i got my pc almost 3 yrs ago and now its full of dust. normally ppl will take all the component inside one by one clean it thoroughly. however, i dun wish to take out all the component as some ppl said "before you take out all the component for cleaning, the pc works perfectly fine, but after u take out all component and clean it and put back inside chasis, the pc got problem like slow on turning on, cannot start, performance slow...etc...or any similar problem". So, in order to prevent this and din want to take the risk, can anyone suggest alternative solution to remove the dust inside chasis without taking out the component?

Solution that i can think of:
1-> use blower(not sure the name is correct or not)
2-> send to shops or any services that provide cleaning (preferably not to choose this option)
3-> get suggestions from this thread from ppl that have experienced/tried to clean the chasis without taking out the component.

thx in advance.

paint brush.... does wonders.


paint brush plus blower....hell of alot better

You want spot-less cleanliness, you have to take it out...
Take them out and just dust and wipe..simple..if scared about wires, put some tape and name them..
Its a simple job..dun b scared of your machine..your r the boss..

paint brush like normal paint brush or there is specific paint brush for cleaning chasis?
how mush is the blower cost?where can i get it?

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Added on August 30, 2009, 1:35 pmyes, i'm the boss of my own machine, but human tend to do mistakes and sometimes we dun even know we have done mistakes until its too late.
still, i dun take the risk, if my machine broke down, i'm doom. cant do assignment and lab sheet., cant study also.
the main reason i want to clean it, or can say reduce the amount of dust inside chasis is because my GC always hang due to high temp.
when i first bought the GC (Gecube 3870 xt3), the normal load temp is 54-57 Celsius. now it has gone UP to 56-60 in NORMAL load!!!
i was thinking about getting galaxy tri fan artic cool GC but no budget,so i choose to clean/reduce the amount of dust inside the chasis.

my chasis got two 80mm fan sucking air, two 50mm fan blowing the hot air out, plus gigantic fan inside CM 650 extreme power to blow the hot air out.
could it be the PSU that caused heat inside my chasis too?beside dust?

one extremely noticeable thing is after i use this PSU, the room where i put my pc tend to get hot fast and easy.

This post has been edited by arthur88: Aug 30 2009, 01:35 PM

This has been discussed, dissected and grill over before.
You can search about air can also.

can anyone enlighten me?where is the thread that talk about this matter?
what is air can?sory for my noob questions but i just nvr heard about it before.
i know i can search from google, but personally i think its better if anyone who has used it tell me about it.
(experienced is more important than facts/knowledge)

there is no bulk thread about this
it is a can of compressed air.

just compressed air?do u ever used it before?if u do, pls tell me the brand, where u got it and how much it cost.thx

yes, just compressed air
I never used it before, because I cant manage to find one
But I know you can get it at Ace Hardware in Midvalley around 40 bucks

i normally recommend taking everything apart..
wiping everything away with a clean towel
then use compressed air
and use soft brush for casing + compress air
and alcohol+ear buds + compress air for mobo/gc's
hdd use anti static clothe.
ram.. compress air only

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Aug 30 2009, 09:53 PM

whoa, 40 bucks is quite expensive.anyway, thx

i used "cyber clean" the green blubber stuff

can even clean between hsf,

use 2 time already turned yucky color, more cheaper than compressed air

but brush cheapest

what is hsf?
what do u mean by turned yucky color?the air from "cyber clean" that sprayed to chasis turned yucky color?or sumthing else?

hsf= heatsink fan
the cooler for your cpu

google cyber clean and you will know wat im talking about

the stuff that u use can clean which other part(minor part like the corner, or any part that brush unable to clean)?

pretty much do all the job

can even clean hole for casing fan(fan also can), psu fan area, tiny hole around pci slot
got nice scent also

i'm not quite understand how the cyber clean works.
is it a can of compressed air or water?
u just spray at dust and all the dust can be cleaned?
how much a can of Cyber Clean cost?

don't simply use any type of brush.. you may kick up some static while you brush the surface of your internals.

I use blower and brush. Those blower then u usually can get from big camera shop, use by those camera enthusiast to clean their camera. But, I got mine at Digital Mall, Sec 17 PJ, cost me less than RM30. Brush, I just get those school watercolour brush.

BTW, confession, I am beginner at IT , therefore, dont dare to remove out any hardware to clean one by one, scared spoilt, so, just remove the casing, use blower to blow, if use mouth, scared sliver drop in, computer kena H1N1, die off.

is this mean u tried using any brush and kicked up static electricity?
if u do, what kind of brush u use that time?

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Added on August 31, 2009, 6:49 pmcan u show the pic of the blower u use? if can include the brand name of the blower so that i can make it as reference.
i nvr see the blower for cleaning computer chasis before.

yeah, me too, dun dare to use mouth to blow. sumore its dirty inside. when u use mouth to blow sure the dust will be all over ur face.

This post has been edited by arthur88: Aug 31 2009, 06:49 PM