I raise you one year dust buildup on friends CPU cooler.
https://preview.redd.it/k3zdjg9r0fwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96e3d98d9b31ffac8abb2d955bdc0de3375871cd
https://preview.redd.it/6y6qe24shfwc1.jpeg?width=3213&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c53e67011405f203714163d4706795114c830f3
Similar build up on my friend’s PC that I was working on.
The story is that he got it as a wedding gift from a friend and I’m guessing it was close to an 8+ year old build that was never cleaned. It had an i5-2500, AMD R9 280, a mix-matched set of 12GB RAM (2x 4GB, 2x 2GB), and a 480GB SSD. He wanted me to take a look at it because it was running poorly and seemed to be overheating. Turns out the fan on the tower cooler was on the left side of the cooler and blowing inward rather than outward towards the rear exhaust fan.
I took this as an opportunity to improve the build by getting a i7-3770 off of eBay for $45, giving him all new RAM to max him out at 32GB (4x 8GB), and I gave him my old GTX 1080ti and a spare power supply I had to power it all. It was also all torn down to clean the dust out as well as installing new fans to replace the old molex powered case fans.
You're a good friend. I don't want to retire my old 4670k build so I've been trying to source a decent 1080ti to replace my 960. Cannot seem to find any for less than 250, which is wild for how old the gpu is.
Legacy hardware can be really expensive sometimes. A friend told me about how they have spm.eproprietary software at work and it only runs right on some ancient video card so the company dropped like 10 grand buying all the cards they could find so they have replacements in perpetuity. We both found it hilarious how much more willing the company was to just set money on fire than to go through the painful process of upgrading the software.
That looks like it was owned by a smoker, the darker tacky sludge-like buildup sells it.
I remember being crazy about dust when I first learned to build PC's and smoked in my apartment. Once I quit I was amazed at how easy it was to clean dust all the sudden.
RIP sludge-filled fat PS3. She served me well and deserved better.
https://preview.redd.it/zu91umnhigwc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77e8d9fc7e89abbb50156c3b5f4c3c24d224c72b
They probably smoked but It sure was a lot easier to clean than my cousin’s PC that was placed next to his monitor while he ripped dabs and played games. I’ll follow the post up with what the video card looked like because that had to be soaked in isopropyl alcohol.
https://preview.redd.it/aindh6ulkgwc1.jpeg?width=2487&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8e36ff952ed6dd8e4648fea2823daffedf86563
Gigabyte Radeon R9 290x that was cooking itself alive from all the sticky dust from dabs.
Are you me? Literally cleaned my cousin's PC who also dabbed all day playing videogames. It was his first build so he had never dusted it. So much harder to get out than normal dust; it was a sticky dust that sort of caked onto parts and came off more in chunks than blowing away a powder.
It wasn't nearly as brown as in your pics, but it was clumping like that all the same. Didn't think to take apart his videocard at the time but I probably should have.
I don't have a picture of it but my first internship was IT at a place that did premade concrete blocks. The PC in the factory floor had such thick dust inside the case you could scoop it up with your hand and make dirt balls to throw if you wanted.
Good filters will do that. I bought my case specifically because of the good airflow with filters on. When I clean it (around once a month), the outside is somewhat dusty, but the interior is immaculate.
Same, not sure what my case is, but it's about 3 years old and hasn't needed cleaning, looks fine to me.
I put some magnetic attached filters on the drilled holes up top and back, not temp issues and no dust intrusion, despite my cat and dusty apartment.
Yeah after a point more dust doesn't build up, depending on the environment ofc. Never cleaned my pc, no filters or anything, and after 6 years it was about as dusty as OP's.
That is the one thing I love about my new PC. Before on my prebuilt you looked at it wrong and it collected dust. And my apartment ain't that damn dusty.
Yeah I was thinking "what? People clean their PC more than once every 2 years wtf."
Granted mine has been cleaned once since I bought it in 2020. It had barely any dust in it then.
It all depends on if you leave it on for long periods of time(or just game all the time) and live in a dusty household/pets/smoke/air quality.
