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Dust traps heat and blocks airflow, fans run worse etc. More heat means more likely the system will throttle down to keep temperatures manageable
WHOA!
Removing that nearly entire bucket of dust feels justified now! Makes me happy I wasn't just wasting my time. Thank you!
……bucket????
They meant to say hogshead.
Oh, it was bad. Real bad.
Got any, photos? For science.
Yeah, I too am morbidly curious
Looking into my trash, it's more like half a bucket, the other half being crumpled paper towels.
Sadly, I only remembered to take a single one before the process started. You can see an alarming amount of dust on certain parts if you look closely.
Warning for tech-gore, maybe? Again, I'm not a tech person. The back has always been partially open. This was built by someone else, and it's...... probably not standard.
I would suggest to either remove the expansion slot cover or screw it back properly. As it is, it could probably fall and short something.
I was suspicious of that guy!
It's been removed.👍Thank you!
Hahahaha YESSS!!! Fuck that cover in particular.
Wow that is... Magnificent! I'm glad you de-dusted it but I'd be more worried about cables becoming disconnected while you're trying to clean it.
Glad it worked out for you though! Fingers crossed it continues to work🤗
FYI the PSU box with those black shielded power cables is meant to fit internally in the big hole at the top 🤣
I usually use compressed air to clean the dust out of my cases. If you're feeling adventurous, you could slide that side panel off and attempt to re-home the PSU inside the case.👌🤣
Aye, forget the dust, this whole rig with the PSU hanging out is sketchy af. Also, the barely hanging expansion slot cover, waiting to short something with the slightest bump is also a nice touch.
It's my kinda computer lol 🤣 Nothing should really short though as long as all the connectors are securely connected.
The PSU is sketch but likely fine. I'm more worried about the expansion slot cover that's barely hanging.
I have an old pic somewhere of an old Frankenstein PC with the case cut with tin snips to fit a bigger GPU. It also had an external PSU for a while, although I did add a ground wire between the PSU and case. I'll see if I can find it.
Yeah and I didn't even notice before but WTH is the ATX plug doing on the outside of the case anyway 🤣
Oh, I labeled the cords & disconnected them to clean. Slid the side off to give everything a thorough shine!
Problem is: this cables connect to this big ho (which I also had to clean very very heavily).
It's meant to be right behind/in the big rectangular hole. It should have some screw holes on the side where it connects to the outlet (likely also has a power switch) that match up with the ones in the case. It looks like there's an optical drive in the way though. If you like I can try my best to circle them for you.
I'd love (hate) to see the computer with the side panel open.
Fan too big. ):
Tbf, I did not build this. A friend did and then sold it to me for a good price! Can't complain. It's run pretty good for 6+ years. Though I guess I have no point of comparison.
If it works don't fix it. Only issue might be extra dust but it sounds like there's no solving that issue in your computer.
Dust can conduct electricity....
I am learning all kinds of new and alarming things today!
Thank you!