My dad vacummed PC like the fans that where dirty and grills.

[CyanOG]

Ok so im pretty sure this is bad and harmful for pc and i screamed at him and he eventually stopped my PC works fine but has he damaged anything?

[TheSLSAMG]

It has the potential to be harmful, but only if he was vacuuming bare PCBs. If it was fan grills, it is fine for the most part.

[TheTacoSniper]

I don't think it would be harmful unless it pulled like a capacitor off the motherboard or something?

[felixthemaster1]

If everything works fine, then it's cool. Don't scream at your dad.

[Jodomcfrodo]

Well if it works...

[evinta]

Got no idea but don't do it again, use compressed air. 

 

The only way you know is if you open it up and check out the connections/fans. 

[CyanOG]

It has the potential to be harmful, but only if he was vacuuming bare PCBs. If it was fan grills, it is fine for the most part.

Yeah it was pretty much that i think he put the vacumm over the front intake fan which has filters that are not removable unless you take off the whole front and he put it on the top grill where my additional 120mm fan is and my hyper 212 evo pointing up

[CyanOG]

Got no idea but don't do it again, use compressed air. 

 

The only way you know is if you open it up and check out the connections/fans. 

It was not even that dirty i had this build for less than a month and was planning to buy compressed air next month to clean it and my dad just didnt think at all.. 

[SMURG]

Won't do any harm really unless he does any damage waving the nozzle around, or if the suction causes the fans to spin since they can generate a charge.

[Admiaczking]

Your dad is lucky you're his son and not me, because I would have killed him. It can be very harmful because of the static electricity that builds up

[TheSLSAMG]

Yeah it was pretty much that i think he put the vacumm over the front intake fan which has filters that are not removable unless you take off the whole front and he put it on the top grill where my additional 120mm fan is and my hyper 212 evo pointing up

It's fine then, don't worry about it so much.

 

Lol, I wished my parents would voluntarily clean my stuff

[aduman]

How old are you? Did you seriously scream at your father for cleaning your stuff voluntarily?

[Boink]

If your stuff is still working then he didn't do any damage, just politely tell him to use compressed air next time. Vacuuming electrical components without the proper safeguards in place can cause static buildup which has a very real potential to severely damage or destroy the sensitive components in modern computers. 

[evinta]

He probably thought he was doing you a favour. 

 

So play nice. 

[Suika]

I don't think it would be harmful unless it pulled like a capacitor off the motherboard or something?

Vacuums create static electricity. Static electricity is harmful to a PC.

[CyanOG]

Your dad is lucky you're his son and not me, because I would have killed him. It can be very harmful because of the static electricity that builds up

Thats what i thought mainly 'static' 

[CyanOG]

How old are you? Did you seriously scream at your father for cleaning your stuff voluntarily?

Read my profile m8 and i usually vacuum my own room but he said were having guests at 9 so he went and cleaned everything without me knowing since i was busy quick scoping on cs go. Dont b assuming stuff automatically

[aduman]

Read my profile m8 and i usually vacuum my own room but he said were having guests at 9 so he went and cleaned everything without me knowing since i was busy quick scoping on cs go. Dont b assuming stuff automatically

I still have the same assumption.

[TheTacoSniper]

Vacuums create static electricity. Static electricity is harmful to a PC.

oh ok, taco is derpy sorry don't listen to taco

[Savant]

Don't scream at your dad, just explain to him why it was bad.

 

You should honestly go apologize.

[theloveablemoose]

Don't be a prick to the person that enables you to "quickscope on csgo" go apologize and explain that you appreciate the gesture and your sorry for being a knob or asshole whichever wording you choose.

[AllstaRawR]

It was not even that dirty i had this build for less than a month and was planning to buy compressed air next month to clean it and my dad just didnt think at all.. 

 

Sheesh. I'm pretty sure I would have been killed if I did that back when I was younger.

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with vacuuming the fans and grills. I wouldn't, personally, but there is absolutely nothing he could break there. Static electricity is completely negligible as the PSU is grounded.

[Suika]

oh ok, taco is derpy sorry don't listen to taco

Not everyone knows so I'm just informing.

I know my mom tried vacuuming my PC the other day, and my dad who used to build PCs said it was fine to lol.

[Jonathan W]

Ok so im pretty sure this is bad and harmful for pc and i screamed at him and he eventually stopped my PC works fine but has he damaged anything?

Linus did a whole video on the proper way to clean a PC. youre most likely just fine, but for future reference

[GrandBandit]

Man...I would love if my Dad would just clean my stuff. I get your frustration, but man you should really be a little more appreciative of what you have.