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Tips to dust hardware?

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bX510

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Anyone know whats the most effective way to clean all the dust off the hardware without any harm to the hardware? I usually try to vaccum all the dust off.
 
my friend has this brand, when you spray it on the table its like all iced up or something. Would that harm the hardware?
 
Originally posted by: bX510
my friend has this brand, when you spray it on the table its like all iced up or something. Would that harm the hardware?
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Hold it upright. There are also directions on the can. 😛
 
Don't use an air compressor. Unless it's a $100,000+ industrial one that is very heavily filtered. Compressors that people typically have can collect oil and other debris on the bottom of the tank. You don't want little bits of whatever sticking to your motherboard.
 
dont use wipes, the do create static, and they leave lint everywhere that will eventually go into your fans.

if you can avoid using a compressor, for the reason that voodoo said, and because its just too powerful. I wouldnt put 100 psi on a video card.

all you should use is an air can. even if you flip the can, and the icy stuff comes out you have nothing to worry about, its liquid butane that ices when it comes out at room pressure and temperature. It does not harm hardware at all, and it evaporates instantly.
 
I have had super success with this kit and a small, hand-held Oreck vacuum that can also blow. These tools are great. I have had zero problems with static charges

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Blowing is somewhat a waste - it simply moves the dust from one place to another, and it often settles right back down where it came from.
 
What about CO2 (for dusting camera lenses), instead of canned air? CO2 won't act as freeze spray if it's turned upside down will it?
 
at work we have a toner vac that I have yet to use, generally I just blow it out with air like once a year if that.
 
Originally posted by: JAG87
dont use wipes, the do create static, and they leave lint everywhere that will eventually go into your fans.

if you can avoid using a compressor, for the reason that voodoo said, and because its just too powerful. I wouldnt put 100 psi on a video card.

all you should use is an air can. even if you flip the can, and the icy stuff comes out you have nothing to worry about, its liquid butane that ices when it comes out at room pressure and temperature. It does not harm hardware at all, and it evaporates instantly.
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I don't think it's butane in those things. But whatever it is, it's a highly volitile liquid, and that is the reason it freezes up anything it touches. Evaporation lowers the temperature of whatever liquid is being evaporated.

Anyhow, the biggest risk with icing up components is that the ice is water ice, condensed out of the air and frozen. That just has to completely dry before safely powering up the computer.


If I don't have any of those canned air things handy, I just use my lungs and a Dustbuster. Seems to do a good enough job.
 
i use a small air compressor that has a regulator on it, set it ~40psi and go at it. after each time i use the compressor i drain the tank and yes, oil and liquid does come out of the tank, that is why i drain it each time and i do have a filter on the line too.
 
Originally posted by: Blain
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I just use my lungs and a Dustbuster.
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I can believe that...
After seeing your RV :laugh:
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Hey, my lungs are easily refillable, and they cost a lot less per use than do those canned air things.😛
Hell, for the price of maybe 7 of those cans you can buy a wee little Shopvac with attachments for getting into small places. Sure it's strong enough to suck components right off the board, but that's what the lungs are for.
 
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