Hardware & Technical Well I should have expected this...

Nomadski · Feb 12, 2018

Went to install a new GPU, and thought "I know, I'll take the filters apart to give the pc a reet good clean"

I guess a clean up more frequently than every four years is generally recommended.

lokvette · Feb 12, 2018

Did you ever wonder... Emm i wonder whats burning..

Garix · Feb 12, 2018

That looks almost clean.

For some real horrors check out https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2010/11/26/ventblockers_2/

Nomadski · Feb 12, 2018

lokvette said:
Did you ever wonder... Emm i wonder whats burning..

Hehe well the BSODs were getting more frequent, and I had ran out of software solutions so...

Non Grata · Feb 12, 2018

If your PSU fan hasn't yet seized then you're basically fine. And even if it has it'll last another year (don't ask me how I know that).

GJ51 · Feb 12, 2018

Certainly!

Always keep your tower on the floor

If you can't afford a vacuum cleaner

Zeeman · Feb 12, 2018

Filters? Pppffftt... Blow through design - inlet and outlet fans, the dust just passes through!

Z...

NascentChemist · Feb 13, 2018

Ugh, my case gets a carpet of dog hair within a month. Mastiffs don't shed a lot, but with the sheer size...

GJ51 · Feb 13, 2018

The higher you get the case off the floor, the cleaner it stays.

starman · Feb 13, 2018

Have you had your lungs checked?

lokvette · Feb 13, 2018

Garix said:
That looks almost clean.

For some real horrors check out https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2010/11/26/ventblockers_2/

Holly...I think I might get the vacum out when I get home and give the inside of my case a going over even if it dosnt need it.

Patrick_68000 · Feb 13, 2018

Nomadski said:
Went to install a new GPU, and thought "I know, I'll take the filters apart to give the pc a reet good clean"

https://i.imgur.com/0Q1CB0Ol.jpg

I guess a clean up more frequently than every four years is generally recommended.

Well, you know now that it's not the fault of Windows

Nomadski · Feb 13, 2018

GJ51 said:
Certainly!

Always keep your tower on the floor

If you can't afford a vacuum cleaner

GJ51 said:
The higher you get the case off the floor, the cleaner it stays.

Well my pc got that bad due to sheer forgetfulness / laziness. It is always perched upon its little wheely stand.

starman said:
Have you had your lungs checked?

Lol funnily enough I've got manflu right now so I can imagine my insides being something like my PC pre clean.

Vistitor010100 said:
At first I thought, Oh my California mudslide. Hope he can get out.

I saved as many as I could.

Patrick_68000 said:
Well, you know now that it's not the fault of Windows

Well I still got BSODS! Turns out I have a faulty Corsair memory module, 1 failing memtest badly in all slots, the other passing so I guess I could have left the clean! (Or not).

starman · Feb 14, 2018

Nomadski said:
Well my pc got that bad due to sheer forgetfulness / laziness. It is always perched upon its little wheely stand.

https://i.imgur.com/vSP9tigl.jpg

Lol funnily enough I've got manflu right now so I can imagine my insides being something like my PC pre clean.

Flu is no joke.

Nomadski · Feb 14, 2018

starman said:
Flu is no joke.

Manflu, doubly so.