When was the last time you cleaned the dust out of your laptop/pc?

[Marko :)]

I found that a certain combination of cooling pads / laptop fans spinning in a certain direction can have catastrophic effects.
I'm talking about those coolers that blow the air towards the laptop and the laptop has fans on the bottom that takes air inside the laptop. This combination accumulates more dust than just the laptop without the pad. So instead of helping, the cooling pad will fill the inside of the laptop with more dust in a much shorter time.

I know what you're thinking but my laptop doesn't have anything opened on the bottom so I think it's safe, at least in my case.

 

[Amelith Nargothrond]

I know what you're thinking but my laptop doesn't have anything opened on the bottom so I think it's safe, at least in my case.

Unfortunately i wasn't thinking... i found out the hard way

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Thanks @Spawn.

 

[frogboy]

Every few months i give my machines a bit of a spring clean, sometimes a bit longer.

 

[Kubla]

I use Silverstone Tek 120mm ultra fine fan filters on my fan intakes so my box stays pretty much dust free but I do have to vacuum the filters at least once a week to keep good air flow.

 

[McLovin]

I have a force of habit to do it every 2 weeks. As I have a big tidy up around my setup every 2 weeks so I clean everything.

 

[Vasudev]

I do it every year or two.

 

[Winter Soldier]

Once a month I clean the heatsink of my laptop with a vacuum cleaner and my wife's deskotp by opening it and blowing it with an air compressor blocking the fans with a pen to avoid hazardous electrical return on the motherboard.

 

[Weebarra]

I won't be cleaning anything on mine again, decided to clean the keyboard yesterday, ahem with a damp sponge and kitchen cleaner ........... BAD IDEA, my bleeping keyboard just decided to go crazy and type all the wrong letters and keys doing things they shouldn't, note to self..... just leave it filthy.... at least it worked well

 

[Amelith Nargothrond]

I won't be cleaning anything on mine again, decided to clean the keyboard yesterday, ahem with a damp sponge and kitchen cleaner ........... BAD IDEA, my bleeping keyboard just decided to go crazy and type all the wrong letters and keys doing things they shouldn't, note to self..... just leave it filthy.... at least it worked well

I'm disassembling my keyboards from time to time. You can take out the electronics part and keep only the mechanical parts, buttons and case. Then you can easily clean them without destroying it, even under tap water. You just have to wait until all the parts and insides of the buttons are dried out

 

[johnyjohn]

I won't be cleaning anything on mine again, decided to clean the keyboard yesterday, ahem with a damp sponge and kitchen cleaner ........... BAD IDEA, my bleeping keyboard just decided to go crazy and type all the wrong letters and keys doing things they shouldn't, note to self..... just leave it filthy.... at least it worked well

I know how you feel i cleaned mine with a compressed air can but it done more harm than good so just threw it a way got a new one and leave it alone as long as i can type with it.

 

[Weebarra]

I'm disassembling my keyboards from time to time. You can take out the electronics part and keep only the mechanical parts, buttons and case. Then you can easily clean them without destroying it, even under tap water. You just have to wait until all the parts and insides of the buttons are dried out

Woah, too scary for me, i know nothing about computers plus my keyboard is attached to my laptop

I know how you feel i cleaned mine with a compressed air can but it done more harm than good so just threw it a way got a new one and leave it alone as long as i can type with it.

At least you did yours with a product fit for the job (no consolation though) instead of kitchen de-greaser !!

 

[shukla44]

I am a lazy person by nature. If i can avoid it, never. But had to clean the desktop pc sometime, so yearly or whenever the computer gives me signal.

 

[LASER_oneXM]

I'm a 'gamer' threfore i'm frequently checking the temperatures of my GPU,CPU and also of all other components.
I Never had any problems with (too) high temperatures: my laptops/PC's have always been very 'clean'. Therefore only once a year i'm taking a closer look at my hardware... ... looking for too much dirt....

 

[RicharDooM]

Hah nice!!! I cleaned my laptop just yesterday! I own it for 2 and a half years xD
Truth be told, I wouldn't do this if there was no BIOS battery issue xD
I don't have problems with overheating, two of coolers in the laptop do a great job for me!

 

[Urusen]

Every two months I clean my PC components.