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Compressed air cans like this available in india ?

Should i get this or a vacuum cleaner for cleaning PC ? My PC will get blue screen error if i won't clean it every 2 to 3 months. I read some vacuum cleaners are not safe for PC. I was using one before, but it died, need to get a new one or Compressed air can if it is better choice.

Air cans are neither easily available in India nor do they last long.

You can read this thread: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/hardware-q/173475-how-do-i-clean-my-pc.html

Both the methods are good but as harshil said compressed cans are not that easily available so its better to disassemble the whole CPU and clean them using alcohol or any cleaning solution(I use Colin) and remove all the dust in the cabinet.
Duration: For every 4 months at least.

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Buy Air Compressor.

rajnusker said:
Buy Air Compressor.

Actually that has problem regarding moisture, especially in wintrers. It does not dehumidifies that air and so the outcomming air has humidity which isn't good for electronics. Air cans contain dust-free and completely dry air on the other hand. Also, if a capacitor or other component on motherboard is loose, it will easily get broken by the air pressure. I use a thin painting brush for cleaning motherboard. It easily allows cleaning heat sink too without removal.

Where do you live?
Here in mumbai its EASILY available...
Or get air blower ~1k
Never use vacuum cleaners

If any one uses Vaccum Cleaners then we will end up with a bare MB.

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harshilsharma63 said:
Actually that has problem regarding moisture, especially in wintrers. It does not dehumidifies that air and so the outcomming air has humidity which isn't good for electronics. Air cans contain dust-free and completely dry air on the other hand. Also, if a capacitor or other component on motherboard is loose, it will easily get broken by the air pressure. I use a thin painting brush for cleaning motherboard. It easily allows cleaning heat sink too without removal.

Agree with you... Using brush is good but time consuming.. I have to sacrifice a whole damn day to clean my entire PC completely.

bavusani said:
If any one uses Vaccum Cleaners then we will end up with a bare MB.

Actually one can reverse it to force air out rather than sucking it.

I use the same to clean my PC, have been doing this for years now.

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Thanks everyone for the reply.

I had a vacuum clearer before, not sure how the tech used it. Last time he had to use brush and too much dust, i was worried that he will be spraying dust to other part of the mother board like pci slots when he clean. So was thinking of vaccum clearn as it can suck the dust with out spreading further.

Today i done some googling and found out almost every article says blow air... i was wondering why. Reading the reply here i found out the reason

With moisture + static build, i think i have to cancel the plan to get a vacuum cleaner for cleaning PC.

harshilsharma63 said:
You can read this thread: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/hardware-q/173475-how-do-i-clean-my-pc.html

Thanks harshilsharma63, reading this now.

ankush28 said:
Here in mumbai its EASILY available...
Or get air blower ~1k
Never use vacuum cleaners

Can you recommend some good air blower ?

Have atable fan blowing air lightly away from you. Keep cleaning components with brush and the dust will blow away with wind.

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harshilsharma63 said:
Have atable fan blowing air lightly away from you. Keep cleaning components with brush and the dust will blow away with wind.

Good idea.. Desi way to clean PC

lulz

bavusani said:
Both the methods are good but as harshil said compressed cans are not that easily available so its better to disassemble the whole CPU and clean them using alcohol or any cleaning solution(I use Colin) and remove all the dust in the cabinet.
Duration: For every 4 months at least.

i use my vaccum cleaner as blower and vaccum the front part and the filters tat are difficult to remove.........

my computer gets really dust in a month or so......... like visibly very dusty.......

gta0gagan said:
i use my vaccum cleaner as blower and vaccum the front part and the filters tat are difficult to remove.........

my computer gets really dust in a month or so......... like visibly very dusty.......

Two words: static and static.

harshilsharma63 said:
Two words: static and static.

didn't get u?? how come the static will still remain after i hav touched the pc after shutting it down and also i thought earthing was supposed to take care of that for metal computer case......

harshilsharma63 said:
Two words: static and static.

Static electricity???

the vacuum cleaner creates static

snap said:
the vacuum cleaner creates static

in winter? when air is not dry and moisture is there?

AFAIK there is always risk of damaging pc parts using vacuum cleaner... well i know too little

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I don't know how risky it is to use vacuum cleaner as blower. But I do it almost over 8 times in a year to clean my computer and never had any problem..

P.S. May be water concentration in the air is never too high in my area to risk the components.... :S

gta0gagan said:
didn't get u?? how come the static will still remain after i hav touched the pc after shutting it down and also i thought earthing was supposed to take care of that for metal computer case......

Air contains dust. Blower will blow the dust particles too along with air. Those dust particles will collide with the plastic walls of blower and tube causing the particle to gain charge. This charge will get released on the surface where that particle comes in contact. This charge is called static.

Sadly i used vaccume cleaner to clean my PC, i used the blower mode and cleaned everything, the psu was oem and was very dusty on the inside so i blowed air through the rear end where the psu fan is attached and ended up with a broken psu, it isnt working anymore i had to use a spare psu :cry:

NEVER to vacuum

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flyingcow said:
Sadly i used vaccume cleaner to clean my PC, i used the blower mode and cleaned everything, the psu was oem and was very dusty on the inside so i blowed air through the rear end where the psu fan is attached and ended up with a broken psu, it isnt working anymore i had to use a spare psu
NEVER to vacuum

Really? The PSU is totally dead?

Maybe the vacuum cleaner(in blower mode, blowing air) forcibly made the psu fan to run, backfeed the psu motherboard and suicided

That's why I put a plastic spoon and prevent it from rotating when I blow away the dust with a mini 600w blower

What's wrong with a Vacuum cleaner? I am cleaning my cabby with it for past three years (suction not blow). Please don't scare people.
Nothing can clean as good as a good and powerful VC!

Static is caused when vacuume cleaner is in blow mode, not in suction mode. No one is interested in scaring people. Everyone is mentioning just facts and experiences. There is no problem with suction but I dont think it can suck all dust without a bit crushing.

Will if someone doesn't apply the common sense of not holding the fans while blowing with a VC then there's nothing to say.
Also nothing can suck all the dust, it's how much percentage the VC can suck others won't, also I don't think it'll crush anything, as I said, I've been doing it for very long, never noticed any sort of problem!

kARTechnology said:
Maybe the vacuum cleaner(in blower mode, blowing air) forcibly made the psu fan to run, backfeed the psu motherboard and suicided
That's why I put a plastic spoon and prevent it from rotating when I blow away the dust with a mini 600w blower

i inserted a pencil into thefan andthe mesh so that it couldnt spin..i dont know what caused it but imo it was the static

whatthefrak said:
What's wrong with a Vacuum cleaner? I am cleaning my cabby with it for past three years (suction not blow). Please don't scare people.
Nothing can clean as good as a good and powerful VC!

cmon man what would i get by scaring people?? as harshil said

No one is interested in scaring people. Everyone is mentioning just facts and experiences

whatthefrak said:
Will if someone doesn't apply the common sense of not holding the fans while blowing with a VC then there's nothing to say.
Also nothing can suck all the dust, it's how much percentage the VC can suck others won't, also I don't think it'll crush anything, as I said, I've been doing it for very long, never noticed any sort of problem!

as i said above i stopped the fan from spinning bro, stop making assumptions

act of god made the psu die- its life got over