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How to clean Videocard?

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How should I go about cleaning my videocard? I've noticed little particles of dust on the outside but not on the fan, so I'm not too concerned at the moment. But when that time does come, how should I go about cleaning it? I have a X800GTO.
 
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I clean mine with a toothbrush and have for the last 5 years, with no problems at all.
 
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my last 2 I just tossed into dishwasher That Did Not work!!! so compressed air and horse hair brush from now on :laugh:
 
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Do you guys think a small paint brush would work? I'm kinda paranoid I might scrape it too hard so I'm looking to find something soft.:laugh:
 
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Yeah a paint brush should work fine.
 
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I use compressed air, really good. And if there' some dust that I can't get with it, I use a toothbrush.
 
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no really the horse hair brush is best it has long soft brissels I take the dust off my uxga laptop screen with it never a scratch.
 
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Yea I just used compressed air in the can bro, that usually gets the biggest part of it. But if u have to have ever spec of dust off it it, do what the other guys said, with the horse brush, or tooth brush.
 
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