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I found that my PC was dusty one day, so I tried my best to dust by mostly blowing the thickest layer away from the interior components. I blew air onto it.

Only know do I realise my mistake.

I watched a techquickie video which said that I could've introduced moisture into my PC. So now Im afraid my PC uis going to die. I didnt see ANY moisture when I was dusting.

Should I be worried?

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one day? Like a month ago? If it didn't die that day when you blew on it it will not die today.

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It was more like yesterday, my bad (bad wording)

When you wash your clothes do they dry out in a day? It's fine relax.

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It was the inside of the computer that i blew onto, still fine?

Is your computer air tight? Think about it for like a second man please... If you didn't spit on it intentionally or pour a bucket of water it and turn it on immediatelly it's fine.

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You think blowing on your components will break them? WAT? Unless you unleashed a fucking monsoon of spittle onto the hardware while it was running theres no way you damaged it by blowing on it lol.

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It was the inside of the computer that i blew onto, still fine?

The moisture you put on the components by blowing on them is minimal and will not do anything to the components, unless you spit on them.

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You can dunk your motherboard in a sink of water, let it dry, plug it in and it should be fine.

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You can dunk your motherboard in a sink of water, let it dry, plug it in and it should be fine.

Water can corrode electrical components.

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Water can corrode electrical components.

They usually have a coating on them to prevent the moisture in the air to corrode them.

Over the long run it will be more susceptible to corrosion though. 

Of course I wouldn't recommend doing it, but it's possible.

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