Hello , I was just wondering that , How I make my hardware safe !! mean , the big fans and strong fans effect the motherboard and etc and I can clean the dust with a blower and still safe , because I read that thread that he guy cleaned his PC with vacuum cleaner and his VGA got damage !! so how I can keep my hardware safe ! and what Will effect on them !! because tomorrow I will start the work on my project Thanks , Good luck , CK
The best way to clean your components would be to take everything apart and throw it in the dishwasher except for fans and hard drives. The hard drives have breather holes and the fans have bearings and places for water to get stuck, so putting those in isn't a good idea. If you let it all dry for a few days or even slather it in alcohol (ethanol would be better but it's expensive) in order to speed up the drying process, everything should be fine as long as it's dry before you put it all together and plug it in.
Do not run the drying part! If you cant turn off the drying function then do not attempt! Make sure you turn cold water one only! Killed my keyboard once, forgot to turn off the drying part...
Remember you have to use Vanish dishwasher tabs tho, or you'll not get the mirror like finish on things like PCI blanking plates! In all serious tho CK, just use a small, camel hair brush, or a make-up brush, and brush the dust away while holding a reasonable powerful vacuum cleaner attachment close enough to remove the dust. For fans, it's probably best to remove them so you can really blow the dust out... once removed these things are quite robust, and a compressed air line will be OK... just dont let the fan rotate with the air flow, as they can easily reach RPMs they were never designed for. Hold the blades still while you do it, and avoid aiming the blast at the windings.
Oh god i hope he doesn't take this seriously looking at his sig (EDIT: the one he had before someone moderated it ) he has some high end shiz And i don't know about you, but i dont fancy seeing endlesss threads like this: "OH MAN what IS Wrong WIth HarDWaRE OH MAN, I TriED WasHinfg MachINe But Now IT's Not WorkiNG. WhAT i DO WRONG!? OK, Thjanks, bye, GooD LUck, CK"
Cillit Bang cleans anything. Just be careful though, using too much can make you deaf, just like the guy in the ads.
Many of you jest about the dishwasher, but it has been done before and works a treat. Especially great for getting dilectric goo from phase change cooling out of a cpu socket.
lol . opss I forget this thread !! any way , the dish washer idea work great !! but are you sure that I can put my psu and mother board and CPU and ram inside the dishwasher and the fans and hard disk can't put inside !! I don't get this !!!!!!! any way I got A blowing machine its blow very hard , I was trying it with a old 80 mm fan and hook this fan with the digital voltmeter , then blow the air on it , do you know what happen !! I got round 21.08 Volt !! and the fan burned in less than 5 sec !!! lol who care !! this a strong black and Decker machine so now I will clean my hardware by it and some brushes thanks keep going and follow my project : D and see what I'm doing !! about the flam and so on !! I used to it , I don't want to make problem with the members here or the stuff , I want stay here for every I will respect any flam or any spam on my , thanks guys thanks for every thing , I don't know what to say !! Take care , CK
if i had issuses with dust build up or sand due to your location (not sure about that bit??) i would cut up some vacume cleaner filters and place them over every fan inlet. This would stop alot of dust getting in. TBH i wouldn't jump at the idea of putting a X1950xx series card in the dish washer, come to think of it any computer hardware at that. All PCB's are covered in a varnish that protects the components. dust is only an issue if case temp's get really high to cause a fire. temps have to up in the 80 degree C mark i beileve. and no one these days has case temps like that!!
Using compressed air is a bad idea due to the moisture that forms in the compressor. You could end up doing some damage.
Not always that bad, and compressed air cans are actually pretty good about being dry, so long as you don't use them for so long without a break they get cold and condensation forms in the air when you're spraying, that sucks but can be solved by letting it all sit and dry for a good few hours (12)
yup . Every 10 days I was find alot of sand and dust on my home computers lol I will get the filters tomorrow thanksssssss man this good idea , filters thanks , and keep going
thats ok. if you find a HEPA air filter you can take them out and wash them. http://www.aircleaners.com/ they can be found most places, the link is so you understand what they are with out searching around like a mad man. lol Hope this helps
