Today I cleaned antec 1200 dust filters. (slighty dusty)

Aug 28, 2008 10 Replies

Hello,



After only 10 days I decided to clean the antec 1200 dust filters.



I am quite amazed that it was only 10 days ago ?!



The dust filters contained only a little bit of dusty... but I was getting worried because I couldn't see the laser so clear anymore... it had a blurry look.



So to be on the safe side I decided to clean it.



It went pretty well... just open case doors, unscrew drive bays... push out a little... pull out dust filter... hold dust filter under the water which is quicker then try to use wet toiletpaper or so... and then simply dry it a bit with dry toilet paper lol... and then wave it a little bit... put it back in... screw everyhing up and your done.



Did hurt my back a little bit but I have bad back.



I can't believe it's just 10 days ago that I assembled it ? WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.



Seems like month a ago at least lol.



There were also two bottom screws slightly loose.. maybe that explained why the case sometimes started to vibrate... juuuuust a little bit... but noticeable... then when I touched it the vibration would stop.



Also I have never seen a case so clean on the inside ! No dust on fan blades what so ever...



Probably because it's just 10 days ago... and the dust filter catch most of it.



But it's been running 10 hours per day at least !



So that's already 100 hours of running time... and not a dust particle on the fan blades ! ;)



Also there is one thing which is slightly frustrating...



After opening and closing the case... the bios resets itself.



So then I have to setup it again.. ! Bleah !



Worth it though... nice and quiet =D



Stay cool peeps... =D



Bye, Skybuck.


Did you miss this gem?

" screw everyhing up and your done"

That sums up Skybuck and his pc

It's not the LASER that's blurry. It's your eyes. If you continue to look into the laser, everything will soon be blurry. If you must look at the laser, wear laser safe glasses or the equivalent blindfold.

Ummm... my fans use LED's. What duz the LASER do? Bug zapper?

Incidentally, dust is good for cooling your machine as long as it doesn't restrict the air flow. Solid materials with high thermal conductivity can move much more heat that air. That's why liquid cooling works so much better than air cooling. If you were blowing a dust storm from your PC, it would be MUCH cooler. Thermal conductivity in Watt/(meter-Kelvin) Air = 0.025 Soil = 1.5 Diamond = 900 - 2300

If you're really concerned about keeping your CPU cool, remove the filter and toss some dust into the machine. The dust will pickup the heat and eject it along with the air flow. You can attach a vacuum cleaner dust bag to the air outlet to catch the dust, which can later be reused. Kinda like a heat-pipe that runs on dust instead of water vapor.

I'm not sure what to recommend for a supply of dust. The best insulator and thermal conductor is diamond dust. However, that's rather expensive. Alumina or other ceramics should work reasonably well. Try to keep the air flow down to where it doesn't sand blast the components and avoid contamination by household dust with inferior thermal conductivity.

Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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Try this flow chart

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martin

Then again,.....

"Clean Mind, Clean Air Filter... Take your pick."

-mpm

Skybuck obviously has some mental problems. But at least he's high functioning. There's has to be a job out there somewhere where he'd be the PERFECT candidate. I just can't think of it.

His air filter is like his mind. Electrostatic. :(

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There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.

You just can't help yourself can you pal. Why don't you make an appointment with a psychologist.

Your reply was even worse, however, you retarded f*ck.

You are not on bike, outside, in the sun, kid? why?

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