I haven't cleaned my PC in over 2 years now and I know it would only take me less than 3 minutes to clean.
It took me 4 years before I decided to upgrade. Gave my PC a good dozen of hearty lungfuls and forgot about it until I decide to install something else.
I haven’t cleaned mine in at least 3 years (since I built it, was 2020 so coming up on 4 years now) and I have 2 cats, and a dog! Its definitely not this dirty…
\^This is the real issue. The fan bearings arent designed to spin at 10K rpm. Also, if it spins too fast, the blades can fracture off the hub. I think Jayz2cents did this in a video.
Multiple people have done videos and the voltage generated by spinning it with air is extremely low. Brushless motors don't work well as a generator. I'm not sure why this myth persists? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KA-xLLQXo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KA-xLLQXo)
Well, this isn't really scientific from my part but I just tested this with a standard 12 VDC 120mm fan I purchased last year. I could read a maximum voltage of about 2.45V when hitting it with a jet fan I have at hand.
I absolutely understand my comment can be taken with a grain of salt because I don't have the setup to take pictures or a video with both of my hands engaged.
Details on the fan:
* Manufacturer: Younuon
* Bearing: Hydraulic
* 2 pin 12VDC
* Speed: 3000RPM
Details on the jet fan used:
* Model: KICA Jet Fan 2
I didn't heed any warnings... and after a couple times of killing my case fans and my case fans only, I just assumed it was bad for the fan bearings to spin so fast (or potentially even the wrong way as it sometimes was).
Ever since I cooked a laptop fan doing this, I've made sure to not spin my fans with the can of compressed air. Waiting for a replacement fan to be shipped from China while needing your laptop to do schoolwork isn't fun - you're stuck playing the game of temp watching so you don't get surprised by the thermal protection killing power when you're in the middle of something.
Usually not with today's fans. Those are mostly brushless fans, meaning they have electronics inside to commutate them and make them spin. This is also the reason why today's fans often can't be speed controlled by simple PWM - they need an extra pin for the PWM signal.
Back in the days when fans weren't brushless yet but rather simple DC motors with some blades attached it was indeed dangerous to blow out your fans without holding them down as they could quickly generate voltage spikes that would then feed back into the mainboard in the wrong direction and cause damage.
It still is a good idea to hold down your fans while blowing out dust in order to protect your bearing from unwanted wear and tear, though.
Well I can't guarantee nothing will happen. Devil's in the details and it IS possible by freak coincidence to generate some backward voltage spike and blow out something. It is, however, unlikely.
> It still is a good idea to hold down your fans while blowing out dust in order to protect your bearing from unwanted wear and tear, though.
and because a spinning fan 'gives,' potentially spinning out of the path of the air blast while still holding onto the dust.
Can you stop fear mongering.
https://youtu.be/k9KA-xLLQXo?si=NSc1cy1iF5kxrLNV
The voltage that is generated from these fans are negligible against modern day motherboard and even motherboards in the past 10 years.
I'm not allowed to post links of other subreddits but a quick Google search shows how debunked this is... And the stories from people who have worked in it for more than 15 years doing this all the time and never having issues.
It's PCMR. A thousand upvotes for non-resourced nonsense is all day long here.
PCMR is literally the worst place to get PC help or suggestions of ANY kind, and this is just more evidence.
I mean, just because it didn't right there in that test, doesn't mean it wont ever. Maybe it wont ever, but I would rather just put a finger on the fan and not have to ever worry about it.
I've also been told to not use an air compressor since it could contain small droplets of water. Probably rare that it would be enough to kill a system but I've always avoided it.
Make sure to turn the pressure down to 40 PSI and have an oil/water separator on the line you’re blowing down with. Air from a compressor tank is dirty (wet and sometimes oily). Not good for your PC. Full pressure could be anywhere from 100PSI - 150PSI and damage components and fans. I have a separate line just for PC blowdown.
