Cleaning solutions for Graphics Cards

[AthomSmasher]

Jeez.... I was thinking all technical like, and you guys just blow and suck

Sorry been busy lately and have just got back to this thread......... mind you it gave me a laugh, and thanks for the tips

[G-STAR01]

I use a anti-static brush I bought from Ebay, have a quick look, you can't miss it and a AF non-flammable duster - this one www.amazon.co.uk/AF-Duster-Airduster-Pressure-SPD300/dp/B000J6D20K/

[deejayburnout]

Air duster everytime.

Hoover my filters though.

Brap Brap

[vettieboo]

I tend to just use air cans and a toothbrush, avoids the static that can occur with a vacuum cleaner, but as always be careful!

Do be aware that you need to ensure you don't get any liquid 'drops' from the can, which can happen if you continuously spray rather than in short bursts. In fact, I use the stuff Spank mentioned in post #2, does the job fine!

[ryandigweed]

I just use a microfibre dust cloth to get rid of the light dust layers and then i use a toothbrush to scrub off the dust from the PCB and Heatsink.

You can also use a blower or a vacuum to clean the dust. ANd sometimes when the card is being weird, i use some spirit to clean the contacts

[gingerBen]

Compressed air and IPA if needed.

[KeyboardDemon]

I use an electric pump from a now discarded airbed (it leaked!) which, when using the thin nozzle used for pumping up footballs etc, produces quite a powerful jet of air. Dust cannon ftw!

That's genius, and we have one of those somewhere too.

[Mackem]

Yeah that compressed air from Amazon does the job perfectly fine for me as long as you don't spray in long continuous bursts.

[Xnemesis]

This will do you

Yep that will do very nicely with toothbrush for the heat sink helps move the muck off easly.

[Onkston]

I got mine from maplins, think it was a bit cheaper than the amazon stuff if u can get there, works well though, but compressed air is compressed air lol.

[tugocan]

Compressed air solution for every dust problems

[Willzzz]

Compressed air and IPA if needed.

An India Pale Ale helps with every kind of job

[ajax2061]

seen a mobo die from static from hover, always use a brush myself and do a complete stripdown and repaste etc etc. Warning about compressed air and laptops if you blow into the laptop from the wrong side ie by the heatsink you can blow the rug of dust into the fan itself and stop it from spinning totaly.

Had one of these only yesterday at work, if you do blow from the fanside wedge something into the fan to stop it spinning

[Agent]

seen a mobo die from static from hover

Many of us have researched and looked into this and we've not been able to find any reason why this might happen. It's said on a lot of forums and seems to perpetuate like a meme, but no one seems to be able to provide any evidence for it. A vacuum as far as I know doesn't inherently produce any more static than other devices. The movement of air can of course cause a static build up, but this happens with everything that moves air.

Not only that, but if your system is grounded (which it should be) - how could this cause an issue?

Could you offer any more of an insight perhaps?

[ajax2061]

well ashamed to admit it but it was my old mobo a few years ago and a dyson vac, should of known better as the pipe was metal and sometimes gave me static shocks when in use, i have read somewhere ages ago that the air cyclones at the tip of the pipe which can cause it. But the hover wasn't used inside the pc, was cleaning the carpet at the time and the metal pipe touched side of tower pc went off and after testing with replacement parts found it was a dead motherboard which tbh surprised me as i expected it too be the psu. Like i said this hover was known for giving static shocks so probaly wouldn't happen on all hovers but certainly did on this one time.

[Andehh]

This thread been really helpful to me

And your post is greatly helpful to Hexus! Thank you from us all xxx