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cargod01
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Apr 25, 2007 Post Count: 508 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Where's the power button? Who needs the power button? Just set the bios to automatically start the computer after power loss. Then if you happen to not be around then it will start up and happily crunch away, and you might never know. Now, about that missle launcher.... http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/86b8/ That's the closest thing to a missle launch button I could find. Looks pretty fun. LOL, I have that set. But after a major surgery, sometimes you have to manually start the heart again! LOL     |
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Former Member
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This is very true cargod. Especially with all these components coming with cooling fans nowadays it seems we have to clean out all the clogged arteries in there more and more frequently. Who knew we would be sporting North Bridges with fans and SLI video cards with heat sinks that take up two slots? All those fans love to collect dust. I try to clean my computers out at least once every 6 months or so, if I am bad then every year. I had a brief run as a PC tech and I saw some horrible computers... makes me wonder how they ran at all with the cpu heat sink literally full of dirt.
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cargod01
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Apr 25, 2007 Post Count: 508 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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This is very true cargod. Especially with all these components coming with cooling fans nowadays it seems we have to clean out all the clogged arteries in there more and more frequently. Who knew we would be sporting North Bridges with fans and SLI video cards with heat sinks that take up two slots? All those fans love to collect dust. I try to clean my computers out at least once every 6 months or so, if I am bad then every year. I had a brief run as a PC tech and I saw some horrible computers... makes me wonder how they ran at all with the cpu heat sink literally full of dirt. Very true. I like to take my systems down quarterly. I take my home machines outside or the work machines down to the shop & blow them out with compressed air. But I do make sure there is no water or oil in the air I use. |
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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No way they like being left on maintaining an even temperature means they last longer and you don't have to wait for the reboot in the morning
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Former Member
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Very true. I like to take my systems down quarterly. I take my home machines outside or the work machines down to the shop & blow them out with compressed air. But I do make sure there is no water or oil in the air I use. I found that getting one of the little shop vacs (I picked mine up at Lowes) and using the blower feature works really well too. They have attachments that can make the opening of the vacuum tube smaller too so it creates more air pressure to really get those fans spinning to blow the dust out. During my PC tech days we used portable air compressors, but they are a little too loud for my house. Maybe if I ever buy a place with a garage... |
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courine
Master Cruncher Capt., Team In2My.Net Cmd. HQ: San Francisco Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Post Count: 1794 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Yes, I took a shopvac and converted it to suck and blow at the same time. The blow hose shoots out the middle and has a bypass that allows control of the stream of air flow. When the bypass is open, it blows into the suck tube. But when open, it creates the field that makes even dense cakes of dust to just seem to vanish. Preventing dust from just getting moved around. I find it great for dusting anything. The only problem is if the same air is sucked around the system, it will heat. So there is limited run time. But if you blow a fan at the tubes and the shopvac, I can get enough time to get the job done on 8 systems. Just dont let it run while exchanging systems on the bench. Also, when the computer is in place, I suck the heck out of the PSU Fan screen when i do the rugs. This spins the fan up and cleams the blade, as well as makes sure the internal PSU opening is clear.
----------------------------------------Maybe I should rephrase this.  -- Edited for inappropriate language - nelsoc    [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 11, 2007 12:11:21 PM] |
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Former Member
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Watch you don't knacker your psu fan bearings.......I see you've settled in your new home Courine.
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Gollumer
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Watch you don't knacker your psu fan bearings.......I see you've settled in your new home Courine. Fan Bearings? Fans are for those that like noise and lossage. Silent PSU's all the way. No fans, no fear.  |
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Former Member
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Stick a folding gpu in your rig and you can't hear your psu anyway
 My Seasonics/Corsairs have fans and ARE silent |
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Former Member
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What is this off button you speak of ????
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