Did you clean your Computer yet, or ... ?

[NaRu]

I have air filters on each of the intake fans. I use to put my keyboard in the dishwasher on cold run but cant do that anymore since I have wireless now

[kyanwan]

I have air filters on each of the intake fans. I use to put my keyboard in the dishwasher on cold run but cant do that anymore since I have wireless now

Now THAT'S smart thinking.     I loved those when I had them ... ages ago. 

I've got too much hardware to maintain - so I do em on an as-needed basis.   Usually every 2-3 months - when a random BSOD tells me to.

Last PC I've cleaned - I busted out a nice mini screwdriver and poked around the heatsink on the CPU.   The fins are so fine, most of the dust crap just gets stuck on top of the fins ( hair, carpet fibers, etc ) - and can be pulled right out.   Got a nice big handful out.

When it's fun-time, I just bring them outside - set em up on a folding table - and reverse a shop-vac on em. 



The cloud of dust is always epic.

[darren42]

i usually get a vacuum to remove the dust from the outside of the case and i wash all the intake fans filters every couple of months or so

the inside of my case i only usually clean once a year, the innards of my computer don't collect much dust

[blubart]

i never clean the insides of my pc - the case is big enough to handle some cm-thick layers of dust

[Tatsujin]

i never clean the insides of my pc - the case is big enough to handle some cm-thick layers of dust

You don't clean your CPU's fan at all?

[Aneroph]

i never clean the insides of my pc - the case is big enough to handle some cm-thick layers of dust

You don't clean your CPU's fan at all?

I've had my laptop for over 4 years, just replaced the ram in it about a month ago, and to do so I had to pretty much take the computer apart. My fan had a very small bit of dust on it and everything else was clean. The keyboard collects dirt from my fingers, but other than that I have never had to clean my laptop.

[Tatsujin]

i never clean the insides of my pc - the case is big enough to handle some cm-thick layers of dust

You don't clean your CPU's fan at all?

I've had my laptop for over 4 years, just replaced the ram in it about a month ago, and to do so I had to pretty much take the computer apart. My fan had a very small bit of dust on it and everything else was clean. The keyboard collects dirt from my fingers, but other than that I have never had to clean my laptop.

Yea, laptops are a different thing. I never owned one and I never heard of people cleaning their laptops from inside, unlike a Desktop PC.

I was just wondering if he really never cleaned his CPU's fan. It must be clogged up with dust.

[blubart]

I was just wondering if he really never cleaned his CPU's fan. It must be clogged up with dust.

i designed the heatflow in the case pretty nicely so all active fans (two, most of the time running in idle-mode) are covered from falling dust and no real place for dust to gather.
aside from that it's not like i've set up a grinding machine beside the pc to produce dust.
in what kind of environment do you guys life where the cleaning of fans is actually needed? o.O - i still have a 133 Mhz never-cleaned Pentium standing around with only a little dust inside.
i guess it's literary about how much wind someone makes with his pc. (more air movement, more dust is raised, more dust gets in and sticks...)

[scotsman]

In the 4 or 5 years I've had the PC I have never cleaned it out. I reckon I need to at least clean the fan it's gotten way to loud, also a lot of dust seems to come out or clogs up these little holes it the side.
I think it's more likely small rooms and less air movement so the dust settles like mine.

[Tatsujin]

I can't believe you people. Well, I keep my computer clean. I want this one to live for the next 5 or 6 years until something better than Core i7 comes out.

[Natheria]

You won't have to wait 5-6 years for better, just two.

The last time i cleaned out my desktop's CPU fan was when i had to take it and my heat sink out to install a new HDD a month or two ago. There was quite allot of dust caked on the thing.

[DaggerLite]

Mine doesn't get dusty at all. I've never cleaned it once since 2001. I did change a couple of components, though (MB, CPU).

My only issue with it currently, is the CPU getting extremely hot (~60 C idle, 85+ C at full work). It's a bit old, but I can't afford a worthy upgrade at the moment. I've been thinking about putting on new cooling pasta which would probably fix it, but it's too much of a bother.

[Tatsujin]

Mine doesn't get dusty at all. I've never cleaned it once since 2001. I did change a couple of components, though (MB, CPU).

My only issue with it currently, is the CPU getting extremely hot (~60 C idle, 85+ C at full work). It's a bit old, but I can't afford a worthy upgrade at the moment. I've been thinking about putting on new cooling pasta which would probably fix it, but it's too much of a bother.

Get a new fan? Or maybe you need more air-flow? I mean, if you haven't changed the fan since 2001 then maybe it needs to get changed. I'm not a fan expert, tho'.

[DaggerLite]

Get a new fan? Or maybe you need more air-flow? I mean, if you haven't changed the fan since 2001 then maybe it needs to get changed. I'm not a fan expert, tho'.

The setup is fine. The fan is a custom Thermaltake, not the one boxed with the processor. It has worked fine earlier, it has just got worse lately.

[kurandoinu]

Good lord. Just had to use some nailvarnish remover on my mcbook because  I spilt some earlier, and I didn't realise quite how grey it is. I'm getting shit loads of dirt off the whole thing. Time for a clean I think!

[Takeshi]

I have a laptop, about three years old and I haven't cleaned it yet. I know the keyboard might need cleaning, but what the hell, it's going to crash soon enough so can't be arsed to do it. But I did use to clean my screen, but now it's torn off. And it's not like I have foods stuck in my keyboard, only dust and hair xD

[kurandoinu]

Having a white laptop it becomes quite noticable how dirty it is as soon as you get nailvarnish remover on it. But then I'm a messy sod anyway