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vmozara

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Quote from: deskless on August 22, 2018, 05:17:15 PM

are you serious dude ? I haven't done cleaning for over 6 months

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All of a sudden mining stopped. Not sure whether the MB or CPU died. When I opened the rig I did see lot of dust. I plan to clean it this week and try running them again. Have any of you tried to call warranty on either the MB or CPU ?

Funny, this guy has same username like you

leowonderful

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Bitcoin FTW!

My rigs are now mostly comprised of FE GPUs, and for those I will take compressed air and blow the dust off of not only the fan, but I also take the cover off the GPU and blow out the fins inside. I do this every month or two, and my temps are great, even in a room that's not too well-ventilated in the summer.

If you're buying compressed air cans, try ordering in larger amounts. If you're buying only a few cans at a time, you're paying a premium. It's more cost-effective long-term to just buy several at once.

Some people also use electric dusters to remove dust, but I've never used one due to some people talking about damage to parts from such devices. Here's a listing on Amazon that seems to have decent reviews.

deskless

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Quote from: FlamingFingers on August 22, 2018, 05:09:56 PM

If you were where I live, you would need to clean your rigs daily. My country is the fifth most polluted countries in the world according to WHO (World Health Organization), and dust existence is beyond measure. I clean my rig at least twice a week, and just 6 hours after I clean it, it collects dust. If I leave it for a week, my components become literally unrecognisable with dust covering every inch of them.
It gets frustrating, so don't blame me for getting lazy sometimes Roll Eyes

are you serious dude ? I haven't done cleaning for over 6 months

FlamingFingers

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If you were where I live, you would need to clean your rigs daily. My country is the fifth most polluted countries in the world according to WHO (World Health Organization), and dust existence is beyond measure. I clean my rig at least twice a week, and just 6 hours after I clean it, it collects dust. If I leave it for a week, my components become literally unrecognisable with dust covering every inch of them.
It gets frustrating, so don't blame me for getting lazy sometimes Roll Eyes

Dzeronimo

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Quote from: deskless on August 22, 2018, 04:07:37 PM

Quote from: Dzeronimo on August 22, 2018, 02:25:36 PM

Yes, we all know this, but sometimes we forget a basic thing, so here is a friendly reminder - clean your rigs. Dust is your enemy

In the last few days it’s very hot in my city, so I thought that higher GPU temperature and fan speed on my rig are normal. But, noise from a CPU fan started annoying me and I decided to clean all fans.
At first, graphics card didn’t look very dirty. There was only a little dust on a cooler and I didn’t expect any significant improvement. Surprisingly, after cleaning GPU temperature went down over 6 degrees. Also, fan speed is 10% lower.
So, don’t be lazy, clean your rigs Wink

where did you see dust in GPUs ?

Dust was on a heatsink and the fan blades. My computer is in a living room and I live near a very busy street, so there is a lot of dust in the air.

vmozara

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I clean the dust from my blower style rigs once per 1-2 months. PSU as well. There is rather big cloud of dust coming from GPUs when i blow the compressed air on them.

Also, there is one another great nemesis to blower style GPU, because of dense fins on the cooling fan. That is flying insects, male mosquitos and similar flying crap. They fly into the rotating fan and get stuck there for months. This throws the fan out of balance and reduces its life. To combat this issue, I took one ventilation fan and put it on top of performated bag, the fan is blowing into the bag, on top of the fan i put small LED light. Flying crap goes to this light and gets sucked into the bag, instead of flying into my Vegas

Works beautiful.

deskless

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Quote from: Dzeronimo on August 22, 2018, 02:25:36 PM

Yes, we all know this, but sometimes we forget a basic thing, so here is a friendly reminder - clean your rigs. Dust is your enemy

In the last few days it’s very hot in my city, so I thought that higher GPU temperature and fan speed on my rig are normal. But, noise from a CPU fan started annoying me and I decided to clean all fans.
At first, graphics card didn’t look very dirty. There was only a little dust on a cooler and I didn’t expect any significant improvement. Surprisingly, after cleaning GPU temperature went down over 6 degrees. Also, fan speed is 10% lower.
So, don’t be lazy, clean your rigs Wink

where did you see dust in GPUs ?

Dzeronimo

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Yes, we all know this, but sometimes we forget a basic thing, so here is a friendly reminder - clean your rigs. Dust is your enemy

In the last few days it’s very hot in my city, so I thought that higher GPU temperature and fan speed on my rig are normal. But, noise from a CPU fan started annoying me and I decided to clean all fans.
At first, graphics card didn’t look very dirty. There was only a little dust on a cooler and I didn’t expect any significant improvement. Surprisingly, after cleaning GPU temperature went down over 6 degrees. Also, fan speed is 10% lower.
So, don’t be lazy, clean your rigs Wink

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