Muffdraul
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NSFW :You should dust off and keep your gaming system clean ( kotaku article)
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...and disappointed. =(
Ol No Bones
Banned
Is NFSW Not Safe for Women?
Aww Googled it. Not safe for work, like sex stuff.
I found a surprising amount of info on Need for speed world as world as well.
Aww Googled it. Not safe for work, like sex stuff.
I found a surprising amount of info on Need for speed world as world as well.
QFT. Also, damn! How much dust can you pile up inside these things?
Ol No Bones
Banned
Wait do people actually get bugs in their consoles?
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Yeah, many insects love to get into electronics because it's warm and relatively protected. I picked up a PS2 slim from a thrift store for $10. It works great but I had to clean a bunch of dead roaches out of it first.
ALWAYS thoroughly clean any 2nd hand consoles or arcade cabs you find before you bring them in the house. Otherwise you may be bringing a bunch of roaches in too.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Consoles dirty if they are uncleaned.
Does anyone have a suggested article/instructions/video for opening a PS4 for cleaning? I moved around a few times since launch (no longer under warranty), so based on that and the fan noise, I'm sure it could use a dusting. iFixit seems to have a good teardown guide (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+4+Teardown/19493); is this the best one for me? How many steps would I need to go down to get the most of it?
Crankshaft
Member
Once a month I take a vacuum to my consoles.
Plus I get some weird enjoyment in opening my pc, blasting dust everywhere with an air can, and irritating my wife lol.
Plus I get some weird enjoyment in opening my pc, blasting dust everywhere with an air can, and irritating my wife lol.
BouncyFrag
Member
GOAT
GOAT
Please tell me that is some sort of yellow tea in that bottle.
it's quite easy to open a PS3, just do it you won't break it.
FWIW I opened mine up a few years ago to replace a busted bluray laser and it was pretty clean in there (it was about 2 years old at that point). If you clean your house regularly, dust, etc, you probably won't have dust build up like this in the console.
Almost peed myself with that one mate.
Afraid to do that to my phat ps3.
I am sure a civilization evolved in there by now with how loud it gets and the drums i hear during full moons.
soak that mainboard in some rubbing alcohol for a day or so
Surely if your using compressed air on vents your blowing the dust inside the console??
BigJonsson
Member
Would be nice if they made consoles easier to open to get the dust out so you don't have to void the warranty
Curry-Hakase
Member
I was hoping the NSFW was another PSA censor haha
The biggest issue with smoking is that it's a multiplier of all the dust and pet hair because it rapidly puts a thin pretty imperceptible layer of tar on everything. Tar is sticky and the result is especially damaging to enclosed electronics that are no longer able to vent most particles through their fans or just ambient air movement. The fact that more tar continues to be applied on the dust already collected by earlier layers leads to the kind of buildup that would otherwise be nearly impossible to naturally occur.
autoduelist
Member
House ants are often attracted to electronics and will infest everything from consoles, to pcs, to laptops, to electrical outlets, to... pretty much anything else. Even if you keep your house clean.
So... yes.
Warm system + region or area in the city/town where its a little closer to nature can cause it too. Spiders can set up shop anywhere.
Spiders are welcome in my consoles if they promise to keep out the roaches
TacosNSalsa
Member
I remember when worked at Bulletproof Comics in Brooklyn...that ain't nuthin...lol. I've seen ....things ..*shudders*
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Not gonna lie, this made me wipe the dust off the top of my PS3 Slim near-immediately (though its not anything too major).
pfft.
pfft.
DownGrader
Member
No, I've meant full teardown with cleaning fans and radiators, using compressed air etc. Wiping the exterior of the case is essential and I usually do it whenever I notice the dust - and thanks to my consoles being black and glossy and standing on a black glass shelf, it's pretty often.
Just that bottle? What about all the ones behind the monitor!?
You can use a vacuum cleaner and vacuum at the vents. This is what I with my electronics.
Oh okay. I thought you just meant dusting period.
ValeYard
Member
I don't know about NSFW, but this thread should've come with a trigger warning. How many of us have starting cleaning their consoles and googling air blowers and such?
I normally have my consoles in a cabinet of which I open the door when I use them. However, as the ps4 needs quite a bit of room, I leave it out and blow the dust off with a little dust blower everyday. Still, with a cat, there will be dust build up over time. The regular acid baths take care of my skin shedding though.
I normally have my consoles in a cabinet of which I open the door when I use them. However, as the ps4 needs quite a bit of room, I leave it out and blow the dust off with a little dust blower everyday. Still, with a cat, there will be dust build up over time. The regular acid baths take care of my skin shedding though.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Fuck, I had this image up on my laptop screen as my boss walked in, and he FUCKING FIRED ME! Turns out my company has a strict "no images of dusty electronics" policy. Fuck.
Ban Puncher
Member
Nope, you see lots of dust get blown out of them.
BumblebeeCody
Member
If yo're a robot and you're into some dirty hardware....
User 479360
Banned
This disgusting thread is going to give me nightmares.
How does this even happen? By letting dogs and cats sleep on the things?
How does this even happen? By letting dogs and cats sleep on the things?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Yeah I clean all my consoles regularly. Including holding a vacuum over all the vents for that very reason.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Seems like the kind of dust build up you should expect from an electrical device with vents that doesn't get cleaned for 8+ years.
User 479360
Banned
It looks extreme.
If you clean the outside of your consoles at least once a month and don't let any dust cling around the vents (this never happens to me) then this shouldn't happen.
I assume you mean opening it up and cleaning it hence the above. I could be wrong, though. But most people don't open their consoles up or know how. I'd be too afraid to.
Dead_Pixel
Banned
I wonder when that Reddit thread with the spider-infested Wii U will be posted...