Had the same thought, however when i blew air into my case and power it on afterwards it didnt wanna power up. Apparently it fcked my RAM and then i had to get new ones.
It's mostly bunk. If anything were generated by the fans (and it would be incredibly minimal) then it would just travel down the power rails, not some random data lines.
It's like wearing a seatbelt in a car. It's rare, but in that one in a million chance, you'll be glad you wore it. So probably don't spin the fans. Nothing will likely happen, but on that incredibly rare off chance that there's some bizarre design flaw somewhere, you could trash your components.
Its not the voltage, its the fan bearings. It's not like it will brick your computer but the fans can easily off-kilter or die outright. Its just a good precaution to put a finger on the blade while you're blasting them.
I'm not sure where all these comments about "generating current" are coming from, but I can tell you that the fans themselves can get damaged at high speeds from blowing the compressed air on them without holding them down. Speaking from personal experience. Fans are only meant to spin so fast, and you can definitely exceed that with the compressed air.
Pressurised air, like in a workshop or garage, can be powerful enough to damage PC parts. I assume it didn't happen this time, but in future I'd advise against it as it can blow off capacitors.
Or if the water hasn't been drained from the compressor. I see that at my shop if you use the blow gun at certain times there is moisture coming out creating a wet spot. Not great for a pc
Everyone is in here talking about fans generating current (which yes may happen but no will not destroy your mobo).
This is what I was actually worried about.
Make sure you blow those fans really good, get them up to a really high speed and bust their bearings so they're noisy as hell afterwards! I learned the hard way NOT to do this.
If you speed them up they will send a reverse current (something like this) which can destroy the contact and the fans, as well as other components as the current will go through your mobo. Think that's what he is referring to. You should hold the fans still when you clean them if they would spin fast.
My friend said he never cleaned his PC since "dust never accumulated in it" when he looked inside.
One day, his computer just randomly started shutting down within 10 minutes of turning it on. Come to find out, the PSU dust screen / air intake on the bottom of the PC was completely plugged with a huge wad of dust and cat hair. He'd never lifted his PC case from its position on the floor in more than a year. So there was little to no dust in his actual PC - it all just accumulated in one spot under his PC until the PSU began to fail.
Good idea not to blow on the fans but eh, hasn’t hurt my s**t. However, you need a water collector on your compressor outtake, if you don’t, you have a very high chance of spraying water mixed with a little bit of oil on to all components. This can be bad because the oil won’t just dry up quickly and can damage the computer when you put things back/turn it on.
You guys clean your PCs? Back in my day (hitches pants up high), that's how you broke PCs. The dust was needed to keep the contacts working on the board.
True story: Cleaned a PS/2 (mid 90s IBM PC) once, and it stopped working. Pulled a sheet of lint and dust out that looked like drier lint.
Aren’t you supposed to secure the fans before blowing out the dust with compressed air? Am I dumb for worrying about making the fans spin and messing up the motherboard?
I smoked in my pc room for years until I quit. aside from the fact that the tar in my dust turned it to glue so it wasnt that easy to clean, this is how my case looked in appx 6months
I watched an idiot customer blow capacitors off of a motherboard with an air compressor. Also letting your fans whir up to ultra high speed cooks the bearings.
2 tips for cleaning out a pc
1,dont use a air compresser because It can build up electrostatic and can fry your components
2, dont let the air spin the fan because it'll act as a generator that can fry your motherboard
Please hold the fans when you blow air on them, the will be energy going back into the pc which isn't good.(sorry for bad grammar, english isn't my first language)
I raise you one year dust buildup on friends CPU cooler. https://preview.redd.it/k3zdjg9r0fwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96e3d98d9b31ffac8abb2d955bdc0de3375871cd
Does you friend work in the mines?
In the Mines Of Moria
AND THEY CALL IT A MINE!!!
Mine?
A MINE!!!
And my axe!
And my bow!
This isnt a mine... its a tomb!
I repeat that line every time I enter a mine, which is more often than you'd think, and nobody gets it.
