Question Could cleaning my PC with a brush caused the GPU and RAM sticks to fail?

[TheNotoriousNoob]

I'm having some trouble with my PC, it was fine as of this morning before it crashed. Its had trouble with crashing due to overheating GPU but I believe that's a different issue.

Anyways, when I went to boot it up again, it turned on for half a second then turned off for about 5 seconds; it would then repeat this process indefinitely (I only waited less than 20 seconds before turning it off again but I doubt that waiting any longer would fix the issue). I've tried all day (waiting a few hours between times) to boot it up again to no luck.

After perusing the web a little bit, many people were saying that it could be an issue with the PSU however I'm unsure.

Things I've tried so far include changing the power cables, ensuring the plugs within the PC are tight, light cleaning of dust for the CPU with a brush.

Does anyone have any tips?

 

[rickypicky5]

In my last post I mentioned that dust killed my GPU and (both) RAM sticks at the exact same time due to overheating I believe (don't know how everything happened to die at the exact same time but that's what the PC repair man said).

So obviously as this crucial lack of maintenance has caused me the cost of more than half of the initial price of the PC, I will put more effort into cleaning.

I plan on getting one of those air spray cans and will do light cleaning once a month by taking the side panel off.

However, I'm quite nervous of removing parts to clean so i wanted to ask how often should I bring my PC to a shop to get it deep cleaned?

My RAM sticks were only a year and a half old before they apparently died to dust so you'd have to bare that in mind.

I seriously doubt dust killed your RAM.

Still, if I were you, I'd consider getting a new case with dust filters.

 

[DSzymborski]

Hard to say anything for sure. Information about your parts and pictures of what's actually going on would be far more useful. All we can do is idly speculate if something is possible, which won't resolve anything.

 

[Lutfij]

Limited information is the bane of all troubleshooting, which is this thread's nature. You now have 3 threads with the same topic in hand. You are being vague with your location since a lot of things can and will hinge on either your malpractice(for lack of a better word) or your components were already on their way out and they needed a nudge towards their death. Might want to parse the specs to your build and ofc detail how you cleaned the system.

 

[DSzymborski]

Hello all, I know I've already made a post about my issue a couple hours ago, however, I do want to get to the bottom of this so that I don't make the same mistake.

You need to stop doing this immediately. Everyone's PC problems are important, not just yours, and people can't get their problems looked at if people are spamming threads because they feel they are so much more important than other people.

You registered 24 hours ago and have now started four threads on your issue. The choices are to have one thread or zero.

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

You do still have ALL of your components do you ?
I mean, did you leave the ram and GPU at the repair shop, if so get it back now ! Ram and GPU can easily be tested in another computer.

 

[4freedomssake]

I take my rig into my man cave and use my air compressor to de-hairball it before it gets that way. Just don't stand point blank when doing so. It may be possible to blow wires or components loose at high PSI.

If you're going to be using a can of compressed air, make sure you turn it upside down & spray outside of the PC first to clear any particles that may hey have been collected at the opening of the bottle. Also if you're still going to be using compressed air out of the can, I wouldn't mess with it when the bottle is low. Don't take the chance because some of the compressed air will turn into a liquid and spit small particles of mist.

 

[4freedomssake]

Easiest way to prevent this from happening in future is investing in a decent air purifier for your man cave...

Nice idea. I'm going to go take a look at one.