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 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

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)

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

whoa, 40 bucks is quite expensive.anyway, thx

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?

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

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?

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

thx for ur advise.however i will take ur advise after i got my three months holiday and enuf budget to replace any part of the component.
for now, i'm still at U, extremely low on budget.
even if i got budget, it will cost a lot for me to replace any broken part as i'm currently not at any places near places that can get computer component easily like lowyat plaza.

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Added on September 6, 2009, 4:48 ami got one precious info/experience for anyone who uses compressed air can. u have to keep a distance when u spray as the compressed air is in liquid form.
if u put too close, the air still is liquid, but if u put too far, the air doesnt has enuf force to clean the dust.
i get this info from a fren and i think its quite important.

addition, u guys know how to add air into motor/car tires rite?i was thinking about using that(the air that comes out of the machine to pump tire) to clean the dust. however, fast moving air also means static charges.
static charges mean damage to ur mobo chipset or any chipset that can easily get broken by small electric current.
the compressed air can doesnt create static charges (according to what my fren said), i duno about that as i havnt use it yet.

This post has been edited by arthur88: Sep 6 2009, 04:48 AM

thx for ur precious advise bro.
but still, i think i better clean my chasis when i take my whole pc set back home.at home, its more convenient, got more tools, budget higher(parent's atm, haha), and most importantly wont influenced my study.
i'll take a look at Xigmatek and Scythe fan too.

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Added on September 6, 2009, 11:14 pmi did and still using filter, however in those edges of component inside chasis, even the edges of chasis (the metal pieces at both sides), got dust also.
i wana clean those parts too.
the longer u din clean ur chasis, the more obviuos u'll see dust at those edges.

This post has been edited by arthur88: Sep 6 2009, 11:14 PM

in ur opinion(anyone), between sucking air into chasis is and pulling the air out, which one is better in term of cooling and minimization of dust collection inside chasis.

the vacuum u saying is the big one like household use one?

yeah, evithing, including all ur device inside chasis.Nice suggestion, bro.
the pressure of blower at the bike shop is very high. All those static electricity generated from moving air sure will damage ur device before ot does the cleaning job.

hair dryer?
the air blow is strong enuf to blow the dust off?
hair dryer only produce hot air and slow air flow.
quite curious how u clean ur pc component inside chasis.
mind to tell us?

fyi, i got the knowledge of assemble and reassemble pc hardware. i even help me frens assemble their pc.
just that i cant afford trouble now from my pc. trouble like pc broke down, replacing component if any component broke down...
that's all.

This post has been edited by arthur88: Oct 14 2009, 09:18 PM