You got my attention
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
Rock and stone brother
https://preview.redd.it/6y6qe24shfwc1.jpeg?width=3213&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c53e67011405f203714163d4706795114c830f3 Similar build up on my friend’s PC that I was working on. The story is that he got it as a wedding gift from a friend and I’m guessing it was close to an 8+ year old build that was never cleaned. It had an i5-2500, AMD R9 280, a mix-matched set of 12GB RAM (2x 4GB, 2x 2GB), and a 480GB SSD. He wanted me to take a look at it because it was running poorly and seemed to be overheating. Turns out the fan on the tower cooler was on the left side of the cooler and blowing inward rather than outward towards the rear exhaust fan. I took this as an opportunity to improve the build by getting a i7-3770 off of eBay for $45, giving him all new RAM to max him out at 32GB (4x 8GB), and I gave him my old GTX 1080ti and a spare power supply I had to power it all. It was also all torn down to clean the dust out as well as installing new fans to replace the old molex powered case fans.
You're a good friend. I don't want to retire my old 4670k build so I've been trying to source a decent 1080ti to replace my 960. Cannot seem to find any for less than 250, which is wild for how old the gpu is.
Legacy hardware can be really expensive sometimes. A friend told me about how they have spm.eproprietary software at work and it only runs right on some ancient video card so the company dropped like 10 grand buying all the cards they could find so they have replacements in perpetuity. We both found it hilarious how much more willing the company was to just set money on fire than to go through the painful process of upgrading the software.
That looks like it was owned by a smoker, the darker tacky sludge-like buildup sells it. I remember being crazy about dust when I first learned to build PC's and smoked in my apartment. Once I quit I was amazed at how easy it was to clean dust all the sudden. RIP sludge-filled fat PS3. She served me well and deserved better.
https://preview.redd.it/zu91umnhigwc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77e8d9fc7e89abbb50156c3b5f4c3c24d224c72b They probably smoked but It sure was a lot easier to clean than my cousin’s PC that was placed next to his monitor while he ripped dabs and played games. I’ll follow the post up with what the video card looked like because that had to be soaked in isopropyl alcohol.
https://preview.redd.it/aindh6ulkgwc1.jpeg?width=2487&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8e36ff952ed6dd8e4648fea2823daffedf86563 Gigabyte Radeon R9 290x that was cooking itself alive from all the sticky dust from dabs.
Are you me? Literally cleaned my cousin's PC who also dabbed all day playing videogames. It was his first build so he had never dusted it. So much harder to get out than normal dust; it was a sticky dust that sort of caked onto parts and came off more in chunks than blowing away a powder. It wasn't nearly as brown as in your pics, but it was clumping like that all the same. Didn't think to take apart his videocard at the time but I probably should have.
https://preview.redd.it/gst6q9q2lfwc1.jpeg?width=262&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc0bc7c2760d63813184102f1a808b43d5393f08
At that point it isn't dust anymore, it's a lively thing...
"I Was Reincarnated as a PC Dust Slime Monster, And My Love Life Has Not Gotten Better at All"
At this point isn’t it a CPU warmer?
This is what I think happens when somebody runs a no-pannels case
I don't have a picture of it but my first internship was IT at a place that did premade concrete blocks. The PC in the factory floor had such thick dust inside the case you could scoop it up with your hand and make dirt balls to throw if you wanted.
Fairly clean for two years.
Good filters will do that. I bought my case specifically because of the good airflow with filters on. When I clean it (around once a month), the outside is somewhat dusty, but the interior is immaculate.
same, I've even gone up to 3 years without opening my case and the inside is immaculate. Cooler Master Cosmos II case
Same, not sure what my case is, but it's about 3 years old and hasn't needed cleaning, looks fine to me. I put some magnetic attached filters on the drilled holes up top and back, not temp issues and no dust intrusion, despite my cat and dusty apartment.
Maaaan I kinda miss my giant A/C unit of a case in the Cosmos II.
You'd be surprised at my PC after 7 years without cleaning a single time
Yeah after a point more dust doesn't build up, depending on the environment ofc. Never cleaned my pc, no filters or anything, and after 6 years it was about as dusty as OP's.
