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Do you have a friend with an air compressor? If so, you may want to take it over there and blow it out. Don't blow the fans directly and let them spin, hold them with a finger or two and then blow them off. Also, don't blow straight on slots/components, blow at an angle. When blowing air into a component such as a power supply, if you can, blow air in such a way that dust will be expelled out the back. The PSU has an intake/exhaust side, intake being on top/bottom and exhaust being the side where the power plug is........try to keep the dust flowing in a natural way. Video cards are much the same way, either they exhaust air out the back, or they exhaust air into the case. IF you take the card out, don't touch the PCI express connector(the piece that plugs into the PCI slot) try holding it by the shroud if possible. Don't forget to take off the side panel and front panel if possible.......dust will hide in there as well, and if you don't blow it out, it will eventually be deposited right back into your system.