Is your CPU fan clean? - Page 2

lklatmy · 12th Sep 2005, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AAY

Methinks you need an air filter in your place

. I used to enjoy cleaning Pentium classics with the stock Intel heatsinks though...just unclip the fan and hold the processor + heatsink under some running water...heh...

Will water ruin the processor

Bizarre · 12th Sep 2005, 09:57 AM

Fan filters are the best thing i ever got for my computer, i just let it build up then suck it off with the vacuum lol

The_YongGrand · 12th Sep 2005, 10:49 AM

Several years ago, when I was using my K6-2 PC, I didn't know why my PC started giving exceptions and errors when doing nearly anything and kept on restarting like mad.

So I stuck my ear on the CPU and listen. It was particularly silent. Where's the fan anyway?

I opened up my case. I see the CPU fan is moving very slowly. Aha, that's the culprit. I blew it. No use. Dust as thick as an inch. All messed up into the heatsink-fan chamber.

I took out the fan, get a dry paintbrush (or tissues), and brush it off. The dust is as thick as even 2-inch!! I continued until I finally managed to brush out a mangled heap of black-and-grey dust!!

My goodness, then the whole comp started to work as usual. Whew...

[Have I told you this story before anyway??

]

Mike · 12th Sep 2005, 11:34 AM

pretty clean. i have 2 intake fans and 3 output fans with no filtres.

more air going out than coming in = most of the dust blown outside of the case

Trinity · 12th Sep 2005, 02:06 PM

Yeah, My fan looked like Chai's picture.

The thing is it's a pretty new fan. You all should remember when I put it on I posted pictures of that. And I have blasted it with dust off more than a few times. But I never thought to remove the fan. WOW, All the dust was just caked up right where the fan body "protected" the copper fins

from my dust-off air blast's.

What a mess!

But now that it's clean my VIA Hardware Monitor shows about 5 degrees cooler under full cpu load (105F). And my hsf rpm's have increased about 225 rpm.

BTW, Here are some pictures of my hsf... When new.

http://forums.rojakpot.com/showthread.php?t=10330

peaz · 12th Sep 2005, 02:29 PM

Even my notebook cooler is so dusty... heatsink? Don't even want to think about it. once, my radiaotor built up a 5mm thick dust!

Trinity · 12th Sep 2005, 03:01 PM

I was looking at those pictures in that link I posted and...

Gawww!!!

I put my HSF back on in the WRONG direction!!!

Well I just changed it back. And now it's cooling even better.

While I was in there again I took a couple of 'after cleaning' pictures.

zy · 12th Sep 2005, 03:22 PM

my friends PC .. while i was cleaning it

Trinity · 12th Sep 2005, 03:35 PM

Woah!!!!

Mine was not quite the bad...

That looks like cat fur.

Does your freind have a cat?

Adrian Wong · 16th Sep 2005, 03:31 AM

Take a look at how dirty my cooler got!

12th Sep 2005, 09:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bizarre Warming up Join Date: 26 Jul 2004 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 143 Reputation: 18 Rep Power: 5	Fan filters are the best thing i ever got for my computer, i just let it build up then suck it off with the vacuum lol __________________ // A64 3200+ Venice @ 2.5Ghz // DFi Lanparty NF3 Ultra D // 2 X 512 Corsair VS 3200 // Nvidia 6800GT 256MB // Samsung SyncMaster 930BF 4ms 19" // Audigy 2 // 2 X 80Gig Seagate 1 x 200gig WesternDigital

12th Sep 2005, 11:34 AM	#14 (permalink)
Mike Active Join Date: 8 Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 949 Reputation: 67 Rep Power: 6	pretty clean. i have 2 intake fans and 3 output fans with no filtres. more air going out than coming in = most of the dust blown outside of the case __________________ Mike Z Watercooled Aria SFF \| D Rig \| Ghetto Fanless Desktop

12th Sep 2005, 02:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 6,783 Reputation: 5297 Rep Power: 64	Yeah, My fan looked like Chai's picture. The thing is it's a pretty new fan. You all should remember when I put it on I posted pictures of that. And I have blasted it with dust off more than a few times. But I never thought to remove the fan. WOW, All the dust was just caked up right where the fan body "protected" the copper fins from my dust-off air blast's. What a mess! But now that it's clean my VIA Hardware Monitor shows about 5 degrees cooler under full cpu load (105F). And my hsf rpm's have increased about 225 rpm. BTW, Here are some pictures of my hsf... When new. http://forums.rojakpot.com/showthread.php?t=10330 Last edited by Trinity : 12th Sep 2005 at 02:17 PM.

12th Sep 2005, 02:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,501 Reputation: 1633 Rep Power: 31	Even my notebook cooler is so dusty... heatsink? Don't even want to think about it. once, my radiaotor built up a 5mm thick dust! __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Visit my web gallery - Ken's Digital Canvas Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography Sterling@PJ Community Forums

12th Sep 2005, 10:49 AM	#13 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,316 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	Several years ago, when I was using my K6-2 PC, I didn't know why my PC started giving exceptions and errors when doing nearly anything and kept on restarting like mad. So I stuck my ear on the CPU and listen. It was particularly silent. Where's the fan anyway? I opened up my case. I see the CPU fan is moving very slowly. Aha, that's the culprit. I blew it. No use. Dust as thick as an inch. All messed up into the heatsink-fan chamber. I took out the fan, get a dry paintbrush (or tissues), and brush it off. The dust is as thick as even 2-inch!! I continued until I finally managed to brush out a mangled heap of black-and-grey dust!! My goodness, then the whole comp started to work as usual. Whew... [Have I told you this story before anyway?? ]

12th Sep 2005, 03:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 6,783 Reputation: 5297 Rep Power: 64	Woah!!!! Mine was not quite the bad... That looks like cat fur. Does your freind have a cat?