That is the one thing I love about my new PC. Before on my prebuilt you looked at it wrong and it collected dust. And my apartment ain't that damn dusty.
Only 2 years? Those are rookie numbers
Yeah I was thinking "what? People clean their PC more than once every 2 years wtf." Granted mine has been cleaned once since I bought it in 2020. It had barely any dust in it then.
It all depends on if you leave it on for long periods of time(or just game all the time) and live in a dusty household/pets/smoke/air quality. I haven't cleaned my PC in over 2 years now and I know it would only take me less than 3 minutes to clean.
https://preview.redd.it/lvqopr5j1jwc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5d8ce478a59d3b3d72d938e1d0c2feeeab38622
It took me 4 years before I decided to upgrade. Gave my PC a good dozen of hearty lungfuls and forgot about it until I decide to install something else.
Damn. I haven’t cleaned mine in probably 4 years and it’s nowhere near this filthy. I have a cat, too!
I have 3 cats, and a dog. Including my wife I have 5 girls. I also have hardwood floors. It’s pretty clean! EDIT: Cats, not cars
I mean, as long as you don't have your cars exhaust directly to your house and running all day, don't see why it would matter.
If you have 3 cars of exhaust pumping directly into your house, you’ll never need to clean your pc ever!
3 cars in this economy???
You don't have at least 3 Lamborghinis in your Lamborghini account ?
I haven’t cleaned mine in at least 3 years (since I built it, was 2020 so coming up on 4 years now) and I have 2 cats, and a dog! Its definitely not this dirty…
First rule: Never blow compressors into fans without holding onto them.
So much this, spinning fan generates a charge which can dammage the PC.
What if you just unplug the fans from motherboard before blowjob?
Before what now?
Before performing fellatio on the pc
*discharge before unplugging*
This might become a problem a few month down the line
Eww
You can still damage the fan bearings and case fans ain't cheap, especially if you want the bling.
\^This is the real issue. The fan bearings arent designed to spin at 10K rpm. Also, if it spins too fast, the blades can fracture off the hub. I think Jayz2cents did this in a video. Multiple people have done videos and the voltage generated by spinning it with air is extremely low. Brushless motors don't work well as a generator. I'm not sure why this myth persists? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KA-xLLQXo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KA-xLLQXo)
Well, this isn't really scientific from my part but I just tested this with a standard 12 VDC 120mm fan I purchased last year. I could read a maximum voltage of about 2.45V when hitting it with a jet fan I have at hand. I absolutely understand my comment can be taken with a grain of salt because I don't have the setup to take pictures or a video with both of my hands engaged. Details on the fan: * Manufacturer: Younuon * Bearing: Hydraulic * 2 pin 12VDC * Speed: 3000RPM Details on the jet fan used: * Model: KICA Jet Fan 2
I didn't heed any warnings... and after a couple times of killing my case fans and my case fans only, I just assumed it was bad for the fan bearings to spin so fast (or potentially even the wrong way as it sometimes was).
Ever since I cooked a laptop fan doing this, I've made sure to not spin my fans with the can of compressed air. Waiting for a replacement fan to be shipped from China while needing your laptop to do schoolwork isn't fun - you're stuck playing the game of temp watching so you don't get surprised by the thermal protection killing power when you're in the middle of something.
Instructions unclear, dick stuck in pcie slot
Usually not with today's fans. Those are mostly brushless fans, meaning they have electronics inside to commutate them and make them spin. This is also the reason why today's fans often can't be speed controlled by simple PWM - they need an extra pin for the PWM signal. Back in the days when fans weren't brushless yet but rather simple DC motors with some blades attached it was indeed dangerous to blow out your fans without holding them down as they could quickly generate voltage spikes that would then feed back into the mainboard in the wrong direction and cause damage. It still is a good idea to hold down your fans while blowing out dust in order to protect your bearing from unwanted wear and tear, though.
man thanks for clarifying this. ive always taped the fans down before cleaning. but its good to know i wont blowout my motherboard if i miss one.
