Question Are these temps ok

[ruffneck23]

We have an air compressor and nozzle for when we're processing a really large batch with the outside door open.

I was thinking more of one of these :

http://www.screwfix.com/p/air-duster-150ml/57314?kpid=57314&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product Listing Ads-_-Sales Tracking-_-sales tracking url&kpid=57314&cm_mmc=Google-_-Shopping - Heating and Plumbing-_-Shopping - Heating and Plumbing&gclid=CJKE99XCj8ACFVIPtAodHUIAEg

 

[gentlegreen]

One thing I do know WD40 is a very bad idea for a sticking chip fan.

 

[gentlegreen]

It's written in the IT department rules somewhere that we have to wear anti-static straps when handling RAM, but I'm fairly sure I'm the only one who's done that for well over a decade.

 

[ruffneck23]

We use anti static mats when repairing our work laptops,


most of the time

 

[Epona]

One thing I do know WD40 is a very bad idea for a sticking chip fan.

You can actually lubricate fans if you can get to the bearings, but WD40 is a horrible idea - sewing maching oil is the thing to use as it is for fast operation and can deal with high temperatures. You can't get in to all fans to do it though, it needs to be put on the bearings, not sprayed over the computer innards in the vain hope that it will get somewhere useful!

 

[gentlegreen]

30 years ago I used to push a lot of trolleys around at work and would get zapped when I went to touch a door handle - to the extent that I would discharge myself using a key.
I can't remember the last time it happened so presumably those carpets which aren't now antistatic are chock full of congealed skin and stuff.

 

[mog1976]

Iv known about static coz i done soldering on a course and had to wear earth straps. But a computer thats screwed together?

 

[mog1976]

You can actually lubricate fans if you can get to the bearings, but WD40 is a horrible idea - sewing maching oil is the thing to use as it is for fast operation and can deal with high temperatures. You can't get in to all fans to do it though, it needs to be put on the bearings, not sprayed over the computer innards in the vain hope that it will get somewhere useful!

Fully synthetic motor oil is good but must be fully and new

 

[Epona]

But a computer thats screwed together?

Not sure I fully understand this sentence. Every build I have done has involved a ton of screws.

EDIT: Sorry, completely missed the point of the post when I replied, because the idea that screws can somehow mitigate static did not once occur to me as it's a new one on me, and therefore I missed the point - my bad

 

[joustmaster]

Iv known about static coz i done soldering on a course and had to wear earth straps. But a computer thats screwed together?

A hoover is basically a static generating device. A computer has very sensitive electronics.

 

[mog1976]

I understand theres parts inside that could get damaged from static but not when all srewed up in computer

 

[ruffneck23]

A hoover is basically a static generating device. A computer has very sensitive electronics.

Thank you , you saved me typing it out right off to work

 

[joustmaster]

It's written in the IT department rules somewhere that we have to wear anti-static straps when handling RAM, but I'm fairly sure I'm the only one who's done that for well over a decade.

They never get used at my work, either.
Although I used one the other other day when installing 512GB of ram in a server. But thats fear of the cost.

 

[joustmaster]

I understand theres parts inside that could get damaged from static but not when all srewed up in computer

how do screws defend against the static charge built up by Henry the grinning hoover?

 

[ruffneck23]

I understand theres parts inside that could get damaged from static but not when all srewed up in computer

one last link for you

http://www.worldstart.com/can-static-electricity-damage-my-computer/

 

[Epona]

They never get used at my work, either.
Although I used one the other other day when installing 512GB of ram in a server. But thats fear of the cost.

I don't use an anti-static band when building my own kit, but I am extremely careful (in terms of regularly "earthing" myself and not shuffling about) to make sure I'm not introducing any of the components to static.
That "extremely careful" extends into not using a hoover nearby after they are built.

 

[mog1976]

I thought once it was inside the shell it Would all be ground out so not at risk

 

[Epona]

I thought once it was inside the shell it Would all be ground out so not at risk

 

[mog1976]

Well balls to it - when it looks dusty im hovering it. I all ways have and intill i break it i will carry on

 

[maomao]

They never get used at my work, either.
Although I used one the other other day when installing 512GB of ram in a server. But thats fear of the cost.

512GB!
I was feeling all cocky because the new server I installed (ie. plugged in) at work has 64GB. I feel emasculated now.

 

[joustmaster]

512GB!
I was feeling all cocky because the new server I installed (ie. plugged in) at work has 64GB. I feel emasculated now.

It was pretty exciting.
A lot of self doubt and worry that I had just spent thousands on something that might be the wrong type and that I might fuck up

 

[mog1976]

Better hope the cleaner hasnt been in with her henry

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Temps fine.
Don't vacuum if you can avoid it.
Single Channel memory? That could be a bottleneck.

 

[gentlegreen]

If you wanted to build up a decent charge on the plastic nozzle of a Henry, you would need to glue some foil around the end.

 

[joustmaster]

If you wanted to build up a decent charge on the plastic nozzle of a Henry, you would need to glue some foil around the end.

and some glow sticks, too.

 

[panpete]

I wouldn't take a hoover anywhere near the innards of my PC

I do maintain it regularly, in a less lazy way than just sticking a hoover nozzle up to the air vents - I actually open it up and give it a good and very careful clean, including getting all the gunk off the fan blades (all 6 fans) about once every 3 months. I also check that everything is seated properly, and that fans spin without any impediment or odd noise.

panpete - sorry, this thread has got a bit diverted - those temperatures are unlikely to be causing your shutdowns if those are the running temps after 30 minutes to an hour of use (if they were taken at boot-up they aren't really monitoring anything though). So let us know how long the computer had been running when those temps were taken.

Hi the computer had been running pretty much all day.

As for the dust, I lost a laptop before due to dust, so now, I am very strict about using a laptop try on my lap, and never putting the laptop on a fabric surface such as a bed or soft furnishings.

I got no blue screen or sudden death - I just got the 'shutting down' message on my screen, even though I had not asked it to shut down.

I had a look at the event log around the time the computer asked me to shut it down, but tbh I can't make heads or tails of it.
Sorry

 

[1%er]

Is mine about to catch fire

 

[souljacker]

Hi the computer had been running pretty much all day.

As for the dust, I lost a laptop before due to dust, so now, I am very strict about using a laptop try on my lap, and never putting the laptop on a fabric surface such as a bed or soft furnishings.

I got no blue screen or sudden death - I just got the 'shutting down' message on my screen, even though I had not asked it to shut down.

I had a look at the event log around the time the computer asked me to shut it down, but tbh I can't make heads or tails of it.
Sorry

my experience of overheating PCs is they just switch off so this looks like something else. I may be wrong though.

 

[mog1976]

Can you hear ya fan running

 

[panpete]

Can you hear ya fan running

Yeah my fan often comes on cos my processor is really powerful.