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  1. Posts : 3,118
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #921

    Britton30 said:
    Thanks Ryan, it was almost like doing a build, I took a lot of it apart, installed a different GPU and did some cable clean up.
    Yeah you gotta do a proper job enit chap. Cleaning my rig is the thing i hate most about it lol So i strip mine down every month or 2 or 3 and give it a good clean.
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  2. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #922

    You guys make everything so difficult...





    A Guy
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  3. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #923

    Steve, just got it back where it belongs, lo and behold she fired right up and runs fine, whew!

    Ryan, yeah PC housekeeping is no fun, say wot.

    There's an idea Bill, LOL! I have plunked 2 PC cases in the bathtub and washed 'em down.
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  4. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #924

    A Guy said:
    You guys make everything so difficult...





    A Guy
    Yikes!
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  5. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #925

    ganjiry said:
    Britton30 said:
    Thanks Ryan, it was almost like doing a build, I took a lot of it apart, installed a different GPU and did some cable clean up.
    Yeah you gotta do a proper job enit chap. Cleaning my rig is the thing i hate most about it lol So i strip mine down every month or 2 or 3 and give it a good clean.
    It's very dusty where I live. Even with filters on my case (which I vacuum from the outside a couple times a week), I still open the machine up and blow it out no less than once a month. The longer the dust stays in a machine, the harder it is to get out.
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  6. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #926

    Dust just happens and this is why I've moved away from fine air intake filtration as it impedes air flow. I'd rather just blow out the case and clean the fans every 2-3 months but you have to know your environment, if heavier dust, pets or other then cleaning sooner is always good. It amazes me how many issues are caused and solved (laptops) by someone learning that computers are just little room air cleaners with a heater!
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  7. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #927

    linnemeyerhere said:
    Dust just happens and this is why I've moved away from fine air intake filtration as it impedes air flow. I'd rather just blow out the case and clean the fans every 2-3 months but you have to know your environment, if heavier dust, pets or other then cleaning sooner is always good. It amazes me how many issues are caused and solved (laptops) by someone learning that computers are just little room air cleaners with a heater!
    Heater? Mine's a furnace!
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  8. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #928

    I wonder if a pressure washer aka "Karcher's" would work better than just a standard hose pressure?










    Disclaimer: The above mentioned statement is for pure levity and not intended for actual use unless you leave the rig plugged in and turned on !
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  9. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #929

    Britton30 said:
    Now for a little, little, contrast to Bungee's fine work. I decided to swap the GPU in wifey's machine to my old one. Here's what I found on the CPU cooler.
    Attachment 276112 Attachment 276113

    I don't often turn a machine on its side. This one I did and found a World Record class dust monster (too big to be a bunny) on the PSU intake, it's bottom mounted. That thing was huge, wish I'd snapped it too. If you have a bottom mounted PSU, check its intake grille of filter if you have one.
    My giddy aunt Gary that is some load as you know I am a filter freak and all my bottom mounted ones are dust filtered - you know our method of any filtering anyway
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  10. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #930

    A Guy said:
    You guys make everything so difficult...





    A Guy
    I bet she wasn't at home otherwise you would not be posting this
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