Well I can't guarantee nothing will happen. Devil's in the details and it IS possible by freak coincidence to generate some backward voltage spike and blow out something. It is, however, unlikely.
> It still is a good idea to hold down your fans while blowing out dust in order to protect your bearing from unwanted wear and tear, though. and because a spinning fan 'gives,' potentially spinning out of the path of the air blast while still holding onto the dust.
Can you stop fear mongering. https://youtu.be/k9KA-xLLQXo?si=NSc1cy1iF5kxrLNV The voltage that is generated from these fans are negligible against modern day motherboard and even motherboards in the past 10 years. I'm not allowed to post links of other subreddits but a quick Google search shows how debunked this is... And the stories from people who have worked in it for more than 15 years doing this all the time and never having issues.
It's PCMR. A thousand upvotes for non-resourced nonsense is all day long here. PCMR is literally the worst place to get PC help or suggestions of ANY kind, and this is just more evidence.
Damaging the fans maybe, but a motherboard can handle a quite a lot of current being fed back from the fan.
Also don’t use a compressor unless it has an inline moisture filter.
[Should you hold your fans when cleaning your PC? #shorts (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jeQtXVyP09w)
I always understood it could cause damage to the fan bearings if it is spun at to high a speed.
I mean, just because it didn't right there in that test, doesn't mean it wont ever. Maybe it wont ever, but I would rather just put a finger on the fan and not have to ever worry about it.
The bigger issue is if you force the fan to spin to its breaking point (which is near impossible unless you supply it with a higher voltage).
Not to mention most compressors have some moisture in the tank/lines.
Learned this the hard way with my 2nd pc back in college lool
i was about to comment this, always secure the fans with something, or hold them with your fingers
I always tape mine down with painters tape...then I proceed to forget to take it off and turn the PC on...
Sharpie in the ~~pooper~~ fan.
I've also been told to not use an air compressor since it could contain small droplets of water. Probably rare that it would be enough to kill a system but I've always avoided it.
probably shouldn't blow compressors into a pc in general, tons of condensation in the air that comes out
Make sure to turn the pressure down to 40 PSI and have an oil/water separator on the line you’re blowing down with. Air from a compressor tank is dirty (wet and sometimes oily). Not good for your PC. Full pressure could be anywhere from 100PSI - 150PSI and damage components and fans. I have a separate line just for PC blowdown.
I had to scroll too far down to see this. I guess not enough people know that air compressors can blow oil/water out if you don’t have separator.
There's 3 of us
And my axe!
Came here looking for these comments. I just got a special compressed air can to not damage my PC. It was reddit and a friend who told me that!
I expected this to be top comment as soon as I saw the air compressor.
"jebem li ti boga" Ah, a fellow man of culture
Good thing he’s cleaning it out on the dirt. Great idea.
All the comments about spinning the fans. Just how low is there a chance for it to do something. After 20+ years of spinning, zero damage.
Had the same thought, however when i blew air into my case and power it on afterwards it didnt wanna power up. Apparently it fcked my RAM and then i had to get new ones.
Same, It's one of those things that has been said so much that everyone believes it. Wonder if anyone has tested it themselves.
It's mostly bunk. If anything were generated by the fans (and it would be incredibly minimal) then it would just travel down the power rails, not some random data lines. It's like wearing a seatbelt in a car. It's rare, but in that one in a million chance, you'll be glad you wore it. So probably don't spin the fans. Nothing will likely happen, but on that incredibly rare off chance that there's some bizarre design flaw somewhere, you could trash your components.
Its not the voltage, its the fan bearings. It's not like it will brick your computer but the fans can easily off-kilter or die outright. Its just a good precaution to put a finger on the blade while you're blasting them.
I'm not sure where all these comments about "generating current" are coming from, but I can tell you that the fans themselves can get damaged at high speeds from blowing the compressed air on them without holding them down. Speaking from personal experience. Fans are only meant to spin so fast, and you can definitely exceed that with the compressed air.
