Cleaned my fans

I was in the mood to clean my desktop fans i did a pretty good job
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MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 88 °F
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I basically took each fan off even the Cpu fan and took a Damp cloth and wiped off all the dust on the fans i think this is the best way of cleaning fans.Air cans work but all they really do is blow the dust around really.

 

Not me! I think your way puts unanticipated forces on the bearings which may result in uneven wear and premature bearing failure. Plus, you are introducing water (even if just a damp cloth) into the heart of electronics. Finally, there's a reason you sweep the floor before mopping.

Compressed air is clearly the best way but it makes no sense to blast all that dust, dander, hair and whatever up into the room again, where it can be sucked back into the computer (or your lungs and sinuses).

So here, computers go outside for cleaning with a soft, non-nylon, long-bristle brush, Popsicle sticks, and an air-compressor equipped with a inline moisture and particulate filter. The non-nylon brush is used to lightly stir things up without generating any static. The Popsicle (or wooden glue) sticks are used to hold the fans stationary while blasting to prevent damaging the bearings spinning them faster than design allows. And the moisture and particulate filter is essential whenever you use an air compressor on electronics (or food, or in your mouth at the dentist!) to prevent dirty condensation (that WILL form) and other oily contaminants sucked into the tank from spewing all over the place.

However, tearing down a computer and lugging it outside for cleaning is no fun. So I always ensure any build I do includes a case with removable, washable air filters to minimize the number of times I do have to lug them outside. I rarely trust people who say, "trust me" - but trust me, they make a big difference.

That said, not everyone can justify air compressors (thought I think every home owner should have one). So cans of compressed dusting gas is the next best thing. But I caution, those do NOT contain canned "air". It is not "air" at all, and in fact, they contain hazardous gases that must not be inhaled (though sadly, there are reports of "huffers" who use these instead of harder to buy cans of spray paint). So using cans of "dusting gas" should really be done outside anyway.

You can use a vacuum cleaner, but so much extra care is required, I don't recommend it. The problem is, you have to get the vacuum nozzle up close to be effective, even if you stir up the dust with the brush first. And with an unwieldy hose, that risks ramming the nozzle into fragile parts. But more importantly, dust and air particles zipping past, and banging into the nozzle generate 10s of 1000s of volts in static electricity creating huge and potentially catastrophic ESD potentials. So while I have used a vacuum (when it was raining out for example), because of the ESD, it makes me very nervous - and I know my way around electronics and am very familiar with ESD - so again, I do not recommend using a vacuum.

If you must use a vacuum BEFORE reaching in (1) unplug the computer from the wall, (2) touch bare metal of the case, (3) wrap your hand around the nozzle with index finger sticking out. Then (4) immediately and firmly plant that extended finger onto bare metal of the case while vacuuming to [hopefully] discharge any static as it is being created. Do NOT move nozzle in close to anything without planting that finger onto bare metal first! Better yet, wait for the sun.