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GEORGE DOMINIC
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Post Count: 227 Status: Offline |
your really not going to like this , dust your computer means taking of the lid and sticking your vacum cleaner into your cpu,regularily especially if you dont have a hermatically seled room,air conditioning ,ozone removers etc ,to take the dust out of the air.Iadvise you all,look at your cooling fins in your cpu and i bet its covered in dust
thus raising the temp of the cpu.Apart from the magicians amongst us there is no excuse for not mentioning this subject earlier! |
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Former Member
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Hi George
Thats an excellent point I leave the side off my case as its easier to use a compressed air cannister to blow out the dust from my power supply fan cpu fan and my graphics card fan which I do twice a week No overheating here Good of you to bring this to the attention of the members here Yuu must be a Techie Regards |
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Former Member
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Leaving the cover off of your computer is not necessarily the best way to manage heat. It will work fine for some systems, but other systems have carefully managed airflow patterns that go to hell if the cover is off... components that are supposed to have air flowing across them do not get it because the airflow now shoots straight out, for instance.
Obviously we are discussing desktops here, not notebook computers. Keep an eye on your temps using the tools that came with your computer, or the excellent (and free!) MotherBoard Monitor if you did not get any such software with your system. This will not work with every system, but covers a lot of them. It's also not 100% user-friendly for the non-technical. But it's great software to have once you're up and running, if you are skirting the edge of overheating your system by running it at 100% for long periods of time. |
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Former Member
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HelloCompuDude my pentium4 3.0 is running at 49% AMDAthlon3200 is running at 100% will this hurt my machine
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Former Member
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Hi George Thats an excellent point I leave the side off my case as its easier to use a compressed air cannister to blow out the dust from my power supply fan cpu fan and my graphics card fan which I do twice a week No overheating here Good of you to bring this to the attention of the members here Yuu must be a Techie Regards Techie - SHite! my elect. contractor friend took a vac to his TV and renderd it useless. , I blew up a 300 W DC power supply by cleaning it ... Turn off power, Ground yerself and clean all fanz and IF the PWR supply diez,,,, Buy a new case w/ 500watt supply for US$40. at [only for US citizenz] |
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Former Member
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Hi Cajunqueen
---------------------------------------- A Happy New Year to YouI appreciate you input, but not at the tone with which you impart it Please try to be a little less abrasive towards members and guests here Bravado is very unfashionable on forums I am sure this is not too much to ask Best Regards [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 1, 2005 10:13:01 AM] |
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Former Member
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Sorry fer yer bad luck - BUT I wuz talkin' to YOU! and ... it/was a good ideal to clean the 'puter EXCEPT......
Luwz Y'All [even /.] |
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GEORGE DOMINIC
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Post Count: 227 Status: Offline |
cheers
just a few thoughts a) i run my computer 24/7 b)i dust my computer every 2 months or longer pardon the pun c)i use the comprehensive Sisoftware Sandra to tell me whats going on in my computer.This program runs unobtusively in the background and does not distract the operator c the site for a free download. d) im in 4000th place odd E) podcast radio is upon us it seems inevitable that we should end up with our own radio station to keep us amused with our own charituble brand of music,art etc. chat even |
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Former Member
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HelloCompuDude my pentium4 3.0 is running at 49% AMDAthlon3200 is running at 100% will this hurt my machine No, it should not hurt your machine. Just make sure it's not packed full of dust bunnies so the air flows freely, as others have noted in this thread.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 4, 2005 1:45:34 AM] |
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Former Member
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I just take the tower outside and take the air compresser to it. Works like a charm.
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