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Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: A Twig on April 05, 2004, 02:43:12 PM
I have a slight problem, my PC is in a room with wooden flooring = lots of dust.
This regularly gets sucked into my PC and short of regularly opening it up and cleaning out all the fans, or replacing the floor, are there any other methods of stopping all this dust? I have already lost one gfx card to the fan getting clogged and the card overheating :(
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: Gh0st Face Killah on April 05, 2004, 03:06:15 PM
Dust Filters on the fans that suck air into the case. I know you can get these but I'm not sure where from. The main problem you have is that the pc is highly charged with static and as you know this attracts dust like nobodys business. Another option is to make sure its not sitting on the floor.
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: ChimpBoy on April 05, 2004, 03:09:52 PM
Yeah I have mine in a kind of wooden frame in my desk, about an inch off the wooden floor.

I also take the hoover to it every month (don't open the case, just take it round the back to get most out)
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: A Twig on April 05, 2004, 04:06:51 PM
Cheers peeps, I'll give it a try, if anything goes bang, I'll send to invoice to the above signatories ;)

A quick look turned up these: (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=9248&vpn=CO-F8CM)

Will they restrict airflow though? cos my PC is already a bit hot as it is... :o
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: Sn00ks on April 05, 2004, 07:41:14 PM
I got an old pair of tights and stuck them over the holes to filter out the dust. Don't know if they work though as I haven't opened up the PC since.  ;)
But I'll give it a clean before the Lan so I should be able to provide a report then.  :whistle:

Oh by they way they weren't fishnets  ;)  :dribble:
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: A Twig on April 06, 2004, 03:47:34 PM
I may do that, I'm sure i can persuade the better half that she doesnt need them, after all summer is round the corner :D
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: Stryker on April 06, 2004, 04:44:20 PM
Try passive cooling using a water cool setup..... if ever you needed the excuse now you have it.
Title: Wooden floors and dust...
Post by: A Twig on April 07, 2004, 12:45:03 PM
:o  :o  :dribble:  :eyebrow: