How to Clean Computer

Just like your cool gear your computer need to clean up too, Now you will learn how you can easily clean the dirt/dust inside your desktop. It will take a few minutes of your time to clean up. Remember dust can clog the airflow and causes of low performance on your computer. 

Note: You don’t necessarily have to remove the RAM, Video Card, Cd Rom, Board and Power Supply. Later on you will learn to do cleaning part by parts. Just do the basic cleaning on your desktop by now. 

Precautions:
Do not open your computer while it is running and shut down/turn off your computer. 

Unplugged all the electricity cables/peripherals attached such as Usb cables, Audio, Video cables at the back of your computer.

Now you can proceed by moving your computer to a well-ventilated area like table or garage. Then gather your tools/ materials for you to reach them during cleaning so you do not need to move around while you do cleaning. 

Tools you will need to clean your computer:
1. Set screw drivers
3. Cleaning cloth
4. Compressed Air/Air duster 
5. Small paint brush
6. Zip ties (if needed)
7. Cotton buds 
8. Thermal paste (if needed)
9. Pencil or pen (If needed)
10.Tape (if needed)
11.Flash light(if needed) 

Cleaning

1. To start the cleaning process, begin with unscrewing the back 

   of the panel of your desktop.

                      

2. Then slide the side panel of the computer case.

3. Grab your compressed air and hold the trigger to release a 

   burst of air onto an area with a lot of dust build up.If the 

   compresses air can't remove the dust then you might use the 

   small paint brush.

4. Next,removing any dust particles that may have found inside 

   the Ram slots.Take your compressed air, hold the trigger, and 

   move it down the entire slot.Repeat this for every slot in 

   your computer case.

5. Now,move unto other equipment inside desktop such as your CPU 

   fan and power supply unit.Use your compressed air to blow 

   out any dust particles into the power supply box and the cpu 

   fan. You can also use a cotton buds to clean the fan by 

   rubbing it gently against the blades to stick the dust 

    particles.

6. Then don’t forget to zip ties the necessary electrical around 

   all your cables inside your cpu case.You can now truck them 

   away to reduce their visibility and give your computer’s guts 

   a cleaner look.

7. Finally, Wipe cpu case using the dust cloth then Plug your 

   cables back into their correct sockets and put back any 

   removed peripherals such as sticks of RAM or Video Card, back 

   into their appropriate sockets.

Your compute inside and out, should be looking as good as new 

And your cables should be neatly managed and out of the way of fans and other sensitive equipment.Don’t forget to clean your computer every 3 to 6 months to keep that performance up!