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Careful with blowing high volume of air directly to the PC fans. You could damage it or break it.

When re-pasting GPUs, it's best to manually spread a thin layer of thermal paste across the entire die. The silicon die makes direct contact with the heatsink, so if you miss even a tiny corner because the paste didn't spread across the entire die evenly, you can get weird performance issues, crashes, or you could even end up killing your card

It's a great guide, and I love that cleaning and maintaining your hardware is getting a spotlight and people can learn that it has benefits that go beyond cleanliness to keep your computers well maintained. Just a note on the fans: As every electric motor can also function as a generator, spinning your fans with compressed air might(!) induce voltage back into the fan header that can(!) damage your mainboard. Personally, I like to unplug them or (if that's not possible) stick something like a toothpick between the blades so that they dont spin from the air. It's just a precaution, as most of the time, nothing will happen. That's why there will be a lot of people telling you that they've cleaned hundreds of fans like this and nothing ever happened. Same thing as with ESD, most of the time nothing happens, but when it does, it sucks to replace a broken GPU, CPU or mainboard. So keep that in mind, especially if you are cleaning someone else's electronics 👍

Ultra perfect timing. I needed this!!

Hey love all your vids, but I think this one might cause issues for some people, it's usually a one in a million chance but best practice is holding the fans when using a blower, it's bad for the electric motors and also when repasting gpus it's best to be on the safe side and apply thin paste all over the die, it's different to an IHS where a dot or line is great. Sorry if this sounded rude, love all that you do have a great week :)

I find makeup brushes to be quite effective on surface dust on PCBs. If it's especially caked on, a soft bristled toothbrush is the way to go.

I like to use off brand lysol wipes. They work great for the exterior, power and sleep buttons and all the touchable parts of the front panel.

Some great tips; thanks Brett!

One of the best tools you've not included is a cheap or old toothbrush. It works great in getting between small spaces delicately.

Thanks for showing us this

Hey this is really useful. Thanks!

when you took off the back side, I sort of expected you'd find a half of a kitkat randomly chilling in there XD

Thanks bro i got an old pc from someone i am cleaning it to ressel it nice that i could find this vid.

I was only looking for a deep cleaning video right before my pc upgrade then found my actual MB I need to clean 🤣thank u for the tutorial.

Using an actual air compressor is fine if you live in a dry area, if you do not, make sure to keep the compressor in a dry, room temperature space when using and it is just fine. No moisture. If you are still worried, place a filter over the air intake and use a fine nozzle.

it should be mentioned that you should check if you have a warranty still one your GPU since taking it apart will void it . Also you should not ramp up the fans with Air like that unless you know for sure that it will not generate voltage and back feed it to the PC not all do but some can, better to be safe it doesn't take much extra time to unplug them or block from spinning as you blow them out.

I got so much positive energy from this video. The way you explain things is amazing. Definetely you have +1 sub. 😂😂

You Are Doing Great and cleanings great

Can the duster be used while charging?

And that’s on the set homie!

Whoa, I wasn’t supposed to throw it in the garbage and buy a new one to clean it? Shit.

I almost died watching this, why are you blowing the fans? That can brake them, and WHY is there only 1 fan, and its a exhaust?!?! Have at least 2 fans, 1 for intake 1 for exhaust

17:05 Puts psu back in with dust visible on the edges while screwing it back in

its amazing just how much dust gathers and actually sticks to stuff inside your pc case... you would think most of us keep our pcs in a coal bunker after 12 months lol :):) always good to do videos like this just to remind folks and give confidence its not that hard a thing to do once a year :)

Nervous cleaning my pc for the first time in 3 years 😫 I have everything except thermal paste. There’s a lot of dust on the gpu fan but I’m hesitant on taking it apart without getting the paste first. Can I get away with just using can air cleaning it?

What’s up Brett great vid

You are the first and only youtuber that mentioned the motherboard training the RAM. And you are right!!! I had that with my old i7 desktop. I have to put one stick then boot up and so on. Thanks for confirming my theory.

good job 🙂

My prebuilt pc came AMD Ryzen 5 - 5600G 6-Cores (3.9 GHz), Integrated Radeon Graphics with the processor, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card?

