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  1. Feb 1st, 2004, 12:17 AM #1
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    [pics] I think I solved my overheating problem!

    I haven't cleaned out my case in a while, I go to open it up to have a look and.. um... well damn.






    Time to bust out the dirt buster and canned air!

    When was the last time you cleaned out your case?
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    I've never dust busted in mine, and its got to be 5 years old now.

    Thank god I don't have a digital camera
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    Tis easy when you have a live in girlfriend....the added bonus being she knows what a screwdriver is....
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    Girlfriends are an unknown concept here.
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    Originally posted by Slaine
    Girlfriends are an unknown concept here.
    As is puberty I would hazard a guess....
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    Re: [pics] I think I solved my overheating problem!

    Originally posted by kasracer






    Pfft. You call that dust?

    I've got so much dust here, my fans choke if there's air in the vicinity.
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    Letting a girl loose with a screwdriver is just asking for trouble.

    My second girlfriend once tried to fix her stereo while listening to Radio 1. I reckon the marigolds saved her life.


    Maybe I attract thick women?
    I don't live here any more.
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    I took the lid off my XBOX the other day, its about 18 months old and it had not a spot of dust in it at all.

    At what point does the dust fairy come along and deposite a kilo of skin cells and gunk in a case?
    I don't live here any more.
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    Re: Re: [pics] I think I solved my overheating problem!

    Originally posted by mendhak
    Pfft. You call that dust?

    I've got so much dust here, my fans choke if there's air in the vicinity.
    Last time I cleaned it out was about 8 months ago. It makes the heat stay around the CPU alot longer with dust in the heatsink.
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    Originally posted by Slaine
    Girlfriends are an unknown concept here.
    Yeah um..... this is just you.... yeah...
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    Re: Re: Re: [pics] I think I solved my overheating problem!

    Originally posted by kasracer
    Last time I cleaned it out was about 8 months ago. It makes the heat stay around the CPU alot longer with dust in the heatsink.
    Get a more powerful fan. Got a dual xeon server in work - been up for the past few years nearly straight - and there's very little dust in the case.
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    Originally posted by kasracer
    Yeah um..... this is just you.... yeah...
    Not much choice really - the wife wouldn't be too happy
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    Re: Re: Re: Re: [pics] I think I solved my overheating problem!

    Originally posted by plenderj
    Get a more powerful fan. Got a dual xeon server in work - been up for the past few years nearly straight - and there's very little dust in the case.
    My case isn't on 24/7, which is why the dust collects
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    my fan is clogged with dirt, dont want to take casing off incase my pc falls apart
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    Originally posted by wossname
    Letting a girl loose with a screwdriver is just asking for trouble.

    My second girlfriend once tried to fix her stereo while listening to Radio 1. I reckon the marigolds saved her life.


    Maybe I attract thick women?
    Hmmm,

    My second girlfriend broke up with me at recess.

    LOL
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    Well, we were both in highschool at the time!

    There have henceforth been a few more dunces fallen for the old Wossy charm.
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    Originally posted by Madboy
    my fan is clogged with dirt, dont want to take casing off incase my pc falls apart
    Take a leaf out of my brother's book.

    He decided one day to take the computer and completely dis-mantle it. When I say completely I mean anything which was put together with screws suffered.

    His reasons were "to see how it was put together" - too bad he couldn't re-assemble it though.
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    Originally posted by visualAd
    When I say completely I mean anything which was put together with screws suffered.
    including the hard drive?
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    Originally posted by dis1411
    including the hard drive?
    Not that completely - thankfully.

    He did dismantle the power supply though.
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    Originally posted by visualAd


    He did dismantle the power supply though.
    Was it still plugged into the wall socket?
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    Originally posted by Gary Campbell
    Was it still plugged into the wall socket?
    My computer doesn't plug into the wall socket. Its one of those new revolutionary Nuclear Powered computers.

    Its got a garunteed up time of half a million years.
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    what about this bad boy?

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