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@ceilyurie856

Жыл бұрын

you should be holding the fans so they don't spin and generate electricity.

Careful with blowing high volume of air directly to the PC fans. You could damage it or break it.

@ninjatall15

Жыл бұрын

or literally destroy the computer

@javiej

Жыл бұрын

@@ninjatall15 He is right, the fan has an electric motor, when you blow the blades forcing them to move at high speeds it becomes and electrical generator, you are basically creating an inverted voltage where it is not expected or designed to manage, with unpredictable effects in the electrical engine and all the way downstream. If the induced rotation is high speed failures are common.

@macharborguy

Жыл бұрын

Came to say the same thing. Hold the blades so they dont spin when you use the blower, then carefully clean the blades individually with a soft toothbrush and a light amount of rubbing alcohol for tough stuck on dust

@bouabdellahghanem4380

Жыл бұрын

that does create static electricity too

@eliminate100.

Жыл бұрын

SHOULD I CLEAN IT WITH A TOWEL

When re-pasting GPUs, it's best to manually spread a thin layer of thermal paste across the entire die. The silicon die makes direct contact with the heatsink, so if you miss even a tiny corner because the paste didn't spread across the entire die evenly, you can get weird performance issues, crashes, or you could even end up killing your card

@RevDrCCoonansr

Жыл бұрын

This is why Thermal Grizzly gives you a spreader with it's pastes. I would suggest an old credit card or guitar pick if you do not have anything else to spread. You can use your fingers in a pinch, however I do not recommend it. Some pastes are very toxic. Got some on my hand without knowing, it sat for a day and I ended up scratching a hole in my hand itching it.

It's a great guide, and I love that cleaning and maintaining your hardware is getting a spotlight and people can learn that it has benefits that go beyond cleanliness to keep your computers well maintained. Just a note on the fans: As every electric motor can also function as a generator, spinning your fans with compressed air might(!) induce voltage back into the fan header that can(!) damage your mainboard. Personally, I like to unplug them or (if that's not possible) stick something like a toothpick between the blades so that they dont spin from the air. It's just a precaution, as most of the time, nothing will happen. That's why there will be a lot of people telling you that they've cleaned hundreds of fans like this and nothing ever happened. Same thing as with ESD, most of the time nothing happens, but when it does, it sucks to replace a broken GPU, CPU or mainboard. So keep that in mind, especially if you are cleaning someone else's electronics 👍

I find makeup brushes to be quite effective on surface dust on PCBs. If it's especially caked on, a soft bristled toothbrush is the way to go.

Ultra perfect timing. I needed this!!

I like to use off brand lysol wipes. They work great for the exterior, power and sleep buttons and all the touchable parts of the front panel.

One of the best tools you've not included is a cheap or old toothbrush. It works great in getting between small spaces delicately.

Hey love all your vids, but I think this one might cause issues for some people, it's usually a one in a million chance but best practice is holding the fans when using a blower, it's bad for the electric motors and also when repasting gpus it's best to be on the safe side and apply thin paste all over the die, it's different to an IHS where a dot or line is great. Sorry if this sounded rude, love all that you do have a great week :)

when you took off the back side, I sort of expected you'd find a half of a kitkat randomly chilling in there XD

Some great tips; thanks Brett!

it should be mentioned that you should check if you have a warranty still one your GPU since taking it apart will void it . Also you should not ramp up the fans with Air like that unless you know for sure that it will not generate voltage and back feed it to the PC not all do but some can, better to be safe it doesn't take much extra time to unplug them or block from spinning as you blow them out.

Using an actual air compressor is fine if you live in a dry area, if you do not, make sure to keep the compressor in a dry, room temperature space when using and it is just fine. No moisture. If you are still worried, place a filter over the air intake and use a fine nozzle.

Thanks for showing us this

Hey this is really useful. Thanks!

Can the duster be used while charging?

I was only looking for a deep cleaning video right before my pc upgrade then found my actual MB I need to clean 🤣thank u for the tutorial.

