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| 213104 | 2004-02-06 01:14:00 | My heatsink and fan have accumulated a lot of dust. I have tried to blow the dust out with an aerosol type dust remover. There is still an amount there that I can't seem to budge. Should I remove the fan and heatsink. If I do will I need to replace the thermal pad on top of the CPU? |
Nodrog (4738) | ||
| 213105 | 2004-02-06 01:40:00 | Safest not to remove heatsink/fan. Why introduce a possibility of something bad occurring from the good. Have you tried something like a painters brush? that can sometimes get into the heatsink gaps. Also, some fans can be unscrewed without having to remove the heatsink. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 213106 | 2004-02-06 01:48:00 | > Have you tried something like a painters brush? that That would be an artist's one, not a house-painter's one :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 213107 | 2004-02-06 01:53:00 | > That would be an artist's one, not a house-painter's > one :D > > Mike. Unless you're Rolf Harris :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 213108 | 2004-02-06 03:05:00 | First remove the Power Supply, just unscrew it temporarily and push it out the way. Usually it can get in the way of what you're trying to do.. Then undo the screws holding the heatsink fan. The fan should still be attached to a wire or two but just put it over to the side. leave the heatsink in there, no need to remove that. Then get the vacuum cleaner and suck the dust out. Low vacuum level with the round nozzle. :p Its not like you can damage anything because the only thing you might touch would be the top of the heatsink. Well thats what I do anyway, works for me :) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 213109 | 2004-02-06 03:50:00 | I would not recommend using a vacuum cleaner for cleaning the insides of a PC. Vacuum cleaners generate a lot of static which can quickly and easily kill electronic and computer components. Use the paintbrush method with more compressed air to complete the job. | tommy (2826) | ||
| 213110 | 2004-02-06 03:50:00 | i don't like recommending vaccumm cleaners as the static they can produce can easly kill a pc, tho there are special ones advialable for cleaning electronic gear. a "can of air" and an artist's brush or a small house-painter's one does the job quite nicly. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 213111 | 2004-02-06 07:25:00 | I have a brush with about 4 inch bristles that is anti-static and garenteed to not lose any bristles. I would not use a vacum cleaner or any normal brush under any circumstrances. |
metla (154) | ||
| 213112 | 2004-02-07 01:57:00 | Where did this "vacuum cleaners produce static and will destroy electronics" idea come from? I see it brought up from time to time. It's nonsense. A standard test for thermal effects in electronics is to use a hairdryer. That is hot, dry air at similar velocity to that from a vacuum cleaner. I'd expect a greater static charge on the air from a "canned air" aerosol --- that has a high velocity as it leaves the nozzle. Static is a problem for components which are not in electrical contact with anything. Once they are plugged/soldered in they are pretty safe. That's how things work. :D I use a ½" or 1" paintbrush for dusting. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 213113 | 2004-02-07 02:05:00 | >Where did this "vacuum cleaners produce static and will destroy electronics" idea come from? well with me its from my electronics mates who has seen sparks off the end of vaccum cleaner nosles in dimmly lit workshops. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
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