system over heating!

[liamcrane]

hi everyone my system has decided to hit the roof with its temps and i no what the cause of it is, its full of dust so i have just ordered myself a can of compressed air but i dont feel its enough i had a usb mini vacuem and to be honest they are rubbish dont suck up anything at all. i was wondering if someone could tell me where i could buy a small battery powered vacuem or something that would suck the air up inside.

cheers

 

[melbourne720]

You need two things.

(1) a regular vacuum cleaner. Henry are the best for this sort of thing.

(2) A soft paint brush. Best would be a woman's blusher brush.

Directions:

Brush the dust away, and hover it up with the hoover. For the dust on the motherboard, use your air duster to dislodge, then hoover it away.

 

[DaveMac]

As above ^, + avoid nylon and use a natural bristled brush.

If it's very severe, you may be better off stripping it down and doing each bit in detail.

 

[thefishdude]

them air cans work great they are pretty powerfull. the worst things in the heatsink they get clogged up easy, sometime have to take it offf and poke it out lol