Wretched Dust

[c627627]

Weather heated up again and my overclock started being unstable. I hate opening my case 'cause every time I do, I break something or mess something up. Opened the front of my case and vacuumed a nice layer of dust blocking the front intake fans. Then folded a paper towel, wet it with water and took off a small layer of dust from the top of the heatsink (under the fan).


Freaking 13° Celsius lower.



The price? As usual, broke something: a pin on my video card connector:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=529186



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AMD Athlon XP 2500+ AXMH 2500 FQQ4C
IQYHA 0348 SPMW
2 x 512MB Centon PC3200 (Samsung chips) @ 9 4 4 3
[200] FSB x 12.5 = 2500 MHz @ 1.85 Vcore with memory frequency at 100% [200 FSB] @ 2.90 Vdimm and 1.6 Vdd
Epox 8RDA3+ v2.1, BIOS 07/29/2004
Thermalright SLK-900A with 80x38mm Delta EFB0812HHE fan
AIW 9600XT 128MB; Antec SX-835II case ; 380W Antec TruePower2 TPII-380
Five 80x25mm Case Fans

 

[satandole666]

Your luck seems to be as bad as mine.

Grats on the temp drop though. That is truly epic for dust.

 

[Wayward_Son]

I don't see how you could let that much dust build up in the first place!

 

[oakstave]

I've mentioned this before, but an electric leaf blower will clean all the dust out of a case without touching anything. It takes about 20 seconds. (Just remember to do it outside!)

 

[maxfly]

dust filters are your friend lol.
seriously its easy as pie to make some out of old pantyhose and duct tape.then you rarely have to open your case
good luck with the pin,sounds like it may not be that bad tho?