Class One Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 As i'd incorrectly enetered a flashcard and it fell inside the driver. I've had the thing for about 30 months and it's on all the time except when I'm away. Fook me the dust inside the thing! I'm surprised it still bloody works! Grim! A gentle clean out with the dyson and its spick and span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 nice... it can breath now! mine needs opening up and a bit of a hoover.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Disgusting innit? Blocks the fans and HSF cooling fins eventually too. Hope you told the Mrs off for not dusting properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 As i'd incorrectly enetered a flashcard and it fell inside the driver. I've had the thing for about 30 months and it's on all the time except when I'm away. Fook me the dust inside the thing! I'm surprised it still bloody works! Grim! A gentle clean out with the dyson and its spick and span. Aaaagh!....you got away with it!... Don't ever put a vacuum cleaner nozzle near your computer mate, you'll kill it dead.... Apparently the static voltages, even on the end of a plastic hose, can fry your motherboard... Use a dry paintbrush and something like Air Duster aerosol if you want to blow the cobwebs out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 PC's are like hoovers, gather so much dust it's not funny anymore. I try to clean mine out every 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 spiked a few copier boards with a vac in my time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradan Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Aaaagh!....you got away with it!... Don't ever put a vacuum cleaner nozzle near your computer mate, you'll kill it dead.... Apparently the static voltages, even on the end of a plastic hose, can fry your motherboard... Use a dry paintbrush and something like Air Duster aerosol if you want to blow the cobwebs out.... you will be fine with a dyson as long as you dont use any metal attachments,the hose and pipe are rubber and thus dont conduct electricity, but the paint brush and aerosol is a much better solution:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 you will be fine with a dyson as long as you dont use any metal attachments,the hose and pipe are rubber and thus dont conduct electricity, but the paint brush and aerosol is a much better solution:) it doesn't have to be metal to conduct as its static my service vac i use has a rubber hose with a plastic attachement and has an earth conected to the hose still blows stuff up i wouldn't use a vac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 you will be fine with a dyson as long as you dont use any metal attachments,the hose and pipe are rubber and thus dont conduct electricity, but the paint brush and aerosol is a much better solution:) I can remember getting enough shocks from rubber plug caps in my youth...before I learned not to touch the bodywork with my other hand.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I can remember getting enough shocks from rubber plug caps in my youth...before I learned not to touch the bodywork with my other hand.. lol been there, testing for a spark on my motorbike and my head to close to the handle bar spark jumped from my head bl00dy hurt too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradan Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 it doesn't have to be metal to conduct as its static my service vac i use has a rubber hose with a plastic attachement and has an earth conected to the hose still blows stuff up i wouldn't use a vac if that was the case m8 there would be a lot of dead people in the world as rubber is used as an insulator!!! static elec is still elec and will NOT pass through rubber..it may jump from one conductive material to another as static elec is usually thousands of volts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 if that was the case m8 there would be a lot of dead people in the world as rubber is used as an insulator!!! static elec is still elec and will NOT pass through rubber..it may jump from one conductive material to another as static elec is usually thousands of volts No it doesn't have to be thousands of volts as you have no doubt experienced yourself when you get a belt after getting out of a car when you touch the bodywork... The whole point about static is that it can exist in air.. So you switch on your hoover, what is passing down the center of the hose?,,,dust particles and air (damp or otherwise) which is being drawn by an electric motor... So the air is being drawn up the pipe directly to a 240 volt motor at a fair rate of knots, but not quite as fast as electricity is capable of traveling...work it out for yourself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Think we're missing the actual facts here. Its not about whether the vacuum hose/nozzle etc conducts electricity. It is the objects ability to gain an electrical charge that matters here... ANY material has the ability to gain and hold a static build up of electrical charge. (and plastic/rubber is VERY good at holding this charge as it is an INSULATOR and therefore cannot dissapate its charge easily) You know this as if you rub a baloon against your hair you can stick it to a wall or rub a nylon stick with a cloth (remember the old bending of water trick in Science!! ) And both baloons and nylon are rubber and plastic!!! By rubbing the object you are either 'rubbing off' electrons or 'rubbing on' electrons to the object. The object therefore gains a net electrical charge. (i.e. a build up/deficit of electrons at the objects surface) and this charge will transfer to an object to balance its charge. To put this in context with the hoover thing... You turn on the dyson, the air quickly travels through the nozzle and 'rubs' electrons off the plastic, leaving the nozzle with a positive electrical charge. (you also have a spinning motor that also generates more charge within the hoover). Now, when you put this static charged nozzle near the computer it can discharge through the motherboards circuitry which toasts any microelectronics it passes through. phew.... now my brain hurts... time for bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 PC's are like hoovers, gather so much dust it's not funny anymore. As a hayfever sufferer since a few years ago I've always added pollen filters before the large intake fans on my PC case. Just turning the PC can clear the room of pollen and house dust in less than 20 minutes, very nice in the middle of summer when you need some relief from hayfever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I think static is over rated I mean they say you need anti static mats/bands etc I have built around 20 PC's now and my own one is always in bits I never use any anti static stuff just the bags and never had a problem. Dust inside the case is a cause of not having good air flow through the pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 pish. I've vacuumed and built/serviced PC's and components thousands of times when I used to do it for a living (these day's I try not to get my hands dirty ), I'd never used an anti-static wrist band or anything and have never fried anything (I would touch the metal casing of the power supply to discharge any static I may have though, just to make sure). Don't worry about it I wouldn't recommend plugging PCI cards in while it's still switched on though, didn't do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 yeah that is a no no dosnt seem to be a problem on AGP/pci-e think I was just lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 pish. I've vacuumed and built/serviced PC's and components thousands of times when I used to do it for a living (these day's I try not to get my hands dirty ), I'd never used an anti-static wrist band or anything and have never fried anything (I would touch the metal casing of the power supply to discharge any static I may have though, just to make sure). Don't worry about it I wouldn't recommend plugging PCI cards in while it's still switched on though, didn't do that again. Also, don't push a pipe cleaner into two for the three ports on a PSE cord - black fingers and lots of flashes Also (on a serious note) NEVER EVER EVER where an anti-static band when working on a monitor, you WILL die!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Also (on a serious note) NEVER EVER EVER where an anti-static band when working on a monitor, you WILL die!! Why, why, why ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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