Compressed air?

• Jrz

  9 Oct 08, 20:53

  Anybody know where to get compressed air? Its supposed to be used for cleaning ur computer of dust to prevent overheating.

• MyPillowTalks

  10 Oct 08, 07:06

  Im not very sure where to get compressed air, uy can try hardware shops to ask around

  i feel that buying compresses air is redundant, as the dust can be easily cleaned off using a brush that children use to draw with, get those with a 'stronger' brush at the front

  i use it to clean off dust from the circuit boards, and the thin structure of the brush body manages to squeeze into narrower space between the fan and heatsink

• LatecomerX

  10 Oct 08, 07:36

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  Im not very sure where to get compressed air, uy can try hardware shops to ask around

  i feel that buying compresses air is redundant, as the dust can be easily cleaned off using a brush that children use to draw with, get those with a 'stronger' brush at the front

  i use it to clean off dust from the circuit boards, and the thin structure of the brush body manages to squeeze into narrower space between the fan and heatsink

  If you absolutely have to use a paint brush to remove the dust, use a small one. Otherwise, you may risk zapping your motherboard to death with static electricity.

   

• SBS7484P

  10 Oct 08, 10:30

  me has to clean a lot of crud out of heatsink spaces.. tried vacuum cleaner, dont work. but since the heatsink is completely aluminium, does that mean i can wash it? i dont mind spraying it down with a garden hose if i can.

• Jrz

  11 Oct 08, 21:59

  but using a brush would cause static...

  so id prefer using compressed air, to be safe..

  u think DIY shop has it??

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:25

  probably

  but it isnt cheap.. especially when if u got access to a tire pump at gas stations..

   

• Jrz

  11 Oct 08, 22:31

  ;/ tire pump need pay money???

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:34

  u go to the attendant and show them a heatsink, then ask how much to blast the shit outta this thing

• Jrz

  11 Oct 08, 22:40

  Attendant: *picks up phone* ~calls police to escort me to IMH

• whiskers

  11 Oct 08, 22:41

  If u can take the thing out, why cant u jus wash it? Afterall its suppose to be aluminium... On my old computer the video card gets quite hot... last time use to put ice on the heat sink haha... so far nothing happen..
  SO yeah, i will say wash it... If rust means ur heat sink is fake... Just have to reapply the grease after taht...

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:42

  gg then :lol:

  i havent tried.. im gonna try this on my pe teacher.. ask if can borrow the ball pump to pump the crud outtamy heatsink

• Jrz

  11 Oct 08, 22:42

  WTF?! WASH?

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:53

  i dun wan risk it to rust.. not worth just to buy a new one, after all.. im just helping a fren to revive his PC, and since he asked for it, run linux on it

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:54

  Originally posted by Jrz:

  WTF?! WASH?

  
  aluminium can wash waht. no rust. like aluminium rims. wash em, they dont rust.

• whiskers

  11 Oct 08, 22:56

  Originally posted by Jrz:

  WTF?! WASH?

  Tried and tested lah.. can one.. BUT make sure ur heat sink not chiong one lah... I washed mine lah.. still work now... wun rust... If scared better dun... later spoil u come find me then no good... hehe
  
  If nt... jus vacuum watever u can... the rest jus live with it loh...

• SBS7484P

  11 Oct 08, 22:59

  i think th original P4 heatsink can wash ah... that one full o crap stuck inthe fins

• Jrz

  13 Oct 08, 19:38

  i scared mine is fake. not i buy my pc.

  dad buy for me. and dad like fake. lol.

  btw, just ytd i cleaned my pc, it was fine

  then i havent put back the cover,

  accidentally shocked my hard disk. the under part.

  i think i did, or i imagined. and now my com works funny.

  itd restart randomly or my screen would have some funny scrambled pictures. ;[ isit my bios or i just screwed my com like that.

• Xcert

  14 Oct 08, 16:55

  Originally posted by Jrz:

  Anybody know where to get compressed air? Its supposed to be used for cleaning ur computer of dust to prevent overheating.

   

  
  army market used to sell small cylinders of compressed air for army inflatable life jackets....not sure if they sell it now...

  if U need to use a lot...scuba tank is also compressed air....

  but hell....why dont U just bring watever that U want to use it on to a petrol station and use the air pump there?free....just make sure that U dont blow up the station can already.

• maurizio13

  14 Oct 08, 16:58

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  i think th original P4 heatsink can wash ah... that one full o crap stuck inthe fins

   

  I flush my heatsink under running water.

   

  Folks wanting to do this should always remember to remove the fan first.

   

  Not forgetting heatsink grease to spread over the processor before attaching the heatsink.

   

   

   

   

• skeujin

  14 Oct 08, 17:01

  just saw yest challenger got alot but i nvr see price.

• SBS7484P

  14 Oct 08, 20:55

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

   

  I flush my heatsink under running water.

   

  Folks wanting to do this should always remember to remove the fan first.

   

  Not forgetting heatsink grease to spread over the processor before attaching the heatsink.

   

   

   

   

  yes of course, the fan

• SBS7484P

  14 Oct 08, 20:56

  Originally posted by skeujin:

  just saw yest challenger got alot but i nvr see price.

  
  of what, gas cans?

  which branch?

• skeujin

  14 Oct 08, 22:28

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  of what, gas cans?

  which branch?

  yes gas cans. funan. im going again tomorrow. can chk for u the price/

• skeujin

  16 Oct 08, 14:35

  ok challenger funan. 3m compressed air going at $12.90 for a big can.

• SBS7484P

  16 Oct 08, 19:04

  ok thanks