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Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby beaky » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:44 am

Some may recall my January post regarding the last time I cleaned my machine... well, decided to check it again, since the graphics in particular have been suffering lately. No mouse poop this time, but.. yukk! Mobo ports look pretty bad...

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Weird accumulation pattern on the case side...
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OK... where's that can of air?
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Not as bad as last time, but the gfx card definitely needs a once-over.
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Something I have not done before... look at all that stuff in the CPU sink!! Whoa!!
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Die, dustball, die!!!
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Haven't done a comprehensive test yet, but so far seem to have licked the artifact problems I've been having in FS9 and other programs. Seems there's some life yet in the old girl... ;D
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby Omag 2.0 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:18 am

That last one better not be comming out of your ears!  :o  :-X  ;D

BTW, is it safe to publish your XP-license key on the internet?
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby waspiflab » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:56 am

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sorry just nodded off there thought I was back at school ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby flyboy 28 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:29 am

Your CPU fan is going *help meeeeee! help meeee!*, in "The Fly" style voice. :)
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby stuart1044 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:41 am

BTW, is it safe to publish your XP-license key on the internet?



Exactly what i was thinking Omag, i suggest you do something about that picture rotty  :)
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby beaky » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:15 pm

That last one better not be comming out of your ears!  :o  :-X  ;D

BTW, is it safe to publish your XP-license key on the internet?



Huh? Oh, yeah- good point...
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:41 pm

I hoover my machine clean quarterly ;)
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby Overspeed » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:18 pm

eat it
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby BAW0343 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:29 pm

my god man!  what do you do? THROW dust at it, or play games outside with it!!

"mua ha ha ha!! lets see how much dirt i can into you!!!"

more diabolical laughter follows...
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby Airshow_lover » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:52 pm

Yikes! :o
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby beaky » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:29 pm

I hoover my machine clean quarterly ;)


I will do so in the future. Six months is way too long in my dusty old house.
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby Jakemaster » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:30 pm

The heatsink dust looks almost EXACTLY like what mine looked like when I cleaned it last time
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:05 am

Dust is actually very low in fat! So you can eat as much as you like ;D
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby Jakemaster » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:18 pm

I hoover my machine clean quarterly ;)



You strap a propellor on top and turn it up?

Oh wait, hoover not hover :P

Have fun replacing all the parts you suck out ;)
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Re: Computer cleanup... 6 mos. later

Postby beaky » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:32 pm

Dust is actually very low in fat! So you can eat as much as you like ;D


Really? It must be all the beer, then...  :-X
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