I dusted...look at the changes

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Well since it had been about a year since I had dusted my Dell, I decided to do so. Everything went normal, and when I took out the GPU I found something interesting-about half the PCI-E slot was clogged with dust! I removed the dust, replugged the GPU, and ran a few tests to see if everything was working. This is the part that really amazed me-I got about 460 points more on 3D Mark -5 then my last test about a week ago.

Funny what dusting can do, eh?

Anyway, if you haven't gotten the message, DUST YOUR CASE! You won't regret it...;)

A few more things that might be interesting-I found that everything in the case minus the mobo is secured toolessly. Fans, drives, everything. It could be because Dell is oriented toward people who are less computer-literate, but I still found it interesting.

Also, I found my GPU (nVidia 6800 GTO is actually SLI capable despite the lack of 2 PCI-E slots on the mobo.
 
I've heard alot about the GF6800GTO SLi problems though. Only a few have gotten 'em to work in SLi, as far as I know.
 
I just cleaned my computer quick (it started raining and I use a compresser outside to do it so...). My temps went down a bit. How often should you clean your computer like every month?
 
Well i know why here the reason.

because dust is non conductive to electricity the more dust you have the more power the motherboard needs to put into making the connections

so if you clean your pc which should be done as soon as you start seeing dust clots at the bottom of the case, then you should have no decrease in performance. well thats my theroy anyway.
 
because dust is non conductive to electricity the more dust you have the more power the motherboard needs to put into making the connections
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as true as that is, its actually not the main reason why dust is a killer. Usually its because dust gets into fans, which slows them down, dust clogs heatsink fins aswell, this all generates more heat as he components are less able to dissipate the thermal energy as quickly. And as we all know as heat increases the efficiency of components decreases emmensley (this is especially true for RAM and CPU/GPU)

In response to "how often should you do it" it depends on how dusty your environment is, you should do it when the fans fins get a little bit grey and when you see a thin lining of dust on the bottom of the case.

dragon
 
dragon2309 said:
In response to "how often should you do it" it depends on how dusty your environment is, you should do it when the fans fins get a little bit grey and when you see a thin lining of dust on the bottom of the case.

dragon
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I had layers of dust in between the 2 main fans in the case-the GPU fan and the other blower. Probably not to good for cooling?

But what location do you have yours in so dust intake is minimalized?
 
Christian Darrall said:
Well i know why here the reason.

because dust is non conductive to electricity the more dust you have the more power the motherboard needs to put into making the connections
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OK, wow.... NO, that is NOT true AT ALL. If you know anything about electricity, you would know thats not true. Electricity always takes the easiest way to ground. Why would electricity want to go threw dust to make a circuit when it has a very conductive trace?
Even if it did reqiure more electricity, you would still be running at the same speeds. Electricity always runs at the same MPH/KMH, it NEVER changes.
 
what method do you guys use to dust ur case/mobo/etc...?

i'm too scared to dust it thinking that i might damage it
 
Not with the vaccum cleaner, you'll destroy your computer because of something (I don't remember well) demagnetises your hardware something like that...
 
cans of compressed air only blows the dust away rite? then it will be all over the place :(
 
a123 said:
cans of compressed air only blows the dust away rite? then it will be all over the place :(
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ya but it wont be in your computer and you can just wipe up the dust where it settled or you can use a vaccum although i wouldnt.
 
I use a combo of a vacuum and compressed air. I use compressed air to get the dust off my computer components, and i have the vacuum hose to suck the dust out of the air. This, i think, is the best way, so the dust doesnt settle back into your case. I usually keep the vacuum about 7/8Ft or more away from my computer components, so i dont damage them.
 
i know sounds stupid but my paint ball gun runs on compressed air the air doest come out to seem that it would damage anything so i could just shoot off my gun with no balls in it to clean my comp it might be a litle fun lol but it should worck right its compressed air compressed oxigen to be presise
 
AMD gs player said:
i know sounds stupid but my paint ball gun runs on compressed air the air doest come out to seem that it would damage anything so i could just shoot off my gun with no balls in it to clean my comp it might be a litle fun lol but it should worck right its compressed air compressed oxigen to be presise
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I wouldn't try it. Unless you are truly desperate and can't afford a can of compressed air, which I doubt seeing as you have a PB gun, but even then....
 
AMD gs player said:
compressed air compressed oxigen to be presise
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Well, to be presise, its C02, no 02. If it was oxygen, it would be highly explosive, and it would be too dangerous to paintball.
 
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