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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #30 - Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:11pm

Bobby. wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 8:53pm:

Dear Herbert - are you an electronics technician?

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

Yes, I have the right tools.

A Phillip-head screw-driver ... some emery-paper ... compressed air ... a razor-blade ... hammer-and-chisel ... etc etc.

It'll be a cinch.

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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 #32 - Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:17pm Lol for me a flat head is best as not all the screws will be for a philips. Also a wooden paint brush works a wonder.
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Reply #33 - Apr 18^th, 2014 at 7:59am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:11pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 8:53pm:

Dear Herbert - are you an electronics technician?

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

Yes, I have the right tools.

A Phillip-head screw-driver ... some emery-paper ... compressed air ... a razor-blade ... hammer-and-chisel ... etc etc.

It'll be a cinch.

Hi Herbert,
show us the before & after photos.

Good luck.

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Reply #34 - Apr 18^th, 2014 at 9:21am

Bobby. wrote on Apr 18^th, 2014 at 7:59am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:11pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 8:53pm:

Dear Herbert - are you an electronics technician?

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

Yes, I have the right tools.

A Phillip-head screw-driver ... some emery-paper ... compressed air ... a razor-blade ... hammer-and-chisel ... etc etc.

It'll be a cinch.

Hi Herbert,
show us the before & after photos.

Good luck.

Will do.

I'll be using my leaf-blower too. Tongue

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Reply #36 - May 10^th, 2014 at 8:27am

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 18^th, 2014 at 9:21am:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 18^th, 2014 at 7:59am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 9:11pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 8:53pm:

Dear Herbert - are you an electronics technician?

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

Yes, I have the right tools.

A Phillip-head screw-driver ... some emery-paper ... compressed air ... a razor-blade ... hammer-and-chisel ... etc etc.

It'll be a cinch.

Hi Herbert,
show us the before & after photos.

Good luck.

Will do.

I'll be using my leaf-blower too. Tongue

Have you done the job yet?

Where are the photos?

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Reply #37 - May 10^th, 2014 at 10:22am

I just did mine. I've had this computer for about two years. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly, mostly dust sitting on that fan thingy.

I used a can of compressed air and a soft brush. I mustn't have touched anything I shouldn't have touched because it fired up perfectly.....not caught fire, booted I mean

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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC? Reply #39 - May 10^th, 2014 at 4:30pm bogarde73 wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 2:51pm: How do you blow out a laptop? I'm not sure. Smash the screen I suppose.....or undo stuff.
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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #40 - May 10^th, 2014 at 9:18pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 10:22am:

I just did mine. I've had this computer for about two years. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly, mostly dust sitting on that fan thingy.

I used a can of compressed air and a soft brush. I mustn't have touched anything I shouldn't have touched because it fired up perfectly.....not caught fire, booted I mean

But now - where is the dust?
You still need to carefully vacuum it out or it will block up the
heatsink again.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111593 Melbourne Gender:	Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC? Reply #41 - May 10^th, 2014 at 9:19pm bogarde73 wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 2:51pm: How do you blow out a laptop? You have to split the laptop in half. That is not easy to do unless you know where the plastic tabs are.
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Reply #42 - May 11^th, 2014 at 9:27am

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 9:18pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 10:22am:

I just did mine. I've had this computer for about two years. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly, mostly dust sitting on that fan thingy.

I used a can of compressed air and a soft brush. I mustn't have touched anything I shouldn't have touched because it fired up perfectly.....not caught fire, booted I mean

But now - where is the dust?
You still need to carefully vacuum it out or it will block up the
heatsink again.

Sitting on the top of the tower and printer by looking at it this morning lol!!!

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Re: How often do you blow the dust out of your PC?
Reply #43 - May 11^th, 2014 at 9:52am

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 11^th, 2014 at 9:27am:

Bobby. wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 9:18pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 10^th, 2014 at 10:22am:

I just did mine. I've had this computer for about two years. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly, mostly dust sitting on that fan thingy.

I used a can of compressed air and a soft brush. I mustn't have touched anything I shouldn't have touched because it fired up perfectly.....not caught fire, booted I mean

But now - where is the dust?
You still need to carefully vacuum it out or it will block up the
heatsink again.

Sitting on the top of the tower and printer by looking at it this morning lol!!!

Dear Dame Pansi,
If dust was quite bad on the heatsink of the CPU then it's really an electronics technician's job to remove it.

cheers
Bobby

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