Lol, I've gone all out before and enjoyed my little 3 inch fan turning into a fuckin' jet engine turbine.
he's doing fine too, not keeping the pump pressed but doing short blows
I work for an msp and i’ve seen 5-10 pcs at least damaged by negligent techs blowing out a pc without holding the fans, definitely a real risk
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ah classic
I heard "Uff jebem ti boga". Hello fellow balkans.
2 years is not even that long imo but I guess it depends on where your pc is
*Kah kah* "U jebemlitiboga" 😂
Pressurised air, like in a workshop or garage, can be powerful enough to damage PC parts. I assume it didn't happen this time, but in future I'd advise against it as it can blow off capacitors.
These also a oil carryover risk if the filters are bad or inefficient.
Also, moisture in the lines. Most don't have driers, so it can put out a bunch of moisture and water into the components.
Or if the water hasn't been drained from the compressor. I see that at my shop if you use the blow gun at certain times there is moisture coming out creating a wet spot. Not great for a pc
I bought a water/oil separator for my compressor.
Everyone is in here talking about fans generating current (which yes may happen but no will not destroy your mobo). This is what I was actually worried about.
Just, like, use common sense and moderation and you'll be alright.
2 years? Aren't those like rookie numbers?
Make sure you blow those fans really good, get them up to a really high speed and bust their bearings so they're noisy as hell afterwards! I learned the hard way NOT to do this.
Bro forgot to tell, That's his air purifier Not personal computer. 😂
balkan people rules 🤣
2 years? so it was still mint-condition cleanwise
RIP fans.
He barely made them move. Its not so bad get over it
Does using compressed air on fans damage them?
I just hope that compressor ain't oil filtered
If you speed them up they will send a reverse current (something like this) which can destroy the contact and the fans, as well as other components as the current will go through your mobo. Think that's what he is referring to. You should hold the fans still when you clean them if they would spin fast.
Ive spun the fans on my pc since 2008 and I have never had any damage to my fans or the board.
Same...
Yes, you should keep them from moving.
man you really have see nothing yet
You guys clean your PC's? Mine is 7+ years old,... Maybe I do that this weekend
Here comes all the people say the pc is going to explode when dusting off the fans 😂
You really can't do anything without them showing up saying you're doing everything wrong.
I haven’t cleaned mine in, let m check. 5 years
In the office I've PC that works without maintenance from almost 10 years and nothing happens. Also use compressed air should damage it
Next time, block the fan with your hand to prevent it from spinning before using the blower.
Here let me just put 200psi right on your bits and pieces.
2 years? Rookie numbers.
Pro tip. Hold your fans when cleaning them out with pressurized air. It isn't good for the bearings to run like that.
Always tape down the fan blades so they don’t spin. You can definitely be careful/lucky and not spin them up enough, but not worth the risk.
Awful camera work. In two years I hope it’s better
That little stubby GPU
What dust?
It's his first time holding a phone in 2 years too?
Rookie number, haven't cleaned mine in 5 years...
My question is where to buy that air pump? The good and strong one.
Did the same during the summer. It was dussssty. But I used a big leaf blower. Let's just say you need to remove anything that's sensitive
I haven't in 7.... But my case has intake filters so I guess that really helps
Rookie numbers
I haven't cleaned mine for 12...
Still relatively mild. El Reg has [some real doozies](https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/13/ventblockers/).
huh... mine looks like this after a few months
What in the name of scrotum dust is that?
Where the fk does this pc stand normally? :')
#is that fridge watercooled?
Hey, I have this case! I absolutely hate it.
My friend said he never cleaned his PC since "dust never accumulated in it" when he looked inside. One day, his computer just randomly started shutting down within 10 minutes of turning it on. Come to find out, the PSU dust screen / air intake on the bottom of the PC was completely plugged with a huge wad of dust and cat hair. He'd never lifted his PC case from its position on the floor in more than a year. So there was little to no dust in his actual PC - it all just accumulated in one spot under his PC until the PSU began to fail.
