Load bearing dust
Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
Also remember to flip the switch on your power supply
remember to plug the cord back into the power supply
Remember to press the power button (!)
And remember to have a computer
Remember to have power
remember to flip the breaker from last house fire
remember to have a house
Pretty much every motherboard in the last 10 years has shifted to the “Intel Standard” layout:
Most midrange to high end cases have a single connector that fits right on there, for compatibility they include a breakout adapter.
There’s so many mobo connectors that clearly were not designed with cycle count in mind.
USB 3 connectors, for starters. Unplugged mine for the third time to change motherboards and a couple pins just ripped out so now only one front USB works
The pinouts on motherboards actually has been mostly standardized, it’s just that case manufacturers can’t guarantee that your putting a motherboard in with that standard layout
Remember to hold your fans in place and prevent them from being spun by compressed air. If they spin fast enough they can generate enough current to cause damage.
This is very good advice, I like to spin mine with the compressor going “VROOM VROOM” but I guess it would make sense that they will back feed some voltage to the pins that way.
Never had a problem tho
It will only happen if the fan has permanent magnets. Still, just stop the blades. No reason to put wear on the bearings
and if at any point you had to disconnect your fans for cleaning do not forget to connect them back in. the fans are not optional components. modern PCs and laptops will straight up refuse to turn on if they can’t detect the fans
Meanwhile, my laptop has no fans.
could you elaborate? i don’t think current technology with more computational power than a phone can survive without fans
I have an M2 Macbook Air, which ironically has nothing to move the air about.
It gets a bit warm if I play any reasonably demanding games on it, but it’s never thrown up any overheating warnings.
huh! interesting
Apple have a long history of making computers that rely on passive cooling. The Power Mac G4 Cube is the prettiest example, though to be fair it was not a good computer, with many people retro fitting fans into them later.
But they’ve got much better at it since then!
I doubt that. It’s definitely so the bearing doesn’t break.
“Oh, I forgot to turn the PSU back on”
I spent 20 years as an IT admin. We used cans of compressed air to clean dust out of computers. Light, gentle sprays, preferably cleaned outside so the dust doesn’t just fill the room.
If you hold down the spray button for a few seconds, the can turns ice cold really fast, so be sparing with it. Also, don’t tip it upside-down while spraying or it’ll spray liquid that can damage computer components.
In all the years blowing dust out of computers, the only time I actually damaged a computer was when I tried to use a vacuum hose blowing air in reverse. It was too rough and broke some motherboard components.
I believe that vacuums also generate a ton of static charge as the air flows over the plastic hoses and such. They make special vacuums for electronic that are static free but expensive.
https://metrovac.com/collections/electronics-it/products/datavac-electric-dusterThose things are amazing though, I’ve had one for over a decade now and it’s the best 100 dollars I ever spent.
Yours isn’t dishwasher safe?
Forgot to add the detergent
Never touch a running system
Is it connected?
Happened to me once, my wife won’t let me forget it
Check if maybe any dust got into the connectors. Prone to thus is the PCIE connector on the motherboard, when removing the GPU. Just blow into it to make sure its dust free. Happened to me more than once.
My fear every time
Never actually happened, but still
Yea 409 isn’t the best for the longevity of a PC.
it reminds me of that Macbook vs thinkpad meme.