Invest in a decent air compressor that can be used for cleaning your computer PLUS hundreds of other things. Most hardware stores sell a small 5 or 6 gallon air compressor for about $100 bucks.

In all my years of PC building, I have found the best way to keep a PC clean is to keep your house clean. I can't even imagine the enviropnments some of these roach infested, dust laden PC/Consoles come out of. It's like some people have no sense of what it means/takes to be a clean person.

Nice video! When you started working on the motherboard, I thought it looked familiar. It's the exact same one I currently have in my Ryzen 5 3600 build that I built back in 2020 to replace my 10+ year old AMD Phenom II X3 720BE. Still holds up nice 3 years after the release of the 3600. As for the one fan, don't feel bad. The B450M DS3H motherboard only has one case fan header, so you would have to use a splitter which is something I need to do, but I've been running with just 1 exhaust fan for 2 years, so I guess it's not TOO bad, right? :)

100 PSI air compressor with spray valve, cheap, multipurpose, no batteries which will eventually die... bring PC outside to dust and watch the crud fly out the case. Used on over 100 PCs and never a problem despite the 'achktually' crowd being annoying about it.

All the dust bunnies are now on the ceiling.

0:08 that is the exact same case as my pc!

why you can blow but not vacuum the dust? tks..

Is it smart to clean your modem/router?

The thumbnail had me thinking that he forgot to plug in the gpu 😂

i cant believe you let those GPU fans rip like that!!! because thats a great way to RIP your gpu^^

Yo what to do with the SDD (or HDD in my case)

What, no washing components in your kid's bathroom sink? You're no Greg Salazar. 🤣

Not holding the fan blades when blowing them erks me

Nice way to destroy the fan berings... Other than that good video explaining how to clean and maintain your PC.

Yeah bro your not supposed to blow the air onto fans, could cause damage to the board since the fans generate energy

how does this guy not know to not blow high volume air on fans and make them spin at speeds they're not designed to spin at? I've known that since I was a novice.

it is up to 90k rpm and 70k/50k respectively.

The cans of compressed air also leave a sticky residu... I tried it once and the first time i tried it was also the last time!!!! Too bad you didn't show how to deconstruct the cooler fan of the proccessor precisely but instead skip directly to the part where it already is taken apart, this is where most of the dust builds up in my pc 🤣

lol turning the fans into generators, potentially overspinning the fans and blowing out the bearings and risking putting a finger in the blades to break the fan while it's spinning. demonstrating what not to do ehh

For people that clean MANY PCs, like PC flippers, get a sonic cleanser that can fit a little more than an ATX motherboard.

is it safe to blow dust that close to the cpu? O.o.

I miss the "high smokes" video. Keeps temps cool.

Just got an idea.. take you pc or whatever to the car wash and use the free air blower lol

I was interested in the sponsor product until I found out it was battery operated and doesn't use removable batteries like 18650s. I would much rather plug the thing in to a wall and deal with a cord than ever have to deal with a dead internal battery. I got a battery powered drill+driver and the battery pack died before I used the thing more than a couple dozen times. Such a waste of materials when I should have just gotten a wall powered one. At least with the drill, it's a battery pack that can be replaced easily enough.

Nice but you should show this cleaning in closer mode sir. Thanks😇

Step 0: take it outside and blow out most of the dust out first before deep cleaning your PC.

Blue shop towels are much better for this use case than paper towels. Although I understand most people don't have them lying about.

I usually just put my pc in the dishwasher.

This is really helpful and now I want one of those R3 Pros... 🤩

Do you use 99% 91 70% isopropyl alcohol

I use makeup brushes to get the dust out and a damp cleaning cloth.

Using paper towel must be the worst idea, as it's catches on everything and shreds all the time, even if you don't see it, it's microscopic. Probably some natural brush is the best.

I blow The dust of my PCs with The hair blower on cold mode!

18:59 my PC has 6 fan's

Chocolate themed pc while away 😋

Dollar store baby wipes work about 1000x better than paper towels and are cheaper for more of them.

3 fer Dale!

Little did he know, that chocolate.. was actually....

