Buy can of compressed air. Do not remove things ,please.
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I feel like opening it up is overkill, you can probably just look for a cleaning guide.
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You can get a can of compressed air for like 3€. It's a lot better to buy a can like that than risking a 150-200€ graphics card.
You should be able to get compressed air from your local hardware store. Some computer stores have it in stock as well, and if all else fails, just order it online.
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If you are not confident in your skills, I would not recommend disassembly of your GPU. If you break it, you most likely will have voided your warranty.
A can of compressed air comes with a small hose so that you can easily direct the air where you want. Looking at your GPU, it would be easy to clean simply with compressed air, which is very cheap and will not void your warranty. It will literally take 60 seconds to clean once you buy a $1 can of compressed air...
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Honestly i have scary use it, becuz i listen the air compressed It can release the doses of water and then break the components, And anyway the problem is that I can use compressed air only in the parts I see, ie the side and central part (fan) and then only use it there, it does not completely wipe the heatsink.
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There should be no water if you use the comp. air can properly (hold it upright, don't tilt it). Even if you get some small droplets of water, it won't be an issue. Just let the water dry before you plug everything back in. And if you have never used a air can before, just try it out on something else first.
And don't try to remove the lid, especially if you are unsure about your tech skills. That would be like taking parts out of a car engine without knowing what you do.
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Like others have said it's best to get a can of air to clean it, if there's bits that won't move you can use a small brush or even cotton buds to remove whats left. I also use the cotton buds to clean the fan blades just becareful not to break one. There's no need to remove anything, just need a bit of patients. :D
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The problem though is though I had the air compressor, how do I clean it for good? In the sense, if I can not remove the components as I do to remove the dust? The only available space is the side side and the smallest part (where the fan is located).
I have the GPU position like this video:
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To clean the graphics card properly it's best to take it out of the case, it's not hard to remove and it's easy to put back. Just remember to disconnect the PC from the power before removing anything. Remove the power cables from the graphics card and the cable from ya PC to ya monitor, there's one or two screws which hold it in place to the side of the case and where it plugs into the motherboard there's a little clip which you'll have to give a little push on to release the card from the motherboard.
Putting it back in is just a matter of lining it up with the slot on the motherboard and gently push it back in, then replace the screws, power cables and monitor cable.
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As long as there's no power to the PC and you're careful when removing the card you'll be fine. When I clean my pc I pull all cables from my PC and remove it to another desk so it's easier to work on. If you're really worried about static u can buy anti-static wrist bands but in 19 years of building PC's I've never used nor had the need for one, you just have to becareful don't force anything.
Like others have said don't remove the plastic part, you don't need to do that you'll be able to clean it no problems if you remove it. You'll not get to clean it properly if you don't take it out of the case and if you do try to clean it in the case there's the possibility of you doing damage by trying to get at the graphics card.
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Now I will think, I'm always afraid to use it because as I said above I'm afraid of the drops of water or the bad use.
The problem though is though I had the air compressor, how do I clean it for good? In the sense, if I can not remove the components as I do to remove the dust? The only available space is the side side and the smallest part (where the fan is located).
I have the same position GPU like this video:
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sorry - not sure what you mean - there should be no water with compressed air - unless you tip the can upside down and depress the nozzle - which you should never do as a liquid can come out then - as for the dust, you use the nozzle straw and blow the dust out of the compnents to the bottom of your case or onto some paper you have laid in there to collect it and then just use a brush or remove the paper with the dust on - just like in the video you linked
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imo carefully take the video card out of the pc entirely to use the compressed air to clean, but don't take the fan off the gpu or take it apart any further then just pulling the card from the tower. idk why the linked video doesn't remove the card to clean personally, it's not nearly as effective if it's not rotated around at different angles when you blow the dust out of it.
edit: oh and as long as you hold the canned air straight upright and do not tilt it or hold it at any other angle, there should not be any excess liquid to cause any damage.
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first of shut down your pc and remove the cable from the socket. ground yourself and take the gpu out by unscrewing it from the back of the case and from the cable.
open the switch on the right where the gpu is on the mainboard and take it out. If you are not familiar with this kind of stuff dont unscrew anything unless you think you can handle it and the black cover is not attached on anything besides any screws (like glued or sticked to the frame).
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For me it would be ideal to remove the plastic part of the GPU,
Everyone keeps telling you not to, and for a very good reason, you're likely to break your GPU if you try it.
Why are you so set on removing it anyway? Those things are usually not designed to be removed.
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as long as you aren't trying to take the gpu itself apart, it doesn't take an expert to carefully remove it from the pc itself though.. just watch a couple videos on that process too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmUDRzAjOUM
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Yeah, that i understand, i said above, how i can use the air compressor if i can't remove the GPU (becuz i'm not expert),
Just pull the GPU out of the computer. Touch the (water)tap or something to ground yourself, then pull out any cables going to the card, remove the single screw holding it in place, and then pull out the card (check the port that the card is attached to, there might be a small piece of plastic holding it in place, if so, just "lift" it). Give the card a good blast of air from the can of compressed air through any hole in the plastic case where you can fit the nossle from the can. Put the card back in, put in the screw, attach any cables and you're done. If you're still afraid of doing it, then check a video on youtube or something on how to remove/insert graphics cards.
I could do this when i was 12, so I'm sure you can do it as well.
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you could do it but i dont know how you handle this stuff. 3 years ago i opened up my laptop to clean the dust from the fan like i did every year. But this time i wanted to clean everything and i tried to unscrew every single screw and open it up completely. after cleaning and putting everything back together i turned it on and to my surprise the wifi card didnt work. maybe i had a static discharge and damaged it somehow. I regreted opening up without grounding myself properly.
Last week i build my first pc together and i grounded myself every 30 seconds just to be sure. i didnt want to risk anything and loose a 400 dollar gpu.
If you feel confident and have no problems handling this stuff do it. otherwise just use other methods like people told you.
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Disassembling components is quite easy, but if you do not have any thermal compound and thermal pads, do not take your GPU apart. You will need to re-apply the thermal paste when you assemble the card again, to ensure proper heat transfer from the die to the heat sink. This video explains how to disassemble a GPU, and put it back together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDdBqX6KR1U
The card in the video is different, but taking apart a GPU is pretty much exactly the same for almost every graphics card. I have regularly disassembled every system I have ever owned for cleaning (including their individual components), and I have also built quite a few systems. Believe me when I say it is very easy to do, if you can put together a puzzle you can assemble a PC or a component, as everything has it's own place to go and if it's in the wrong place it will not fit.
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Should have a screw on the backplate. If you're not experienced enough, just bring the GPU to a pc store and get them to do cleaning for you for 10-20 bucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYw_Fx8-gW0
Linus did a video on his card cleaning. Granted it's never gonna be the same with every card but the basic should be the same.
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I'm not sure, but it looks like there are a few screws under the fan blades. If those are connected to plastic that is holding the fan and shroud, then you probably just unscrew those. Also, make sure to disconnect the fan power wire.
Edit: Actually, they may just be to hold the fan onto the plastic shroud.
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Someone explain how remove the part "black" for this GPU? (Gigabyte GTX-970 MiniITX-2)
I noticed that there is dust in the part where there is the GPU heatsink, I'm not a PC expert and so I would not disassemble it alone, I would like to know if it is possible to remove the black part so I can try to clean it.
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