I got so much positive energy from this video. The way you explain things is amazing. Definetely you have +1 sub. 😂😂

@bartycrouchjr.8831

4 ай бұрын

Best dad of the year 😂 But he gave his son's pc only 1 fan 😂 he could've become the best Fortnite player of the world. But due to over heated cpu, he never reached to that point. 😂😂

Nervous cleaning my pc for the first time in 3 years 😫 I have everything except thermal paste. There’s a lot of dust on the gpu fan but I’m hesitant on taking it apart without getting the paste first. Can I get away with just using can air cleaning it?

17:05 Puts psu back in with dust visible on the edges while screwing it back in

You are the first and only youtuber that mentioned the motherboard training the RAM. And you are right!!! I had that with my old i7 desktop. I have to put one stick then boot up and so on. Thanks for confirming my theory.

My prebuilt pc came AMD Ryzen 5 - 5600G 6-Cores (3.9 GHz), Integrated Radeon Graphics with the processor, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card?

its amazing just how much dust gathers and actually sticks to stuff inside your pc case... you would think most of us keep our pcs in a coal bunker after 12 months lol :):) always good to do videos like this just to remind folks and give confidence its not that hard a thing to do once a year :)

You Are Doing Great and cleanings great

Nice video! When you started working on the motherboard, I thought it looked familiar. It's the exact same one I currently have in my Ryzen 5 3600 build that I built back in 2020 to replace my 10+ year old AMD Phenom II X3 720BE. Still holds up nice 3 years after the release of the 3600. As for the one fan, don't feel bad. The B450M DS3H motherboard only has one case fan header, so you would have to use a splitter which is something I need to do, but I've been running with just 1 exhaust fan for 2 years, so I guess it's not TOO bad, right? :)

@ihateeveryone8161

Жыл бұрын

Nah 1 fan is almost always bad. Just not fatal error bad.

Yo what to do with the SDD (or HDD in my case)

In all my years of PC building, I have found the best way to keep a PC clean is to keep your house clean. I can't even imagine the enviropnments some of these roach infested, dust laden PC/Consoles come out of. It's like some people have no sense of what it means/takes to be a clean person.

@zardon_zane1630

8 ай бұрын

True, I did not clean my desk for a month and the dust is really showing on it, im gonna start giving a wipe each day if posible to keep the space clean :3

Invest in a decent air compressor that can be used for cleaning your computer PLUS hundreds of other things. Most hardware stores sell a small 5 or 6 gallon air compressor for about $100 bucks.

@emory2025

Жыл бұрын

You should be careful with using air compressors on electronics some can blow oils and condensation and can cause damage to electronics, you should make sure you have a inline filter to stop this if you are using to blow electronics.

And that’s on the set homie!

why you can blow but not vacuum the dust? tks..

Whoa, I wasn’t supposed to throw it in the garbage and buy a new one to clean it? Shit.

100 PSI air compressor with spray valve, cheap, multipurpose, no batteries which will eventually die... bring PC outside to dust and watch the crud fly out the case. Used on over 100 PCs and never a problem despite the 'achktually' crowd being annoying about it.

I almost died watching this, why are you blowing the fans? That can brake them, and WHY is there only 1 fan, and its a exhaust?!?! Have at least 2 fans, 1 for intake 1 for exhaust

0:08 that is the exact same case as my pc!

it is up to 90k rpm and 70k/50k respectively.

For people that clean MANY PCs, like PC flippers, get a sonic cleanser that can fit a little more than an ATX motherboard.

All the dust bunnies are now on the ceiling.

Is it smart to clean your modem/router?

The cans of compressed air also leave a sticky residu... I tried it once and the first time i tried it was also the last time!!!! Too bad you didn't show how to deconstruct the cooler fan of the proccessor precisely but instead skip directly to the part where it already is taken apart, this is where most of the dust builds up in my pc 🤣

Not holding the fan blades when blowing them erks me

Nice way to destroy the fan berings... Other than that good video explaining how to clean and maintain your PC.

This is really helpful and now I want one of those R3 Pros... 🤩

i cant believe you let those GPU fans rip like that!!! because thats a great way to RIP your gpu^^

@YeaSeb.

