MSI Develops Dust Removal Tech for GPUs

[WyomingKnott]

Oh my heavens, the acronym is "DURT!" And it will just dump the crud into my case, where some of it will end up in my CPU heatsink.

 

[vigilante212]

Somehow I doubt this will hemp much. It may extend the cleanliness of the fins for a month or 2 at most, but dust will still build up on them. And 45c is hardly even hot on a high end GPU they should have made it so they turned white at 75-80c

Air compressors are awesome for dust removal, but you should really have a moisture collection filter in the line if your using it or allow your computer to remain unplugged for at least an hour afterwards for any residual dampness from the Air compressor to evaporate.

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

It will work some what,but I can not see it passing the good old wipe down technique using a good old cotton cloth & air pressure hose to get to the hard to get to parts. As for me,I may try it,but I will not be so thrilled with it though.

 

[stewartwb]

Cans of compressed air are costly and lose effectiveness as they get cold during use.

A true air compressor is large, expensive, and usually quite loud.

The Coleman Rechargeable Quickpump is designed to inflate air mattresses and beach balls, but I can thoroughly clean out a dozen PC towers in one session on a single charge. IMHO, for $20-30, it's the best solution for cleaning dust out of PCs.

 

[cookoy]

very old news - one appeared in Tom's on June 1 2011 as "The Graphics Card That Cleans Itself"

 

[iam2thecrowe]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]hahahahahah they've posted the same article twice! This was first posted in January on Tom's itself!! lol. This one has a video and may be about a diff card (didn't read it, just saw the title and scrolled through the article) but that's about it i think...here's the link:http://www.tomshardware.com/news/m [...] 12858.html[/citation]
you beat me to it, i was about to say the same thing. WTF is going on? maybe they are testing us?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

oh , for the record, this wont work, dust is a lot harder to remove than just having a fan spin backwards.....

 

[marraco]

[citation][nom]urlsen[/nom]...Mabye if the used Teflon blades that would help some. ...[/citation]At first it looks like a good idea, but the dust passing the teflon fan would accumulate on the radiators, which are even harder to clean that the fans. Cleaning the radiators frequently means removing it. I once had a radiator so pasted to a Pentium 4 (with hardened thermal paste) that by removing it the processor got damaged pins.
Not to say that placing again the thermal paste adds trouble.

I think that good radiators should include a first layer of easy removable fins, for cleaning purposes, since most of the dust accumulates on the part nearer to the fan.

But I'm curious about the noise effect of teflon over the fans. It earns an article.

Also, using a cable extension to the electric fan cable helps to remove it without reaching the motherboard plugs, which commonly are harder to reach, and annoying to replug.

Maybe good cases should include air intakes with easy removable fins similar to the radiator ones. The objective should be to capture dust on an easier to clean place. The fins could be made on fab, by bending lines on the case.
A good portion of dust of the kind of the one captured by radiators should get captured on the case intake fins, because they would be similar. And the dust passing the intake fins would be less probable to be the kind captured on the radiators.

Since I commonly replace the fan and radiator included with my processors, I tough of adding those fan and radiator as an intake filter system, easier to clean. But it does not match my case intakes.

 

[apache_lives]

sorry but out my way this wont work - high humidity = sticky dust, it wont go anywhere

 

[marraco]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Too little, too late, I went water cooling system wide and HEPA filters on the case years ago.[/citation]
Hey!, GREAT idea. Is so wrong that you got voted down. EPA filters on the cheap can be found on vacuum cleaner replacements. They are designed for easy air flow, which can be improved by folding it (to augment the air passage area), like they are arranged on the vacuum cleaners.

