Anyone used compressed air in a can to clean a video card/?
Can you get a can of compressed air at Supa CheaP?

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Great thread.

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Anyone used compressed air

Doesn't compressed air (from a can) contain liquid crap that can damage/stick to the PCB?

why dont you just take a s*** on the card instead

why don't you just bust out a vacuum cleaner and suck that s*** out?

i always disconnect the fan from the pcb first though. otherwise it becomes a little generator when it spins from the suction. once i damaged a card like that so i always disconnect it these days.

Doesn't compressed air (from a can) contain liquid crap that can damage/stick to the PCB?

Because it's not air, but liquid butane, a hydrocarbon. It often has impurities that leave a residue.

I use compressed air all over that s*** no worries, got it from dick smith.

Use an Air Compressor with at least 120lb of pressure to ensure you spin the fan up so fast, you blow the blades of the fans :)

Just remember to wear googles and or duck on 5 year old cards that have fans on them :p
I did that at home not so long ago and almost wore the fan blades in the face.

I have enough facial scars, if I had anymore it wouldn't leave any chicks for the rest of you :)

Also remember when you are spinning those fans with compressed air, the motors in them are generating a current. If you generate too much, you may damage your card.

Valid point in regards to some fans, which is why you always disconnect said devices before spinning up.

Edited for murder of english

last edited by HERMITech at 01:44:56 17/Jun/09

Bulls*** bulls*** bulls***, spinning the fans and making the little lights come on is the best fun ever.

I just use one of those brush things you use for basting chickens and roasts. The bristles are nice and flexible so you can get in hard to reach places without f***ing the card up.

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last edited by 3dee at 11:12:04 17/Jun/09

Just wash it under a tap then dry it out in an air conditioned room.

I just blow into the card really hard... or take it to one of those card cleaners with the cafe and the topless chicks.

Don't use a vacuum, the generate lots of static.

Don't use a vacuum, the generate lots of static.

Using the compressor was pretty awesome but

http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50247452/Paint_Brush.jpg
cant go wrong.

I got a lens cleaning brush that has fine hairs at one end and is shaped in the handle like a UFO saucer. you squeeze it and it blows out air as brush.

I just used an air compressor + squirty gun thingy with the air pressure regulator turned down a bit. My compressor has a water trap/filter so I'm not too bothered about s*** getting through.

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Also remember when you are spinning those fans with compressed air, the motors in them are generating a current. If you generate too much, you may damage your card.

I had fun making mine spin really really fast, computer still runs just fine.


last edited by whoop at 17:41:00 17/Jun/09

I got a lens cleaning brush that has fine hairs at one end and is shaped in the handle like a UFO saucer. you squeeze it and it blows out air as brush.

Or maybe that's what the UFO Saucer brush people want you to believe.

its just too easy to get a bite.

I use a soft tooth brush or a small paint brush (very small) and a can of compressed air.

its just too easy to get a bite.

Let's not start bringing vampires into this.

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