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I just checked inside my rig and it was quite dusty, especially around my intake fans. Having fully opened it, I realized I was out of air compressor and I wasn't able to go out and buy some, so I just used my lungs and blew away the thick layers that surrounded the fans and some areas of my gpu. Now it looks a lot better.

Then it occurred to me that maybe that wasn't the best idea. I heard that using vacuum cleaners builds up static. I didn't use one, but does manually blowing air into the system using your lungs cause issues? Is my computer gonna die!!! Help...

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if you are on bare foot,  you're PC is just fine, i've been vacuuming my PC for about 5 years now, as for the lung issues, your nose a dust filter, don't worry about it too much. 

 

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With vacuums its mainly the air rushing over the plastic nozzle building up a charge then discharging when you put it near something that is cause for concern not the air moving over the componentWhat about moisture? Didnt see any when i blew air!

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What about moisture?

when did moisture have to do anything with vacuum ?

 

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