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Best way to clean inside of Mac Pro?

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BeyondMountains

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It prettyyyy dusty in there.



on another note, whats up with the track ball on apple's mouses. how weak, gets dirty doesnt work.. they need to take a lesson from blackberries trackball
 
I've taken my G5 outside, disassembled the fans and used my air compressor to blow out the dust. It's amazing how much stuff will accumulate over the course of a few months.
 
Old Muley said:
I've taken my G5 outside, disassembled the fans and used my air compressor to blow out the dust. It's amazing how much stuff will accumulate over the course of a few months.
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On G5 I know its easy to pull the fans, but on Mac Pro, is that a difficult process?

Since I've had my Mac Pro (Mid 07), I haven't given it a hardcore cleaning on the insides.
 
No reason to be taking out any fans. Just blow some compressed air over the heat sink area and more importantly over the video card fins, which generally get clogged faster.

Blowing the case with a can of compressed air every year or so should be all that is needed unless you live in a very dusty/hairy (cats!) area.
 
I guess I'll need to buy a can of compressed air and just spray the whole thing down. Anything I should watch out for?
 
What about sticking a high powered vacuum in and around it and allowing it all to flow out? Are the components likely to come off?
 
ncc1701d said:
What about sticking a high powered vacuum in and around it and allowing it all to flow out? Are the components likely to come off?
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Vacuum cleaners can generate static electricity and can fry a computer. Generally NOT recommended.
 
pprior said:
Vacuum cleaners can generate static electricity and can fry a computer. Generally NOT recommended.
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Unless you have one that is designed not to. ;) I've seen them used to clean rackmount systems, industrial laser printers, and Test & Measurement Equipment. ;)

The cheap one I found is $390, intermediate $800, and cleanroom $1700 (anti static hoses are an option; no price given).

Definitely not cheap. :eek: :p
 
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TNT, Dynamite, Nuclear warheads. Whatever explosives you have laying around will get rid of the Dust.

But if you want yourself or the machine to survive the umm 'cleaning' process then I'd suggest a can of compressed air and a dry unused paint brush. And by unused I mean one that has yet to be touched by paint.
 
jhcodafa said:
on another note, whats up with the track ball on apple's mouses. how weak, gets dirty doesnt work.. they need to take a lesson from blackberries trackball
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The mighty mouse is worthless trash. Do yourself a huge favour and get a mouse that isn't junk.
 
UltraNEO* said:
How about a dyson? Does the job here and removes all the dust!!
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I must admit, I used my Dyson to clean the inside of my iMac G4 when I had it in bits on the kitchen table last year (I was installing a new hard drive). The suction is powerful enough that it could be held several inches away from the circuit boards (i.e. hopefully out of range of static sparks) and still suck up all the dust.

HB
 
Oh ...

nanofrog said:
Unless you have one that is designed not to. ;) I've seen them used to clean rackmount systems, industrial laser printers, and Test & Measurement Equipment. ;)

The cheap one I found is $390, intermediate $800, and cleanroom $1700 (anti static hoses are an option; no price given).

Definitely not cheap. :eek: :p
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... my God: I read "antistatic horses"!!! But maybe they are worth a try, who knows ;-)

You should be fine with compressed air and your own deep breaths. That´s how I do it and it works out just fine.
 
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pprior said:
Vacuum cleaners can generate static electricity and can fry a computer. Generally NOT recommended.
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nanofrog said:
Unless you have one that is designed not to. ;) I've seen them used to clean rackmount systems, industrial laser printers, and Test & Measurement Equipment. ;)

The cheap one I found is $390, intermediate $800, and cleanroom $1700 (anti static hoses are an option; no price given).

Definitely not cheap. :eek: :p
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Thanks for that! I didn't have a clue (obviously :eek:). I'll look into those cleaners too - thanks nanofrog!:)
 
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I just used a vacuum cleaner to suck dust off my XT1900 a few months ago. The dust was choking the graphics card causing it to overheat.

Looks like I need to do it again once of these days.
 
yard brush+ hosepipe :p


seriously though if you have to ask how to clean a dusty object........


I hear ya on the trackball tho', then again , Apple wants folk to buy new every 3 years or so so why wouldn't they design the trackball to gunge up beyond usable quickly , they could make such better products but dont IMHO
 
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