Жыл бұрын

He did it with the cpu and the exhaust fan too, without disconnecting them

@TheGameBench

Жыл бұрын

Not all fans inject current back into the card when spun manually. Besides these components have circuitry to prevent that from damaging them. Of all the people that keep propagating this myth that it will kill components can't show a single example in recent history of it happening. Regardless, it's stupid easy to stop the fan to prevent over spinning the bearing anyways... so mind as well.

@lande.r1

Жыл бұрын

This has been tested by a lot of tech journalists in the past, it’s not a big deal to clean those fans that way.

@lordofnothing.

Жыл бұрын

@@lande.r1 so what was their sample size and product range? just because it doesnt happen a lot doesnt mean it cant happen. might be the same as seatbelts in cars....

Blue shop towels are much better for this use case than paper towels. Although I understand most people don't have them lying about.

I miss the "high smokes" video. Keeps temps cool.

good job 🙂

What’s up Brett great vid

The thumbnail had me thinking that he forgot to plug in the gpu 😂

Step 0: take it outside and blow out most of the dust out first before deep cleaning your PC.

What, no washing components in your kid's bathroom sink? You're no Greg Salazar. 🤣

is it safe to blow dust that close to the cpu? O.o.

lol turning the fans into generators, potentially overspinning the fans and blowing out the bearings and risking putting a finger in the blades to break the fan while it's spinning. demonstrating what not to do ehh

I use makeup brushes to get the dust out and a damp cleaning cloth.

I blow The dust of my PCs with The hair blower on cold mode!

Can I use a mini-vacuum cleaner?

@greybeardtech821

Жыл бұрын

Vacuum cleaners tend to generate static electricity at the nozzle, and are not recommended for use on electronics.

Nice but you should show this cleaning in closer mode sir. Thanks😇

Just got an idea.. take you pc or whatever to the car wash and use the free air blower lol

Dollar store baby wipes work about 1000x better than paper towels and are cheaper for more of them.

I usually just put my pc in the dishwasher.

counting the 2 fans on my cooler, I have 5 fans on my pc., 3 exhaust, since the intake are 200mm. Also NEVER LET PC FANS OF ANY KIND FREE SPIN! This includes fans on the GPU because it can cause electrical damage as the fans turn into electric generators as they spin from the force of the blower.

Hey man, hope your kids doing well. I was wondering if you had any plans to attempt stuff with EGPU's? My main machine is a small laptop and a 3070 in a Node Titan. I was wondering if there is something out their like the Steam deck that can (and does it well) with an EGPU? Thank you for your time and the Hot news man. OH! Shout out to "Fallout: London project!" Later!

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I was interested in the sponsor product until I found out it was battery operated and doesn't use removable batteries like 18650s. I would much rather plug the thing in to a wall and deal with a cord than ever have to deal with a dead internal battery. I got a battery powered drill+driver and the battery pack died before I used the thing more than a couple dozen times. Such a waste of materials when I should have just gotten a wall powered one. At least with the drill, it's a battery pack that can be replaced easily enough.

18:59 my PC has 6 fan's

Do you use 99% 91 70% isopropyl alcohol

Chocolate themed pc while away 😋

Using paper towel must be the worst idea, as it's catches on everything and shreds all the time, even if you don't see it, it's microscopic. Probably some natural brush is the best.

air in a can £4 or this thing at £173.. let me think.. 🤔

@brookerobertson2951

Жыл бұрын

you can get a full size air compressor and run air tools and paint a car with it for less..

@Steve_Entwistle.

Жыл бұрын

I'll take my PC outside and let rip with a leaf blower instead.

@TheGameBench

Жыл бұрын

@@brookerobertson2951 To be fair, you're not going to get a very good air compressor for that. Regardless, there are risks using an air compressor over this. Don't turn down the regulator and you can blow components clean off a board. I've seen it happen. And if you live in a humid environment, you need to have a dryer on the line, or you'll be spitting moisture all over the PC.

@ninjatall15

Жыл бұрын

@@brookerobertson2951 literally just use a mattress pump(medium nozzle) and brush x10 more cheaper and gets through just about anythung

@michaelrousseau4373

Жыл бұрын

I think a 79 dollar investment blows away buying cans canned air all the time and helping the environment a little bit in the process helps too lol

Some reason i see a big fire hazard in your basement

3 fer Dale!