Also, placing the case on a high place, reduces the dust intake compared to near the floor.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]marraco[/nom]At first it looks like a good idea, but the dust passing the teflon fan would accumulate on the radiators, which are even harder to clean that the fans. Cleaning the radiators frequently means removing it. I once had a radiator so pasted to a Pentium 4 (with hardened thermal paste) that by removing it the processor got damaged pins.Not to say that placing again the thermal paste adds trouble.I think that good radiators should include a first layer of easy removable fins, for cleaning purposes, since most of the dust accumulates on the part nearer to the fan.But I'm curious about the noise effect of teflon over the fans. It earns an article.Also, using a cable extension to the electric fan cable helps to remove it without reaching the motherboard plugs, which commonly are harder to reach, and annoying to replug.Maybe good cases should include air intakes with easy removable fins similar to the radiator ones. The objective should be to capture dust on an easier to clean place. The fins could be made on fab, by bending lines on the case.A good portion of dust of the kind of the one captured by radiators should get captured on the case intake fins, because they would be similar. And the dust passing the intake fins would be less probable to be the kind captured on the radiators.Since I commonly replace the fan and radiator included with my processors, I tough of adding those fan and radiator as an intake filter system, easier to clean. But it does not match my case intakes.[/citation]
You may be onto something here, if you coat the fan blades with Teflon and worry about the dust then sticking to the heatsink or radiators...
...why not coat the heatsink and the radiator with Teflon as well?
While you are at it, you could easily spray the inside of an empty case before you put your componants into it.
I think I have my next project to test.
[citation][nom]marraco[/nom]Hey!, GREAT idea. Is so wrong that you got voted down. EPA filters on the cheap can be found on vacuum cleaner replacements. They are designed for easy air flow, which can be improved by folding it (to augment the air passage area), like they are arranged on the vacuum cleaners.Also, placing the case on a high place, reduces the dust intake compared to near the floor.[/citation]
I got my first ones from an old Dyson and cut to fit, since then I found specialist ones for sale in all the right sizes.

 

[nebun]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Last summer I had to locate the PC in the conversatory to stop my toddler trashing it whilst the study was being redecorated. That is also where the cat, who sheds fur like it is unfashionable, sleeps at night and during the day the temperature inside with the windows closed peaked at 66 degrees C, (that's 150 degrees fahrenheit).Anything other than my current setup would have seen a machine choked to death on cat hair and dirt or burnt out. As it was the filters did a sterling job and the maximum temp the CPU ever got to was 70C, a whopping 4C above ambient.OK, so it's not the cheapest option, but to see it perform under the extremes makes it worth every penny.[/citation]
a simple fan filter would have done the job just fine

 

[iam2thecrowe]

"during the day the temperature inside with the windows closed peaked at 66 degrees C" lmfao, what a load of bull. You wouldnt be able to sit in the room if it was 66C, and you certainly wouldnt be stupid enough to have a toodler or cat in a room that hot.

 

[fb39ca4]

I hope they don't patent it or something. Also, I remember hearing about this exact same thing from MSI a few months ago. Is this just them announcing the first card to actually use the concept?

 

[iamtheking123]

It's kinda funny the people saying "GOOD IDEA!!" get thumbed up. Only a handful of people have realized that even if it does work, the dust just gets blown from your video card onto other components. Except it also won't work because the dust in my video card is the stuff that already survived a spinning fan.

 

[wiyosaya]

Ack! More bling from MSI.

 

[sundaymarch1056]

I am quite sure I read news about the fan reversing many many months ago. Is this the official launch of the feature or something?

 

[sundaymarch1056]

ah sorry, fb39ca4 beat me to it.

 

[nikkidpartypooper]

Not as cool as they want us to think it is.

 

[1ni3shi]

MSI isn't the first and shame on Tom's for not even reading up on this.
GIGABYTE had one on their GTS 450 last year that removes dust.

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3593

 

[pliskin1]

[citation][nom]damianrobertjones[/nom]I'm SO glad that Apple didn't think of this. Phew[/citation]
Only problem with air compressors, or at least with mine is it often has water vapor trapped inside.

 

[marraco]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]You may be onto something here, if you coat the fan blades with Teflon and worry about the dust then sticking to the heatsink or radiators......why not coat the heatsink and the radiator with Teflon as well?...[/citation]I think you are joking, but for the incautious reader: don't cover an expensive radiator with anything. It will reduce his radiation capability.

 

[cypeq]

That's what do with vacuum cleaner once a month...

 

[teodoreh]

Actually server boards for ages spin the fans at 100% or more at start in order to get rid of the dust. Dust accumulates more when the metal plates of the cooler are closer together. I call it the 478/775 incident, since intel's fans seems to be designed with the sole purpose to be full of dust after 6 months of usage ;D

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]iam2thecrowe[/nom]"during the day the temperature inside with the windows closed peaked at 66 degrees C" lmfao, what a load of bull. You wouldnt be able to sit in the room if it was 66C, and you certainly wouldnt be stupid enough to have a toodler or cat in a room that hot.[/citation]
When the windows are open it is OK, but when we go out of the house on day trips we tend to lock up and throw the cat in the garden, an enclosed conservatory can heat up significantly.
Plus we don't live in the conservatory, the rest of the house is quite cool.
Try making a greenhouse from double glazing and you will see what I mean.