Hello, I'm new to the site and honestly, I never thoroughly cleaned the motherboard of my PC, I am too afraid to damage/murder it.
So I had a back fan clunking and giving odd noises ever since I bought a pre-made PC (you all hate me by now don't you), but it never (and it worked hard) made any other issues.
So yesternight I play some games with friends, the usual, and I sense a plasticky or burning dust smell, I cleaned everything I could, all the fans with brushes and vacuum.
Turned it on to check if smell would persist but it doesn't seem to, is my poor PC okay? Am I in danger? Is my PC in danger and how do I clean the motherboard efficiently without damaging it? It's very dirty and I got a brush and tiny air compressor can but I'm beyond afraid of doing a coup de grace to my PC.
I bought an external drive to attempt and back up what I got and that was the only thing I could think of, I'll probably call a service but I'm honestly unsure of it because (here) they often steal personal info/phones etc and I got no one of trust yet.
Those are my current & planned steps, sorry for a long post.
If you know anything, please do tell! This has been a wake up call for my bad electronics hygiene and I'd like to fix it before it's too late!
So I had a back fan clunking and giving odd noises ever since I bought a pre-made PC (you all hate me by now don't you), but it never (and it worked hard) made any other issues.
So yesternight I play some games with friends, the usual, and I sense a plasticky or burning dust smell, I cleaned everything I could, all the fans with brushes and vacuum.
Turned it on to check if smell would persist but it doesn't seem to, is my poor PC okay? Am I in danger? Is my PC in danger and how do I clean the motherboard efficiently without damaging it? It's very dirty and I got a brush and tiny air compressor can but I'm beyond afraid of doing a coup de grace to my PC.
I bought an external drive to attempt and back up what I got and that was the only thing I could think of, I'll probably call a service but I'm honestly unsure of it because (here) they often steal personal info/phones etc and I got no one of trust yet.
Those are my current & planned steps, sorry for a long post.
If you know anything, please do tell! This has been a wake up call for my bad electronics hygiene and I'd like to fix it before it's too late!