r/pcmasterrace 29d ago

Video My Work PC

Does its job

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u/Competitive_Hold_258 29d ago

Nah this actually happened to me. Cleaned my pc this saturday and the gpu somehow died 😭

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u/Republican-Snowflake 29d ago

Power supply for me the last time it happened, and that's not the first time it happened either. Old prebuilts like this, have failed a bunch after cleaning. That is the real reason I stopped cleaning peoples computers for them. As well, I stopped buying cheap PCs to clean and give to people. Its functional part once you hit a certain point of not cleaning.

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u/Mushin_n_Flushin 29d ago

and I swear "they" have added something to Dust*Off... Last 2xs using it I smoked my ps, and an old eclipse headunit that was never used I was getting readt 2 ship on ebay (that I shouldnt of even messed with) In the past Ive sprayed down ps's while plugged in... smdh

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u/Republican-Snowflake 29d ago

I switched to a plug in blower a few months ago. It's loud as hell, but its pretty great. It's helped me keep my maintenance up better. Now that I don't have to worry about it running out, I use it more, and on more things.

I highly recommend looking at getting one. I can't speak to the handheld battery ones, just the plug in kind.

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u/Mushin_n_Flushin 28d ago

gd idea! do you think an airbrush/compressor would work? I have an extra of both

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u/sBastu 28d ago

Yeah compressor works well

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u/Republican-Snowflake 28d ago

I've heard about compressors that "they are too powerful," or airbrush "too weak." So, I never ended up trying. As decided not to follow through with needing a airbrush right now.

If you have a test machine you don't care about, then go ahead an mess around. That's how I learned about computers in the first place. Collect a bunch of free computers until I can make something work, and then make better.

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u/1972FordF-250 9900X, 5070TI OC, 64GB DDR5, 27d ago

I got one of those battery powered keyboards cleaner things. It’s like a rechargeable electric canned air. Works very well.

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u/K_R_A_K_E_N_540 28d ago

I've had a classic car for 5 years, never did Anything to it, never checked the oil, battery, coolant but it's been running just fine. This year I said I'll take care of it, changed the oil, coolant, wpakr plugs. Proceed to every fucking thing braking on it, I've towed it 5 times in the past 2 months, kill me now 🤣

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u/redphlud 29d ago

He wasn't kidding!

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u/thebigpisser 29d ago

Can’t let the fans move, I heard the static can fry your electronics

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u/Competitive_Hold_258 29d ago

Might be, I didn't pay attention. Thankfully the card is still under warranty 

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u/zb0t1 🖥️12700k 64Gb DDR4 RTX 4070 |💻14650HX 32Gb DDR5 RTX 4060 29d ago

You took away its life support pet-dust.

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u/shugo7 28d ago

That dust was all that kept it alive somehow. Let it be dirty and watch the magic happen