum for the drives, cards and motherboard.

Using compressed air on boards etc will drive dust particles into the crevices etc between the components on the boards and can lead to system HW failure.

A vacuum cleaner will not remove the dust.
The dust sticks like glue.

The most important place to remove the dust is from the heatsink fins.

It will also create static electricity, which may kill the system.

Do NOT use a vacuum cleaner near the circuitry. I stated this earlier, and can't stress it highly enough.

Also, it WILL remove any jumpers on your motherboard etc, should they be present.

Ignore at your peril.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #28 - Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:16am

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm:

A vacuum cleaner will not remove the dust.
The dust sticks like glue.

Correct.

Humidity binds the dust particles together to form a sludge that sticks.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm:

The most important place to remove the dust is from the heatsink fins.

I'll have another look at that today.

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #29 - Apr 17^th, 2014 at 8:53pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:16am:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm:

A vacuum cleaner will not remove the dust.
The dust sticks like glue.

Correct.

Humidity binds the dust particles together to form a sludge that sticks.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 16^th, 2014 at 10:36pm:

The most important place to remove the dust is from the heatsink fins.

I'll have another look at that today.

Dear Herbert - are you an electronics technician?

To do this job properly you need to have a lot of skill & the right tools.

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