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Can I use a mini-vacuum cleaner?

air in a can £4 or this thing at £173.. let me think.. 🤔

Some reason i see a big fire hazard in your basement

counting the 2 fans on my cooler, I have 5 fans on my pc., 3 exhaust, since the intake are 200mm. Also NEVER LET PC FANS OF ANY KIND FREE SPIN! This includes fans on the GPU because it can cause electrical damage as the fans turn into electric generators as they spin from the force of the blower.

You really shouldn't be using any brushes or plastic parts when cleaning your PC especially if attached to a blower. Because plastic is an insulator, charge builds up on the plastic whether air is being blown or sucked through the nozzle. And if the nozzle or brush attached to the nozzle touches an electrical component, and electrostatic discharge can occur killing the electronic component. There is plastic that is ESD safe and there are companies that make ESD safe vacuums and blowers that use that type of plastic, but that doesn't appear to be the case with dust blower being used in the video. If you do use an non-ESD safe blower, like the one in the video, just make sure the nozzle is kept a safe distance away from the computer parts and never use the attached brush. Natural bristle brushes or flux brushes can be used on electronic components for hard to remove stubborn dust that isn't responsive to blown air.

those fans will start making noises pretty soon, after this method of cleaning :/

Sadly… I’m too lazy to remove the whole thing out from the case

what the hell? you are spinning the fans at full speed.... i wonder why it didn't explode

Lol wtf your suppose to hold the fan before blowing air into it to stop static electricity

Atleast hold the fans when you blow it maygad

feel bad for the graphics card

Hey man, hope your kids doing well. I was wondering if you had any plans to attempt stuff with EGPU's? My main machine is a small laptop and a 3070 in a Node Titan. I was wondering if there is something out their like the Steam deck that can (and does it well) with an EGPU? Thank you for your time and the Hot news man. OH! Shout out to "Fallout: London project!" Later!

i steam cleaned my pc and now it won't turn on..they just don't make things the way they used to

Yeah i have not clean my for like years lol...

Um... Blasting and making the fans spin like that will ruin them. If you have not shortened their life by doing the Blow and spin them to massive speeds.

once i saw the fan torture i zoomed out and left

you look like a fallout 3 character (not a bad thing)

I just use a compressor to blast my pc / pc parts with air once every 4-6 months.

The moment you blow your fan without holding it down to stop it from spinning, you lose credibility on “Cleaning Guide”

At the point you start speed up your pc fans with air I stopped watching, spinning your fan blades creates voltages, than can directly damage your motherboard and other components with negative currency if you are unlucky and should never be done. Use cotton swabs and alcohol on the fans, it takes time, but its the only deep clean way of doing it, ot if you really do want to use compressed air, atleast block your fan from spinning 🤷‍♂️

Or you could just use a vacuum with a makeup brush instead of blowing shit all around the house. And never ever blow into fans without holding the blades, as it can easily kill them.

NO NO NO, Is this video a joke?? DO NOT Use metal tweezers on the GPU, and DO NOT Blow any of your fans directly with air, it will destroy them!!!

6:39 hey ding dong! DONT BLOW AIR DIRECTLY INTO YOUR PC FANS LIKE THAT! Since the motors on most pc fans are electromagnetic, you are essentially creating a dynamo effect that can backfeed electricity into your motherboard and fry it!

Dip it in distilled Water ONLY no normal water. Then use a Cold/middle warm dryer. EZ

how do u breath in that room ! damn ps: nice to fk the fans up lmao

Yeah my rig is on the floor under my desk where it belongs. Don't see it so it's clean, won't touch it until I build a new one. And no way I'm doing anything you just did, I'm not tearing apart a 2000 dollar gpu. Any problems buy a new one, should be tattooed on my arm. Side panel holds a huge ball of wires so it stays screwed shut, it's spring loaded and don't wanna lose an eye. With new hardware coming out its going to get shoved in a closet until it gets tossed in the trash. Built in February so gets replaced by the next February

The interior of the power supply is about the most important thing to clean. The cleaner you keep it, the longer it will last.

Just use a blow drier lol

w dad

First!

this is not deep clean