Removing Dust

[The Pentium Guy]

Hey,

What's the best way to remove dust from my intel stock cooler, preferably without having to take it out, and avoiding any static damage.

-The Pentium Guy

 

[Drostie]

can of compressed air to blow out the dust, vacuum cleaner to suck up the dust.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Well, that said... I'm gonna need to buy a handvac.

But for now I could probably just blow it out (I don't have the can of compressed air with me) with my mouth... just kidding.

Any other alternatives that I could use .... something temporary I mean.... to just get rid of the dust. I'm looking for away to do it without having to go out and buy stuff (this is temporary).

-TPG

 

[Dough1397]

there is no way... take it off clean off thermal gunk and wash it and what not or use tissue paper and slide it through each slot or get a can of comrpessd air and blow it off and suck up dust with a vacuum

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Alright then. I'm getting a new heatisnk/fan anyways (with AS5 ceramique).

Last question: How do I prevent more dust from getting in? Should I just use a fan filter?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-206&depa=0
Most things say it reduces the airflow by a lot and cpu temp...

-TPG

 

[hytek369]

Originally posted by: Drostie
can of compressed air to blow out the dust, vacuum cleaner to suck up the dust.

very highly recommended technique

 

[nvbtye]

kptglh

 

[joshc]

On a somewhat related note, is "Dust-Off" compressed air? I bought 2 cans from best buy and want to make sure it's safe to use for removing dust...their own website doesn't seem to want to call it compressed air so I was checking.

thx.

 

[imported_Bleh]

Dust off I believe is compressed c02, just hold the can upright when you spray, if you hold it upside down a very cold liquid will come shooting out but it evaporates quickly.

 

[impemonk]

yes, dust off is compressed air. I have 8 cans of those and use them to clean my mobo

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Filters are good. I bought some more polyurethane foam filter material today. A good "open cell" foam filter won't reduce airflow significantly. Cleaning the filters is something you can do when you shut down the computer for maintenance, moving etc.

I make my own. I have many scissors.

Home Depot has Frost King 15"x24" filters in polybags for about a $1.50.

I had just bought some "Precisionaire" filters at WalMart and discovered that a lot of the cells are not open. They look like they have glass window panes in a lot of the cells. That does impede airflow and I am throwing it away. Hence my trip to Home Depot. I looked carefully at the material thru the polybag before buying this time.

The stuff will survive 4 or 5 washings before you have to replace it.

 

[Buk]

I have to clean out three computers every couple of months or so. The easiest way I have found is to take them outside, remove the side, and blow them out with the hose and crevice tool connected to the exhaust of my shop vac. I also use a small plastic rod to stick into the fans to keep them from spinning while I am cleaning them. The shop vac does an excellent job, much more powerful than a can of air............

 

[SneakyStuff]

Lucky for me my father has an industrial strength air compressor out in the garage, just set the nozzle for light flow not heavy, and you've got a brand spankin new PC case in about 10 seconds Canned air available at staples or orrice depot will have a similar effect though.

 

[impemonk]

it's kind of sad because I remember a time when my little cousin told me he needed to clean his computer. I thought he meant clean the case and side window, I didn't know he wanted to take out the dust from the MOBO, CPU, Vid card, etc etc. So, I told my little cousin to use Windex and tissue paper. Listening to me he did just that on a PII 1.2 GHz and his computer ceased to exist. I built him a new and better computer because of that. Oh well, you live and learn... or DIE trying muahahaha

 

[Deskstar]

impemonk

Nowadays, you would sue the Windex company for not having a warning label on the bottle that warns you not to use the product for cleaning motherboards. Kind of reminds me of the lawsuit over the hot MacDonald's coffee that a patron spilled in her/his lap.

LOL