Journal #8506
Posted 9 years ago2015-02-16 14:31:11 UTC
Public Service Announcement:
While some of you might have significant others, most of you probably could care less, February is the month of LOVE!
Show your computer some love by tenderly undressing it and exploring it's insides- cleaning as you go
Get yourself a Vacuum, Compressed Air, old toothbrushes and some Arctic Silver!
Re-seat your ram, clean your vents and filters.
For god's sake, at the very minimum clear out your heat sink!
Let your processor go topless and breathe a breath of fresh air while you clean the mating surfaces and ensure maximum heat transfer into the sink.
Or you can end up like me and overtemping your processor to +90C and bringing your lovely machine to it's knees. I cooked the old thermal pad D:
Don't let this happen to you:
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While some of you might have significant others, most of you probably could care less, February is the month of LOVE!
Show your computer some love by tenderly undressing it and exploring it's insides- cleaning as you go
Get yourself a Vacuum, Compressed Air, old toothbrushes and some Arctic Silver!
Re-seat your ram, clean your vents and filters.
For god's sake, at the very minimum clear out your heat sink!
Let your processor go topless and breathe a breath of fresh air while you clean the mating surfaces and ensure maximum heat transfer into the sink.
Or you can end up like me and overtemping your processor to +90C and bringing your lovely machine to it's knees. I cooked the old thermal pad D:
Don't let this happen to you:
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Nice metaphor, but spelling and grammar needs work. B-
I clean my computer every 3 months everytime, so this won't happen.
I try to take care of my machine but I think I've learned a lesson and will be more vigilant in the future.
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I hope your CPU didn't sustain any damgage
Me too D: I'm crossing my fingers after I toss some fresh Arctic Silver on it tonight.
Disassembled everything, washed everything with high proof alcohol (174 proof) it has never looked so good, even though i don't use it myself now it needed love. 2 of my servers need some loving as well
As horrifying as that was, it was very satisfying to take all that out and get the thing working again.