PC Dust Elimination - The Rugged, Manly Way
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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560 words · ~2 min read
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now while I wrecking clean and fall somewhere amongst doing makeup and dance
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and ballet amongst a rugged man's typical priorities even the rugged man
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needs to take care of business when his PC starts to overheat and slow down it
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all started with finding a static free well ventilated location
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I chose to be outside in nature where only the cows were there to witness what
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was about to happen dust and other Airborne junk like cigarette smoke
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hinders cooling performance and can even cause a PC to die but even knowing about
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the possibility a death didn't prepare me for what I would see when I ended the
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side panel screws and looked inside that Tower
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I gave it one blast then I gave it another going for the biggest bunches in
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the corners of the case first I held the can upright firing in short burst to
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ensure my duster can performed optimally I blasted until my fingers got cold I
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know it's normal for these cans to get cold after extended use and uh they
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perform better warm so I took a break my
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enemy weakened and my own resolve hardened like steel I was ready to
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tackle the most challenging Parts I held the fans down to prevent them spinning
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and damaging the headers they were attached to and I let her rip I was
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merciless compassionless
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with the dust out of the fans and the heat sinks around the CPU and the
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graphics card I began to realize that evidence of the slaughter was all over I
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needed to get rid of it dust can be harmful if inhaled and it's just plain
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gross but the main reason was I wanted to hide what I'd done I vacuumed it up I
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wish I could have vacuumed it in the first place but that can cause static
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buildup and zap my stuff can't have that
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but there was still evidence of dust had been there I knew I could use a small
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paintbrush with my can to pick at the nooks and crannies and get the remainder
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off safely and restore all my pcbs to their former glory but what kind of
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man's got time for this paintbrush nonsense so I grabbed the air compressor
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that I really wished I'd remember that I had from the start I didn't run it at
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full strength because the last thing I wanted was more blood on my hands when
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the capacitors blew off my motherboard but I kept my distance went slow and was
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able to remove the last of the Dust when it was all over I took my PC and went
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inside knowing that I was a changed man
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but my CPU wasn't throttling anymore and my frame rates were back to normal so
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was it worth it did the sacrifice needed to be made yes yes it
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did thank you for watching this very unusual video on minus Tech tubes don't
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