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Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 02:21
by Lavabug
Seriously, do it.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 02:32
by shadowalk
I do this regularly once a month...when my PC is still operational that is. I'm still saving up for an upgrade...planning to get me one of those AMD Phenom X4 processor PCs. I've been stuck to a piss-ass 1.87 GHz Celeron based laptop for almost a year now and I can't play today's games. :oldryan:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 02:39
by zim
I opened up my sisters pc the other night to do a little maintenance and goddamn I almost choked to death when I sprayed some air into that thing.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 02:56
by Lavabug
I pulled out a disc of lint about 1/2cm thick from the space between my heatsink and fan. My PC has been loud as fucking hell for the past few months, but after cleaning it, the problem was solved. Average temps were at like 67 C now they're at 40 C, pretty insane.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 05:01
by Abzu
It's amazing what a little regular maintenance can do for a device.



It is also amazing to see what happens to copious amounts of dust when it slow cooks at 50-60c for a year or two. :krinor:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 05:29
by zim
[quote name="abzu"]It's amazing what a little regular maintenance can do for a device.



It is also amazing to see what happens to copious amounts of dust when it slow cooks at 50-60c for a year or two. :krinor:[/quote]



i know this is off topic, but i can't believe i just looked at every one of your myspace pics.. i feel like i know you now :huh:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 05:37
by Haunty
That's kinda creepy.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 06:00
by Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs
[quote name="HbW"]That's kinda creepy and homosexual.[/quote]

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 06:44
by zim
:TOUCHMYPENIS:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 08:38
by Tyreese BIGGUMS
[quote name="shadowalk"]I do this regularly once a month...when my PC is still operational that is. I'm still saving up for an upgrade...planning to get me one of those AMD Phenom X4 processor PCs. I've been stuck to a piss-ass 1.87 GHz Celeron based laptop for almost a year now and I can't play today's games. :oldryan:[/quote]



Personally I wouldn't get one of the Phenom CPUs. From what I understand, they run a lot hotter than the Intel Core 2 Quads do. My Q8200, @ 75% load (highest I've ever gotten it to run at) only hits 40C/104F with a Zalman CNPS-9500 on it. System/Case is a constant 43C/109F with one side off, and only two fans above the PSU and one under the HD rack.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 11:15
by Charles Bronson
I had a computer that I used and didn't clean for 2 years. Bitch ton of dust.



Computers know when to shut off from the temperature, so its no worries really. Just clean it when it gets bad.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 21:18
by Abzu
Save me from the :gaystalker:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 02 Jun 2009, 21:34
by zim
[quote name="abzu"]Save me from the :gaystalker:[/quote]



back on topic, go clean your pc. i will be cleaning mine today. :santa:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 03 Jun 2009, 03:34
by jawn galliano
i need to build a new computer relatively soon, final fantasy 14 online announced for release in 2010 :oldryan:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 03 Jun 2009, 06:06
by Abzu
I am jamming a notebook these days. Couple bursts of compressed air in the vents and I'm good.

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 04:14
by Verbal
id like to know about computers enough to be able to build it and do maintenance, but i am not knowledgeable enough

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 04:17
by jawn galliano
can you use a philips head screwdriver and fit things together? that is all that's required

lol @ my broke 2009 ass dreaming of building another pc in 2010. if only i knew what the year ahead had in store!

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 04:21
by Verbal
jawn galliano wrote:
06 Aug 2021, 04:17
can you use a philips head screwdriver and fit things together? that is all that's required

lol @ my broke 2009 ass dreaming of building another pc in 2010. if only i knew what the year ahead had in store!

i have heard the phrase philips head screwdriver. i dont think that is all that is needed. i suspect the difficult part is not doing what needs to be done, but rather knowing what to do

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 04:30
by jawn galliano
i walked someone through their first build remotely last year. he did 90% of the work on his own without needing my help and could've figured out the remaining 10% on his own if he really needed to

the most difficult thing is probably just knowing what to buy, and on that front i contributed a lot. but just in going through that process, and then unpacking everything and just looking at it, you can kind of derive what ultimately must be done

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 04:32
by Verbal
i dont think youre appreciating how much of an idiot i am

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:21
by zim
my pc looks like a body with its organs spilling on out

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:22
by Verbal
probably lupus

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:25
by zim
Image

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:27
by jawn galliano
:shock:::::::::::::::

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:28
by Verbal
what even is that

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:30
by zim
the state of my life

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 05:31
by Verbal
so your funeral was this morning then

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 06:46
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
What the shit zimbo

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 06:49
by zim
:homework:

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 12:38
by User
that is an odious mess

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 16:40
by Mesarthim
Verbal wrote:
06 Aug 2021, 04:32
i dont think youre appreciating how much of an idiot i am
:redneck:::::

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 17:46
by shadowalk
aren’t you gonna mess up your HDD angled like that?

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 18:04
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
It looks like zim doesn't care about shit like that

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 20:20
by zim
Methuselah Honeysuckle wrote:
06 Aug 2021, 18:04
It looks like zim doesn't care about shit like that
:redneck:

the ssds are fine, the mechanical drive is probably fine as long as it isn't bothered. I can't fit all that bullshit in the case and the side cover got lost at my office. it's FINE

Re: Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

Posted: 06 Aug 2021, 20:22
by agony bagony
the fan has been turning on in my wife's computer like woah of late, i should clean it out :bulb: