Vacuum cleaner CPU fan

No AMD Athlons were harmed in the making of this video. However, I can't say the same about the bearings of the CPU fan motor. The vacuum cleaner got it spinning so fast it was screaming!

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• athlon
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• heatsink
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[Mrtechguy94]

Was that a Gateway computer? Because I remember a couple years ago I had the same problem with the CPU overheating because of the crappy fan that was put in there when it was manufactured.

[vwestlife]

Yes, it is a Gateway. I also trash-picked a Gateway with a 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 in the same style of tower case, but I donated it to charity because it used RD-RAM which is expensive and hard to find (it had 128 MB RAM and Windows ME installed, so I just left it like that).

[josephcardoso20]

this video was recorded with the "Vivitar 810HD"

[vwestlife]

No it wasn't. Unless otherwise indicated, all of my videos since the beginning of June 2009 have been taken using my JVC GZ-MS100 camcorder.

[ThisIs2009]

"that should keep it nice and cool"

too bad its hot air!

[vwestlife]

That would be true if I was using the vacuum in exhaust mode. But in this case it was sucking cool (or at least room temperature) air across the CPU heatsink and into the vacuum cleaner.

[coondogtheman1234]

that fan sounds like an air raid siren when you put the vac on it.

[themaritimeman]

I know the Prescott (or it's nickname, Pres*hot*) and it's heat issues well. Probably the hottest-running x86 CPU ever produced.

[brunoshow124]

that can destroy the motor's bearings. nice vid though

[ComputerTutorialPro]

I knew for this earlier :P

[FOGoticus]

You know I did that with the cpu cooler connected.

And speed fan was running, got it to 10,000+ RPM.

[faro0485]

@faro0485 With a dyson dc19... 1400watt cooler lol

[faro0485]

I tried that with my Acer Revo r3610 little itx box, the temps went down to 10c from 45-50c. Because that system is pretty tight, all the air gets sucked from the other side's hole to the one where the fan pushes out the air.

[TheFreakINcontrol]

@themaritimeman Pentium D's might be worse, 2 Prescott cores on the same chip each with their own die :O. I played with an old one lying around, you shoot the voltage up around 1.7-1.9 and try and run 3.8ghz-4ghz, watch the fuck out. So hot it won't even boot on my Zalman CNPS 9700 cooler, I've never felt my cooler get that hot.

[TheFreakINcontrol]

I'm gonna try this with an old CPU fan and a 5hp shop vac >:)

[avalanch08]

sounds like its about to fucking take off.

[outithewoods]

:o) Good way to clear the heatsink of dust too

[MaxxFordham]

Haha, good luck keeping your one arm there holding the vacuum cleaner's hose to that at all times! :-D

My guess is that if you use the vacuum cleaner, you could just bypass the fan blades there, as the cleaner would provide enough air flow on its own. :)