what happens when you leave the pc alone for a year+ (56k warning)

[Cptn Vortex]

Ewwwww. Thats nasty. Well at least you can see now how much of the rad is not getting airflow from the motor being in the way! Get some shrouds!

[hoax]

Should make a retro 70's :banana::banana::banana::banana: with that rad as your star....Sure is hairy enough!

Hoax,

How have you been my friend? It has been a long time since we heard from you. I trust you will be a little more diligent this time concerning periodic maintenance.

Hey SiG! Well I seen better days but I sure feel much cleaner now
way too much lurking these past months, I should try to post more often.

and yes! I am hoping to keep the new one much cleaner

Don't feel bad. Its not that bad. I've seen a lot worse.

Between my pets and my computers, I would take the computers to the trash dump any day.

QFT!

Thanks a lot for the kind words IanY and I am glad to see so many positive responses, thanks guys

[septim]

lolz hoax hire a maid with enough technical skills to do your pc maintenance for ya... hehehe

welcome back. hehehe...

[hoax]

Dude... Hire a maid...

I know, I know

lolz hoax hire a maid with enough technical skills to do your pc maintenance for ya... hehehe

welcome back. hehehe...

now THAT would be heaven.

thanks septim!
been a long day, bed time.

[Jimmer411]

Do you smoke?!


Ive got 3 cats, They are completely banned from my computer room since I have cleaned everything out. Mine after 6 months looked nowhere near as bad as that tho, wow!

[.Logic]

Hehehe, that was so dirty I just had to laugh, especially at the shot of the furry radiator

[Kibbler]

that was not as bad as I expected! And the McRes is still in good shape, stained maybe, but no micro cracks.

[Scubar]

Wow that is one nasty looking rig. Guess its needs a nice clean after a year.

[HaCKs]

Wow, this is very similar to a thread I just made a few days ago, but 100 times worse. I have never seen computers grow like that! I would feel bad cleaning it out because at this point your computer is now a living object, and as a Buddhist I don't want to kill anything that is alive :-)

[MomijiTMO]

Wow, this is very similar to a thread I just made a few days ago, but 100 times worse. I have never seen computers grow like that! I would feel bad cleaning it out because at this point your computer is now a living object, and as a Buddhist I don't want to kill anything that is alive :-)

LOL we might have a new species of bacteria there.

[Blacky]

wow...

[tiro_uspsss]

Whoa .....That is a very messy rad. It's a cross between a cat and a rad. Feed it some treats and see if it eats some. Just morbid curiosity!

[dinos22]

thats not too bad
now you know you just need to vaccum clean the rad every 3 months and you're good to go

[NaeKuh]

thanks NaeKuh, appreciate the suggestions. I got rid of the dust and cleaned the rad but still need to soak the fins, hopefully tomorrow will be sunny too..

You are not saying that you wash the fans without even taking them apart are you? sorry.. I am that clueless..

u submerge the fans in water and shake the living crap out of them inside the water.

Dont worry, alex showed everyone on XS that yates work submerged in water and pink lemonade!



so all you really want to do is just let them bake outside in the sun tomorrow to dry.

[xTKxhom3r]

just turn them on under water :P

i would rather get a paper towel and wipe them down...

[dinos22]

surely water will stay in some parts of the housing

it really isnt needed
just use an old toothbrush

[.Logic]

I clean fans my fans using a wet/damp cloth and then to dry them turn the oven on to the lowest setting and put them in there for 10-20minutes.

[memolipd]

lol thats mad, but an awesome post. I wonder just how many bugs are in there, bugs which u have raised, you are essentially their father. That seriously looks like a bio-hazard, have u been ill much recently?!

[Etherwolf]

[ANP !!!]

Tygons seem to turn Yellow/green in hot ambient conditions, My total of 30feet of Tygons turned Yellow, due to hot weather at my location, So I finally moved to R3400 black tygons .

[septim]

use baby wipes to clean fans easy.

radiator, a nice shower of water thru the fins then let sun dry.

[naokaji]

The real reason to upgrade regularly revealed:
it will never look like the pics in the first post.

[NaeKuh]

surely water will stay in some parts of the housing

it really isnt needed
just use an old toothbrush

why would you want to spend time under water and scrub?

when you can just dunk in water and shake the living crap and dry?



Its about timing saving dinos. 10 min with a brush vs 15 sec on a shaking.

[IanY]

Take a shallow Pyrex glass serving dish. Put all your blocks (minus all rubber gaskets and seals) in the dish and your MCRES reservoir outside the dish. Place everything in the upper compartment of your dishwasher. Remove all kitchen utensils from the dishwasher. Run it on anti-bacterial pot scrubber super cycle. Make sure you have Jet Dry.

Finish your blocks with tomato ketchp, or Brazilian hot sauce, to polish.

Take your tubing. Use a straightened out wire hanger with a small loop at the end. Cut a small piece of cotton towel. Run through your tube. Place tube in dishwasher as well. Tygon won't melt.

Take bare radiator outside. Spray the crap out of it with a pressurized garden hose. Shake it dry very well. Make sure you sun dry it well. Thermochills do rust if left damp for too long.

Like Naekuh said, dunk your fans for half a second in water and shake them them dry. Leave them in the hot sun. Like Septim said, the best way to remove dust from your fans and case and pretty much everything else is baby wipes. Take it from us fathers DO NOT use baby wipes on anything acrylic, naturally, because its an alcohol based product.

Since you are going through the trouble, I would strip the case down and vacuum it as well.

Good luck

[j.almonte]

uhmmmmmmm !!!!
Time to clean my HTPC....
Im scared what Im gonna find inside....