Scraping dust from an AMD heatsink

UPDATE: I recently dug up some old pictures of this dusty situation. Enjoy

http://flic.kr/p/9an9Ry
http://flic.kr/p/9aj1RD
http://flic.kr/p/9an9RS



My computer started crashing in games, then in normal applications. I went to the bios and found the CPU temp to be around 70C. So I took it apart to replace the thermal paste and found this incredible amount of dust.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• amd
• athlon
• dust
• cpu
• heatsink
• scrape
• fan
• airflow
• computer
• pc

[keithmonsta]

average computer doing its job.... filtering your house for you, that could have been in your lungs. thats why people should have a computer in every room

[adracamas]

Air compressor makes cleaning this stuff a snap btw.

[XNeoCloud]

Ive seen worse lol.

[Deses]

@keithmonsta But, but, you have your nose for that! xD

[matthmatthmatth]

@keithmonsta You're a moron. It's lint. It's like saying "good thing you have that filter in your dryer, or you'd be breathing all that crap"

Do you BREATH lint? No, you notice it and you cough .. then it doesn't go in your lungs.

Thank you very fucking much, Keith Sellick.

[TommyDDoom]

lol how old are your CPU? i guess 5-6 years not cleaned

[NB5BHVL]

@Zephrith OK ? But your ass is going to hurt

[Zephrith]

@NB5BHVL Fuck you.

[skadoosher1]

I think I found where the cat disappeared to!?!

[MrBaumer8993]

That is disgusting.

[macbookfan33]

Clean your house maybe? have you ever touched a vacuum cleaner? My old computer from 2006 didnt have any dust in it at all, and i used that thing Alot!

[InverseBlue]

@NB5BHVL yea, we watched that movie in grade school. it was an amazing movie :D