Computer cleaning
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I try to do mine every other month or so... I guess I need to do it soon.
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I tend to do mine whene ever i can be bothereed really, so every few months i suppose.
On a slightly related note, my friend didnt clean his for 3-4 years, when i went to clean out their old graphics card their were solid lumps of 'dust'.
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Everytime I smell something melting in there - or when the computer slows down. Whichever comes first! That works out to about once a year. Not good since the tower is sitting on the floor that only gets a vacuum once-a-week.
I know - I know - I should clean the case (and the floor) more frequently. I also shouldn't have the case on the floor and I should exercise more and drink less. I know - I know.
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I clean my Notebook every 2 weeks. After every cleaning there is a noticeably faster spindown of the ventilators after a hot job. But take care not to let fans spin from the airflow of the vacuum cleaner or the compressor(<-my preferred method). The induced tension may damage some parts on the board...
Happy cleaning
Marne -
every time I get a new piece of hardware, I open my computer. is is allways a shock and I promise myself to clean it properly soon, then take out the grown dust carpets, put them to the used clothes collection pile and start testing the new hardware...
I know, I should exercise a bit more discipline with my new laptop (going to arrive in a view days
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by the way: how do you clean your notebook, marne? you don't actually open it, do you? -
Its easy Jakob,
only every second time i open the nb. Mine has two clips below the display, if i release them i get direct access to the fans and could clean them without screwing around. But i think there are not much nbs which make it so easy to the user.
The other times i just use a compressor with a kind of pistol (like the one in the attachment). This makes the cleaning procedure very comfortable and you can see the dusty-loads streaming out of the ventilation slots when pressing the air through the nbcough. It only takes a few seconds.
But be aware: first as already said, you have to avoid that the fans start spinning from the airflow (i use a bend up paper clip for fixing), because they will generate electricity that may blow up some sensitive parts on your mainboard! Your computer won't be the first one, died on a cleaning. And second you may take care that this strong air-beam(?) doesn't hit the fixed fan directly - it may buckle the shaft drive.Try to monitor the temperatures of your components if you don't already do this. I use this one http://www.pbus-167.com/ or speedfan.
You may compare the temps while working with it now (brand new
) and after 4 weeks of usage. For me it makes a 5Β°C difference while rendering f.e. (CPU around 73Β°C before and 68Β°C after cleaning while running on 2 of 2 cores, nevertheless both temps are way too hot 
).for a cleaner environment
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I know, I know; I only wear one pair of shoes, and that for a whole year!
this post would have slipped my attention in another thread in the corner barcould someone remove this spam-bot?
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done! i deleted the post
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thanks, Eeva.
somehow they seem to have found a small hole in the defence the last days -
Well, anyone can find those holes (called 'registration') but as I see the team never leaves a spammer to me (if you knew what a nice feeling is to press the 'Ban' button on them)
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