Dusty Graphics Card

[ATIorNvidia]

Hi, just wondering how i would dust off my old Radeon 9250 Graphics Card without damaging it.

 

[mk17]

try a compressed-air can maybe - if you're worried ground-out beforehand?

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

Soft paint brush.
Just put a piece of card under whatever you're cleaning to catch the clumps of dust.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

PCB cleaner or compressed air. Compressed air if it's a light dusting and PCB cleaner if it's absoloutely baked on.

 

[C64]

 

[robbi187]

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[Smoogels]

I'm quite lucky, I have an air compressor that I use for dusting out.

 

[maddness]

just blow at it

 

[slimsymeat]

Dyson

 

[KaneStatton]

Dyson

^^

 

[manveruppd]

No joke, you CAN use a vacuum, but be very careful not to actually touch the nozzle onto the PC's components as there might be static on it. Sucking doesn't really do as good a job at shifting big lumps of dust as blowing does, so what I usually do is huff and puff into the case for awhile and then vacuum up all the big tufts of crap that have fallen back into the case.
For cleaning the fins of fans and the space in-between heatsink fins I use cotton buds.

I'm quite lucky, I have an air compressor that I use for dusting out.

How much did that set you back? I'm pretty sick of blowing into my computer case and inhaling all the dust I dislodge, but cans of compressed air tend to be expensive imho.

 

[KaneStatton]

Another option instead of blowing is get a hairdryer and put it onto cold air better than inhailing dust i suppose

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

i think poundland had cans of compressed air, surprisingly for a £1

 

[Darkwave]

I use my lungs and a brush.

 

[CliffyBiro]

Another option instead of blowing is get a hairdryer and put it onto cold air better than inhailing dust i suppose

Good idea.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, i wanted to ask something else completely off topic to this thread but may aswell ask here instead of making a new thread, i had a go at overclocking my 9250 today and only increased the core/memory around 10 mhz, is it safe to carry on?, im using ATI Tool.

 

[Monkeynut]

How is it cooled? Heatsink and a piddly little fan?

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Heatsink only, but its an old graphics card so it should really produce that much heat should it?

 

[Monkeynut]

Well with a 9200 I had which was passive it overheated when clocking it. Could you point an 80mm fan at it?

 

[Devil_Spawn]

here lemme fix that for ya