I always clean my computer with vacuum cleaner, and I never had issues... Just don't forget the computer must be switched off, and that all components on the PCB are ESD protected.
Madfox is the unlucky-est man over the world :P 

You can easily destroy the fans if the suction makes them spin too fast. Smaller components be even be sucked off the mainboard if you are unlucky. 

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/lovecraftian_school_board_member 

You can easily destroy the fans if the suction makes them spin too fast.

... how?

Also, most components should be soldered on. Anyway, vacuum cleaner +1, and I also put my keyboard into the dishwasher thingy (dunno what that's in Engrisch). Comes out spanky clean each time. 

vacuum cleaners royally screwing computers up as well. Obviously it doesn't happen every single time, but I'd say it's a pretty risky thing to do, especially when a can of compressed air is so cheap and reliable. 

There are many theories and legends about it. I always thought it was some physical damage but according to the internet the fans generate electricity if being spun by the airflow and that this electricity can damage the mainboard or whatever it goes to.

A buddy of mine once managed to suck a capacitor off his mainboard, that is a first hand experience (I was sitting nearby). 

according to the internet the fans generate electricity if being spun by the airflow and that this electricity can damage the mainboard or whatever it goes to.

Ah, that actually makes sense. OK. 

Always used a vacuum cleaner as well, though I take the fan off the board and use a brush also.

Never heard that it can fuck stuff up . . . 

I heard damage came from having the 'body' of the vacuum too close to the PC. If you keep the hoover on t'other side o' room and use long hose it'd work. It would explain the varying destruction/success, but as with all this debate, at least 50% urban legendy conjecture. 

i never clean my computer lol 

u guys look like ladies...

come clean my computer and my home please! 

It worked. At least you appear in my friends list now. It didn't seem to work for the other people I tried, maybe the invitations time out after a few days.

I have to play this on a 1.8ghz laptop for the time being and it runs fine on 640*480 medium settings. I'm sure my home rig would have no problems running it on higher resolutions.
There are regular lags, which is a bit unfortuate, but I can live with it regarding the much more annoying issue of me accidentally touching the touchpad all the time (anyone know how to turn it off?).
The game is enjoyable at the moment, simply because there are so many casual players (newbies) that one can join a game and be good without getting owned right away. 

 

I had two invitations in my inbox (there was no notification on the home page) and accepted them, but they don't show up on the list. 

I accepted megmn as a freind today with IRC communication to boot, and it would appear that you have to send a freind request, then they accept it and send you another one then you have to accept that or something.

Either that or its just a bit buggy.

And the stats are disabled :(

Still a fun game though. 

As I said, components are ESD protected... (Oh, just for information ESD = Electro-Static Discharge)
Also, the CPU must be OFF when you clean it. Obviously you must use the lowest possible aspiration power.
The most important: DO NOT touch the component !

I do that once per quarter, and I never had any issue...
Depending of the "method" you are using, you can destroy, or not, your computer... believe me ;) 

My dropping it from the third floor method got things nice and clean (and had the added bonus of venting frustration) but didn't leave the machine 100% functional. 

the alter ego of fred flintstone, he arives at hard times as a helmed ufo to give him advice.

thanks for the responds, thing is my old comp had four screws around the cpu that would release the fan so I could clean it easily.

my new comp has four bars around the cpu with outturning arrows.
As I turned them to release the fan, I possibly(?!) may have lifted the cpu chip.
This seemed so obviously I could tear my hair out.
(and that are quiet a lot)
The fan seemed to be clipped on the cooling device AND the cpu.

Of course I had my comp out of energy for a day with cables off. 

the alter ego of fred flintstone, he arives at hard times as a helmed ufo to give him advice.

Ah, OK. 

Add "Tzaulan" (thats me) 

Anyone playing it? Add me to your friends list: Ankh_DK 

I somehow ended up reading about doom/drone metal on wikipedia and listening to a few examples on youtube (damn, the internet is awesome) and it reminded me of the ambient music that was made for the PSX version of Doom. I used to map to this sometimes when I wanted to be completely absorbed in what I was doing as well as a dark atmosphere.

You can (probably illegally...) get it here: http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/1767 

 

The link�s bust? 

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