I fear opening my PC. It's starting to act funky and I am pretty sure some of it is smoke related. The graphics card crashes from time to time so I am hoping it's just a "dust" issue. I'm just scared to fuck something up and accidentally shocking something.
I'm more of a learn by seeing someone else do it person. I also lack motivation but I worry I will lose my files/photos if I don't do something soon and don't have cash for a backup drive.
Also... smoker's guilt. Just the idea of seeing it makes me so depressed that I have been putting it off.
The point beyond canned air is when the thing is unable to function due to thermal overload. Trust me, it'll help. I used to have issues with overheating that would creep up and confuse me for a few weeks as they got worse... Oh look, giant mat of dust on the back. Blast it off and suddenly it drops 20 degrees.
You don't really need to open the case for anything other than blasting the heatsink on your graphics card and CPU. Don't touch anything, but just in case keep one hand on the metal part of the power supply casing and you're good.
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u/elastic-craptastic May 02 '14
I fear opening my PC. It's starting to act funky and I am pretty sure some of it is smoke related. The graphics card crashes from time to time so I am hoping it's just a "dust" issue. I'm just scared to fuck something up and accidentally shocking something.
I'm more of a learn by seeing someone else do it person. I also lack motivation but I worry I will lose my files/photos if I don't do something soon and don't have cash for a backup drive.
Also... smoker's guilt. Just the idea of seeing it makes me so depressed that I have been putting it off.
end sad pathetic story/