need help cleaning heatsink fins

KainXS · Mar 25, 2009, 07:50 PM

I have had a folding pc running in my basement for about 4 months now so i thought I would go check it for dust and it was horrible, the heatsink fins were full of dust so i cleaned that all out but theirs still a thin film of dust and i can't get to it, the fins are too thin to stick anything in them, the heatsink is a gemenii, anyone got any ideas of how to get that dust out.

Josh81 · Mar 25, 2009, 07:53 PM

you can't fit a q-tip in there?

KainXS · Mar 25, 2009, 07:57 PM

no, they don't fit

alexp999 · Mar 25, 2009, 08:00 PM

Can of air

Best invention for cleaning a PC.

suraswami · Mar 25, 2009, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexp999

Can of air

Best invention for cleaning a PC.

+1.

Your PC is back to new. I do every 3 months to keep them happy.

freaksavior · Mar 25, 2009, 08:18 PM

use that

Evo85 · Mar 25, 2009, 08:31 PM

If you want something to brush deep into the fins, try either a paint brush or a womens make up brush. (Wife never figured out what happened to the one I "borrowed")

Mar 25, 2009, 07:50 PM	#1
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Mar 25, 2009, 07:53 PM	#2
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Mar 25, 2009, 07:57 PM	#3
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