cleaning inside of pc query

[Kid_Dynamite_]

hi guys,

I have used a can of compressed air to clean the inside of my pc of dust, but there still seems to be what could be best described as a thin 'skin' layer of dust on the graphics card and other components that werent removed.

Is there some sort of brush that I could use to brush this dust off (taking the graphics card out of the computer first?)

thanks for the help

Luke

 

[shadowake]

A fairly soft paint brush should do the job. As long as there's no power running through the card at the time I see no problem.

 

[Plec]

A selection of different paint brushes works well - of varying stiffness.

/beaten to it

 

[Mr.Nick]

Agreed, soft clean brush.

I think my old gpu died because of a layer of stuck dust (I have amazing dust cleaning ability's) to something like the underside of the chip. After I finally gave up all hope on it, I decided to try to get it off not being wary of damaging my card, I had to use my fingernail it was that stuck on.


Perhaps I should put up a pic to show where it was stuck, could help/prevent it happening to people in future, off topic I know but oh well.

 

[Defiance_co]

As said brushes

But i would advise natural bristled ones not cheaper man-made bristled ones as static might build up with man-made bristles

 

[ojrules]

- yeh i was going to say, what about static?

 

[Mr.Nick]

This is the part of the Gpu that got cover with dust, as you can propably see, it has a rubbery texture. Not sure what newer cards are like, as this is an old Radeon X1600 Pro


It is on the underbelly of the Card btw


By MrNick