Anybody got any REALLY dusty computer pics?

[Plan.B]

I think I found my new favorite thread

[TSXmike]

holy crap... that last case!


i never let mine get that bad... it gets dusty, but she gets a good clean out almost once a month.

[Klarko]

Okay that dell made my laugh out loud.

[RCG_Bex]

I once recieved an old Dell, was caked in dust just like that, along with mud, horse manure, a few spiders and cobwebs and last but not least....... a dead mouse!

I was like, "OMG WTF GTFO! GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

This PC came from a country park.............................. this particular PC was housed in an office ABOVE A KITCHEN that served the PUBLIC VISITORS!!!

~Bex

[MomijiTMO]

A mouse. You can't be serious can you?

O___o

[IronWarrior]

Eeek!!!!

[SoulsCollective]

I once found an aging half of a cheese sandwich in a PC a client returned. I was working as a drone in a PC shop at that stage, and it turned out the bosses son had done a half-arsed build job on the machine (which was why it had to be returned) and had left his lunch inside it.

[v0dka]

OMG NASTY!!

My dust looks nice and soft though. Almost as cute as the cat it came from.

[Humminn55]

This arrived to us last week.....complaint was it was giving warnings that something was "overheating," and locking up/freezing upon boot into Windows.

I removed the fan....you can see what was underneath. Neat part is you can see the clean spots left by the outer edge of the fan and the fan's hub.



But this isn't the worst I've seen (imagine opening up a case and getting hit in the face with the dead roach smell and finding over 30-40 dead roaches everywhere inside, not to mention the "treasures" left by them....threw that one outside and made the owner pick it up immediately!).....or nearly as bad as has been posted here already in this thread.

[MomijiTMO]

OMG NASTY!!

My dust looks nice and soft though. Almost as cute as the cat it came from.

Haha cats do that

[Smartidiot89]

after a quick wash...good as new


now lets hope its the last time I need to post these

How did you "wash" that? It's as good as new!

I clean my comp every now and then, but I have no idea how i am to get rid of that "sticky dust" thats on them without ruining the fans.

[railmeat]

Haha cats do that

LOL!!!!

[3Z3VH]

Here is one of my friend's computers... Thing is, we were only going in there to add a DVD burner, it was still up and running with all of this.

[R31Nismoid]

How did you "wash" that? It's as good as new!

I clean my comp every now and then, but I have no idea how i am to get rid of that "sticky dust" thats on them without ruining the fans.

I can think of a few ways.

I used a cloth, thin one, worked ok for me.
Alternatively you could use a soft paint brush with warm water... just hold the blades in place with your finger... Just to loosen/move the buildup and then just some toweling or whatever to clean up.

I find going that far though is a bit of a waste... no point as within a few weeks or so that dust look is back on the blades in a fine coating.
Unless of course you were taking ya PC somewhere to show it off, then of course give it a full go over

[sabe]

What? I use a running tap :P

[dan7777]

non working dell inspiron pc arrived to me.

think i have an idea as the why it wasnt working

jesus!!! i think that is by far the winner in the dustiest case if there case is like that can"t imagine what there house is like!!!!!

[hoax]

How did you "wash" that? It's as good as new!
I clean my comp every now and then, but I have no idea how i am to get rid of that "sticky dust" thats on them without ruining the fans.

the idea to wash them was a suggestion from Naekuh from the first time I posted the pics:

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.

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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.

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i believe it works on all fans.

Thats what alex "petra" was trying to get across when fesser tried to show off there coolant as non conductive.

It was a classic PWN from alex.

And he even showed us it works with Pink lemonade also!

so basically, dunk them in a bucket with warm water and a little detergent, shake the crap out of them for a few seconds...rinse...let it dry for a day on the sun if you can...done... all the yates I washed worked perfectly afterwards.

[3Z3VH]

I would think submerging them would allow some of the grease in the bearing to leak out... Sure, it will be fine just after you wash it, but it could degrade the life of the fan. It would be nice to hear of someone doing some long-term tests on this.

[little_scrapper]

Nothing more than an old toothbrush is needed. If its so caked on that you need something more, then dip your toothbrush in isopropyl.

[RaZz!]

oh my gawwwwd...

i don't even know how they managed to fill their computers with that much dust. i clean my pcs like one time a year only and there's very little dust in them. some of the pcs look like as if 10 cats died infront of the pcs and the fans slowly soaked every little bit of the cats inside LOL!

living in a room where the pcs look like that isn't that healthy i guess