Little did he know, that chocolate.. was actually....

those fans will start making noises pretty soon, after this method of cleaning :/

Sadly… I’m too lazy to remove the whole thing out from the case

Lol wtf your suppose to hold the fan before blowing air into it to stop static electricity

what the hell? you are spinning the fans at full speed.... i wonder why it didn't explode

Atleast hold the fans when you blow it maygad

Yeah i have not clean my for like years lol...

i steam cleaned my pc and now it won't turn on..they just don't make things the way they used to

feel bad for the graphics card

The moment you blow your fan without holding it down to stop it from spinning, you lose credibility on “Cleaning Guide”

I just use a compressor to blast my pc / pc parts with air once every 4-6 months.

once i saw the fan torture i zoomed out and left

how does this guy not know to not blow high volume air on fans and make them spin at speeds they're not designed to spin at? I've known that since I was a novice.

Um... Blasting and making the fans spin like that will ruin them. If you have not shortened their life by doing the Blow and spin them to massive speeds.

You really shouldn't be using any brushes or plastic parts when cleaning your PC especially if attached to a blower. Because plastic is an insulator, charge builds up on the plastic whether air is being blown or sucked through the nozzle. And if the nozzle or brush attached to the nozzle touches an electrical component, and electrostatic discharge can occur killing the electronic component. There is plastic that is ESD safe and there are companies that make ESD safe vacuums and blowers that use that type of plastic, but that doesn't appear to be the case with dust blower being used in the video. If you do use an non-ESD safe blower, like the one in the video, just make sure the nozzle is kept a safe distance away from the computer parts and never use the attached brush. Natural bristle brushes or flux brushes can be used on electronic components for hard to remove stubborn dust that isn't responsive to blown air.

you look like a fallout 3 character (not a bad thing)

NO NO NO, Is this video a joke?? DO NOT Use metal tweezers on the GPU, and DO NOT Blow any of your fans directly with air, it will destroy them!!!

6:39 hey ding dong! DONT BLOW AIR DIRECTLY INTO YOUR PC FANS LIKE THAT! Since the motors on most pc fans are electromagnetic, you are essentially creating a dynamo effect that can backfeed electricity into your motherboard and fry it!

Yeah bro your not supposed to blow the air onto fans, could cause damage to the board since the fans generate energy

how do u breath in that room ! damn ps: nice to fk the fans up lmao

The interior of the power supply is about the most important thing to clean. The cleaner you keep it, the longer it will last.

Dip it in distilled Water ONLY no normal water. Then use a Cold/middle warm dryer. EZ

Or you could just use a vacuum with a makeup brush instead of blowing shit all around the house. And never ever blow into fans without holding the blades, as it can easily kill them.

Just use a blow drier lol

At the point you start speed up your pc fans with air I stopped watching, spinning your fan blades creates voltages, than can directly damage your motherboard and other components with negative currency if you are unlucky and should never be done. Use cotton swabs and alcohol on the fans, it takes time, but its the only deep clean way of doing it, ot if you really do want to use compressed air, atleast block your fan from spinning 🤷‍♂️

@ivy8483

3 ай бұрын

Good insight , thank you I was mindlessly doing that but thankfully came across your comment

Yeah my rig is on the floor under my desk where it belongs. Don't see it so it's clean, won't touch it until I build a new one. And no way I'm doing anything you just did, I'm not tearing apart a 2000 dollar gpu. Any problems buy a new one, should be tattooed on my arm. Side panel holds a huge ball of wires so it stays screwed shut, it's spring loaded and don't wanna lose an eye. With new hardware coming out its going to get shoved in a closet until it gets tossed in the trash. Built in February so gets replaced by the next February

this is not deep clean

w dad

First!

you copying Greg Salazar then LOL

@TheGameBench

Жыл бұрын

He's not the first to make videos doing this.

@prtech7706

Жыл бұрын

People need to stop with this "you're copying XYZ".

@jeji5860

Жыл бұрын

wow are u 6 years old?