Oh my the dust!!

P_A_N_I_C · 12 Jan 2007 at 10:21

RoachycaL said:
Is that a floppy from a Compaq Proliant server?

i cant remeber what it was tbh, i remember it was a slave machine tho, and not the server. however it was possible that the case hadnt been upen for 10 or so years lol :/

Linz said:
Don't ever breath the dust when you clean/airblow -some bacterial nightmares and carcigens can lurk in household dust. I always hold my breath and then scarper for 10 minutes to let escaped dust settle.

i work in a lot of vets and although the places are generally very clean, like most places no-one cleans around the computer. there is always loads of fur and fluff etc :/ dread to think what's been growing in the nice warm PC for x number of years :eek:

RoachycaL · 12 Jan 2007 at 10:59

P_A_N_I_C said:
i cant remeber what it was tbh, i remember it was a slave machine tho, and not the server. however it was possible that the case hadnt been upen for 10 or so years lol :/

Oh right thats just because I got hold of one of these servers from a school that was chucking it out. It must have been on 24/7 for about 5 years or something. Anyway it took me roughly 2 days to fully clean the thing and the floppy drive looked JUST like that

33L · 13 Jan 2007 at 01:57

hows this for a dirty pc

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36876

hardc0re_tid · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:36

i was recently out on a customers site (car dealers/garage), installing a phone system. shooda seen the mess of their server, thick black dust, must have been the soot from the exhausts.

the wall behind the exhaust fan on the computer was also a sight, pure black circle on a cream wall lol

33L · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:59

its amazing how many companies really dont pay attention to their enviroments and expect things to rum smoothly.

HighlandeR · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:13

Yeah I noticed the samething with my akasa eclipse 62, the front filter tends to rack up the dust pretty well.

Could proberly have enuff DNA in there to create a duplicate of yourself

BFG_9000 · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:26

Computers are only as dirty as the people who own them :eek:

Once a week: A good blast with an air duster does the trick

33L · 15 Jan 2007 at 18:55

once a week is a little to often for my p180 which is on pretty muich most the time i would recon i clean the filters every 3 months

clone · 16 Jan 2007 at 10:35

Azza said:
Looks more like talcum powder to me than dust.

You wasnt about to snort somit to near to your case fan was you

Craigius · 16 Jan 2007 at 11:21

BFG_9000 said:
Computers are only as dirty as the people who own them Once a week: A good blast with an air duster does the trick

Yeah i have to say i try to clean my pc once a week

ChoÞÞer · 16 Jan 2007 at 13:01

Craigius said:
Yeah i have to say i try to clean my pc once a week

once a week? i aint cleaned this this pc ( inside) for at least 2 -3 months

clone · 16 Jan 2007 at 13:04

Once my pc parts get dust on them, its upgrade time

Craigius · 16 Jan 2007 at 13:06

clone said:
Once my pc parts get dust on them, its upgrade time

Nice one might have to do that myself, but i dont think my bank balance could take it. :eek:

hardc0re_tid · 16 Jan 2007 at 15:34

Craigius said:
Nice one might have to do that myself, but i dont think my bank balance could take it.

seconded

Zen · 16 Jan 2007 at 15:36

mm this really reminds me to open up my case and start cleaning it too, mine has been vibrating a lot recently, cant even feel the air flow down the front or back :O

Hey is there anything that I could use/buy something to clean my dusty fans, like some sort of alcohol/chemical to clean my dusty fans. I am not tooo keen on using water to clean it, as dust will still be stucked on it!

manoz · 16 Jan 2007 at 15:45

Some household cleaning like Pledge are designed to clean a surface and attract less dust. You could try that.

Legend · 16 Jan 2007 at 15:55

manoz said:
Some household cleaning like Pledge are designed to clean a surface and attract less dust. You could try that.

For optimum results, spray Pledge over Motherboard, CPU, Graphics Card, Hard Drives, and fans. Say goodbye to dust (and your PC) forever!

agnes · 16 Jan 2007 at 17:05

do what i do, place one of those dust attracting house hold cleaning things infront of the case and acctualy inside the case at the bottom, no dust will touch your computer, and every now and then, just shake them off.

works wonders, ags

manoz · 16 Jan 2007 at 17:16

Legend said:
For optimum results, spray Pledge over Motherboard, CPU, Graphics Card, Hard Drives, and fans. Say goodbye to dust (and your PC) forever!

LoL, I didn't mean it like that, I meant just spray a bit on a cloth and rub it on the fan. Not allover the components, I know better then that

Zen · 16 Jan 2007 at 19:40

manoz said:
LoL, I didn't mean it like that, I meant just spray a bit on a cloth and rub it on the fan. Not allover the components, I know better then that

LoL, I was going to ignore that, since I am not that dumb to do that.

If I do that, might as well throw away my degree in IT. XD

I was just wondering if there are actually any other way other than that...