This isn't even that bad. We found dead mice in a case once when I worked at Circuit City back in the day.
Good idea not to blow on the fans but eh, hasn’t hurt my s**t. However, you need a water collector on your compressor outtake, if you don’t, you have a very high chance of spraying water mixed with a little bit of oil on to all components. This can be bad because the oil won’t just dry up quickly and can damage the computer when you put things back/turn it on.
I need to do this
You guys clean your PCs? Back in my day (hitches pants up high), that's how you broke PCs. The dust was needed to keep the contacts working on the board. True story: Cleaned a PS/2 (mid 90s IBM PC) once, and it stopped working. Pulled a sheet of lint and dust out that looked like drier lint.
... so you then took his PC outside, and set it in the dirt and blew compressed air into it without securing the fans?
Why's he cleaning it in a junkyard?
Buddy, thats literally my pc left for less than a month in my house. Egypt gotta be extra dusty ig
I haven’t cleaned mine in 15 years. I just bash it hard when the fans is about to stop to clogging up…
Lol I dont see any live cockroaches crawling out. Not that bad.
Can't wait for the follow up post: "PC won't turn on after cleaning with compressed air - HELP"
This is a good occasion to use one of the old masks you got lying around from the covid times. Just a little favor for your lungs :)
Aren’t you supposed to secure the fans before blowing out the dust with compressed air? Am I dumb for worrying about making the fans spin and messing up the motherboard?
That's not bad at all for two years worth of drawing in dust. Your friend must keep a tidy house.
Now, now there... it's not God's fault 😆
That’s a good idea, bring my pc to the local car wash for a good air dust cleaning !
Bro that’s my PC every 6 months
I smoked in my pc room for years until I quit. aside from the fact that the tar in my dust turned it to glue so it wasnt that easy to clean, this is how my case looked in appx 6months
gotta clean your dead skin cells out at least once a year...
I once made the mistake of doing this in my house. Been dusting everyday for like 2 years now
Why won't my PC turn on part 2.
I got dust in my eyes just by watching this.
legendo da vidiš moj nakon 2mjeseca
I just cleaned my sisters PC yesterday after 4 years. It was so much worse than this
Is that my beloved the GTX 1650?
"Jebem li ti boga" caught me off guard. Šta ga stvarno nije dve godine puvo?
I watched an idiot customer blow capacitors off of a motherboard with an air compressor. Also letting your fans whir up to ultra high speed cooks the bearings.
What is cleaning your PC?
always lock the fans from spinning....wtf uneducated brats
We really need to have a PSA about keeping fans from spinning while dusting......
You wanna see some real dust? Hit your non-pc friends console with the compressor....
Oh c'mon, you gotta hit them fans and get them up to like 10K RPM.
Honestly thats not that bad, lol
Hold your fans if you're gonna do that. Spinning fans create a charge that can brick your system
Spining fans generates power... You can fry components.
Make sure your fans unplug or hold your fans when you use compressed air you can fry stuff if the spin up to fast and become generators
Remember kids hold the fans while cleaning up your PC
Btw would never recommend using that type of air compressor to dust your pc, could knock off some tiny capacitors.
No hair, bugs or mice carcasses?
The "jebem li ti boga" caught me off guard. Anyways, should also re-apply thermal paste
I haven’t opened my pc since I build it in 2015
So satisfying.
Wait, we’re supposed to clean it?
It's dangerous to use concentrated nozzles like that. I'd use something a bit more broad. Also hold down fans when blowing them out
You should not do that..
i killed a pc like this =( after doing it for years and years
Isn't this bad for the fans and even the entire pc if the fans are still connected?
2 tips for cleaning out a pc 1,dont use a air compresser because It can build up electrostatic and can fry your components 2, dont let the air spin the fan because it'll act as a generator that can fry your motherboard
Please hold the fans when you blow air on them, the will be energy going back into the pc which isn't good.(sorry for bad grammar, english isn't my first language)
Time to call in the Gooch Collector