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"Blow Out" Cleanings
How frequently should a system be opened and blown out to clean
accumulated dust, etc.? The system is used daily, being on about half real time. |
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"Blow Out" Cleanings
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:45:36 -0400, Steve Giannoni wrote:
How frequently should a system be opened and blown out to clean accumulated dust, etc.? The system is used daily, being on about half real time. Depends on the environment, and how hot the system is running. With two cats, and living near a high traffic street, I usually clean the cpu heat sink every three months. I have an app that monitors the cpu temp, and whenever it gets over 55C, it's time to clean it. When it's clean it usually stays around 48C. That's with boinc/setiathome running, so the cpu is always at 100% usage. What is considered a good/bad temperature for a system will vary a lot depending on what cpu is being used. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
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"Blow Out" Cleanings
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:52:14 -0400, "David W. Hodgins"
wrote: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:45:36 -0400, Steve Giannoni wrote: How frequently should a system be opened and blown out to clean accumulated dust, etc.? The system is used daily, being on about half real time. Depends on the environment, and how hot the system is running. With two cats, and living near a high traffic street, I usually clean the cpu heat sink every three months. I have an app that monitors the cpu temp, and whenever it gets over 55C, it's time to clean it. When it's clean it usually stays around 48C. That's with boinc/setiathome running, so the cpu is always at 100% usage. What is considered a good/bad temperature for a system will vary a lot depending on what cpu is being used. Regards, Dave Hodgins Exactly, if everything else in the room gets dusty it's a good sign the PC is even worse. Open and check for dust buildup every few months initially, then you have a better idea what interval any particular system/environment requires. On the other hand if a room is dusty enough that a PC needs cleaned more often than once a year I'd recommend a room air cleaner to combat the problem, it'll keep the people in the room happier too and cut down on dusting off everything... or if decent filter panels are on the PC it becomes a room air cleaner. |
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