- Mar 9, 2014
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Hi All,
Tl;DR; I hoovered out my PC case without any anti-static protection or anything, HOWEVER, my PC was acting very slow and strange BEFORE I even did anything, and possibly would have bluescreened if I'd just waited a bit longer. Instead, I shutdown fairly quickly and decided to clean it out with a hoover. Please read the below for extra context and what I've tried so far.
I've recently spent a week away for work, and when I booted up my desktop on my return, noticed it was acting very weirdly. Chrome took ages to load, etc. (I built my PC back in 2017 and it's been lightening-quick and had NO issues at all since I built it, so this was VERY unusual). Another weird thing I noticed is that although my GPU has triple fans, 2 of them were not spinning, and 1 of them was spinning at full-speed and made the entire room sound like an aeroplane was about to take-off. This had never happened before. The PC was not hot (had only been turned on for a few minutes) and I wasn't playing any games, just tried to open Chrome and load Youtube. After about 2 minutes I thought "I haven't cleaned it for a few months, maybe the dust is causing this" so I shutdown and unplugged everything. Usually, I would've taken the PC outside onto the garden table and used compressed air inside the case to clear it out. However, because I'd had a long week away and was shattered from work, I just put my PC onto the desk, and grabbed my hand-held hoover (vacuum, for any Americans out there). I have heard about static when using a hoover and that you shouldn't do it, but for some reason I was not thinking properly, and did it anyway.
After cleaning it out, I put the case all back together and booted up. The GPU fan instantly started spinning at full-speed again whilst the other 2 GPU fans stayed still. Then after a few minutes of my PC acting weirdly again, I got the BSOD. Now, my PC just gives me the Blue Screen of Death (with NO error codes or any other useful information) every time I try to boot it up. It will sometimes bluescreen at the Windows 10 login screen, sometimes before then, sometimes it will let me log in, and then after a few minutes or after I try to click on something/open a website, it will bluescreen. It is barely functional. It won't let me open command prompt to run a CHKDSK, or open Windows Settings. It just hangs for a minute or so and then Bluescreens.
Troubleshooting done so far:
Tl;DR; I hoovered out my PC case without any anti-static protection or anything, HOWEVER, my PC was acting very slow and strange BEFORE I even did anything, and possibly would have bluescreened if I'd just waited a bit longer. Instead, I shutdown fairly quickly and decided to clean it out with a hoover. Please read the below for extra context and what I've tried so far.
I've recently spent a week away for work, and when I booted up my desktop on my return, noticed it was acting very weirdly. Chrome took ages to load, etc. (I built my PC back in 2017 and it's been lightening-quick and had NO issues at all since I built it, so this was VERY unusual). Another weird thing I noticed is that although my GPU has triple fans, 2 of them were not spinning, and 1 of them was spinning at full-speed and made the entire room sound like an aeroplane was about to take-off. This had never happened before. The PC was not hot (had only been turned on for a few minutes) and I wasn't playing any games, just tried to open Chrome and load Youtube. After about 2 minutes I thought "I haven't cleaned it for a few months, maybe the dust is causing this" so I shutdown and unplugged everything. Usually, I would've taken the PC outside onto the garden table and used compressed air inside the case to clear it out. However, because I'd had a long week away and was shattered from work, I just put my PC onto the desk, and grabbed my hand-held hoover (vacuum, for any Americans out there). I have heard about static when using a hoover and that you shouldn't do it, but for some reason I was not thinking properly, and did it anyway.
After cleaning it out, I put the case all back together and booted up. The GPU fan instantly started spinning at full-speed again whilst the other 2 GPU fans stayed still. Then after a few minutes of my PC acting weirdly again, I got the BSOD. Now, my PC just gives me the Blue Screen of Death (with NO error codes or any other useful information) every time I try to boot it up. It will sometimes bluescreen at the Windows 10 login screen, sometimes before then, sometimes it will let me log in, and then after a few minutes or after I try to click on something/open a website, it will bluescreen. It is barely functional. It won't let me open command prompt to run a CHKDSK, or open Windows Settings. It just hangs for a minute or so and then Bluescreens.
Troubleshooting done so far:
- Tried another GPU (which I know works), same fan issue. Still Bluescreens
- Removed the GPU and run on integrated CPU graphics. Still Bluescreens
- Checked that all connections inside the case are firmly pushed-in and not loose. Still Bluescreens
- Re-seated all 4 sticks of RAM. Still Bluescreens
- Unplugged all peripherals that I don't need. Just left LAN cable, Mouse, Keyboard, and 1 monitor. (and power obviously).
- Tried booting into Safe mode but it just hangs on a black-screen.
- Unplugged the power from the PSU and left it for 2 days to give plenty of time for any static or other electricity in the PC to discharge. Tried plugging it in again and booting up after 2 days but same issue.
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