my 64 was running a bit too hot

theultimate · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:16

crept up to 70 degrees at idle

found the problem lol

Datamonkey · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:21

one word "grim"

"High five that heatsink an clean it out"

booyaka · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:30

nasty!!

Mercutio · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:41

Old tights (mum) or stockings (girlfriend) stretched over intake fans will cut down on dust buildup - just need to get into habit of wiping them weekly keep em good

Dutch Guy · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:11

OMG, that is a lot of dust :eek:

sugoi · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:16

rofl, it's black, how long has that been there for... it's going to come a live soon...

semi-pro waster · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:27

I discovered much the same thing the other day, I'd had a crash in NFS:MW and then when I rebooted it said the CPU was over threshold so when I took a look I had about as much dust and now temperatures are about 20 deg C lower. It had been left for 18 months though

mc_bob · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:38

God, When was the last time you opened your case lol.
Was the rest of your case a mes aswell?

MC_Bob

paradigm · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:56

I'd hazard a guess that the OP smokes, or at the least, lives in a house where people smoke.

Mine has NEVER become anywhere near that foul, even with over 2 years of constant and uncleaned use.

helpimcrap · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:05

sadly mine has filters and has got to the point where my filters were totally blocked and temps went up...

barney · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:18

Bloody hell, did you empty your vacuum cleaner into your PC or something?

I was cleaning out one of my old systems the other day to recondition for my nephews and the amount of dust that was in there was pretty sick tbh.

kbc · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:45

barney said:
Bloody hell, did you empty your vacuum cleaner into your PC or something?

Looks like it. It's so foul, you can see bits of human hair running off the side of that heatsink. I dread to see how the rest of your components fair.

Traducer · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:54

I had the exact same heatsink on my XP2200 and I was wondering why it was shutting down every few minutes.
So I opened up the case and looked inside, I can tell you it was a lot worse then that lol, I am supprised it still works to this every day.

monkeypants · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:56

I think I see some fossils in there :eek:

Andelusion · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:13

Rofl my Athlon XP was running for 2 years, yes 2 years without a dust cleanout and it didn't look half as bad as that

Do you live in a cave?

mmj_uk · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:22

i'd be worried about my lungs if that amount of dust found it's way into my computer.

Tom|Nbk · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:23

what heatsink is that, thats ghetto that

70 degrees how the hell didnt that cpu die

theultimate · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:27

its just the standard heatsink that came with it when i got the retail 3200 64
ive got a flat now and ive just been letting it sit running at my mothers house for weeks but when i got back the alarm would go off when opening up a program im like erm.. wtf

then shut it down straight away when it got hot and decided to see whats up, yeah most fans were blocked up nand the case too but the case side has been off for months forgot toput it back on last time i was having a fiddle with it!

i will post up the picture of my bed with all the dust covering it lol

Zefan · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:28

"I've got an uncle called Dusty"

kbc · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:33

theultimate said:
i will post up the picture of my bed with all the dust covering it lol

That wouldn't be recommended considering the photo posted above.

The heatsink looks pretty rough already.