Ola chums, Has anyone disassembled their PSU to clean it? Mine seems a little louder of late and I'd like to give it some TLC, but not if it's going to fry me... Ta in advance. Cleggy.
Agreed, I would also turn on the computer while the PSU is unplugged, but switch on, to TRY to empty the capacitors. But I don't know anything about electronics, other than the pure basic.
unplug mains power. Press power button on pc a few times to discharge most of the remaining power. Open PSU carefully, don't touch anything on the inside, and canned air/compressed air cleaning only! Remember opening your PSU also voids your warranty... but then again this is Bit-Tech. what warranty?
run it through the dishwasher. that way you dont have to poke your fingers in where you might get zapped!
Yeah plug out, press power, open carefully and if you feel like it, use an insulated thing to poke around the heatsinks. You should not touch them while cleaning anyway, but the heatsinks are often connected to the 400 V capacitors, so that's also a part that can hurt you.. Either way, common sense and you're safe.
Yes there is potential for some of the capacitors to retain a bit of energy. Just take the lid off, and then hoover it out with the hoover pipe without touching anything with your fingers. Also pay attention to the fan as that will probably have alot of dust around it. Turning the PC on with the power disconnected should remove most of the energy though.
Agree with the above but at the very least unplug it from the mains and let it sit for 1 min and most of the power will be discharged.
Thanks folks, I'll give it a whirl and apply plenty of common sense if you never hear from me again it's all gone horribly wrong...
