Yep, I can elaborate on that now, as I was the one who answered the original question...

It isnt a case of clearing the dust from the exterior of the fan - I decided to open the whole thing up and do inside.

If your PC is the same as mine (I have no idea how standard a setup is), it wasnt the fan that had the build up of dust, it was below a second, smaller fan inside the unit. I unscrewed the fans and looked underneath, and found what I first thought was a filter of some kind; infact, it was a layer of dust about 1/3 inch thick, caused by four years of build up.

Cleared that out, and converted my base unit from one that shut itself down about very two in three times of trying to burn DVDs, into one that has not only had no problems since, but also seems to run faster and more efficiently.

Posted By: Yellalee on March 18th 2007 at 23:11:03

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Did I dream it (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 18, 22:56:52
- Yes, was me ... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 18, 22:59:32
  - And the cure is? (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 18, 23:00:01
    - Ah, that's a bit more tricky (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 18, 23:06:30
      - Yep, I can elaborate on that now, as I was the one who answered the original question... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:11:03
        
        Good to hear that. (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 18, 23:18:16
        
        Yep, cheers for the help! Although... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 18, 23:24:52
        
        Upgraditis. (General Chat) - Dog, Mar 19, 10:40:17
        
        and tough if you go the cheap route (General Chat) - megson, Mar 19, 11:02:03
        
        Or you can be cheeky and use a knobbled version like me... (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Mar 19, 11:41:47
        
        Tell me about it - it's 5.1 sound cards and graphics cards now... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 19, 10:45:11
        
        I need to get an optical cable, now you mention it... (General Chat) - Dog, Mar 19, 11:44:24
      - I'm guessing it's overheating (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 18, 23:08:12
        
        Well, it should be easy enough to open up and start attacking the dust (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 18, 23:15:37
        
        Right thanks (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 18, 23:16:36

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