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⌈ Secret Post #2193 ⌋

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[GunnerKrigg Court]

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[The Avengers]

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[French & Saunders]

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[X-Men/Marvel Universe]

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[Tron: Uprising]

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[Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman]

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[How I Met Your Mother]

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[The X-Files/Fox Mulder]

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[Homestuck]

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[True Grit]

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[Saya no Uta]

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[The Silmarillion]

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[Homestuck]

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[Supernatural]

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Most desktop computers these days have a panel you pop off. Once that's done, you get a can of pressurized air and blow the dust out of your PC. They usually come with a little red straw so you can direct the flow into like your fans or video card or get into tight spaces.

*butting in*

Also, a very soft brush that doesn't shed its hair can also be helpful. A piece of cloth that doesn't leave lint is also good for cleaning some aged dust that clings to everything and anything and *won't* take the hint when you aim the pressurised air at it.

It's good to sometimes take your PC apart and take your time in cleaning it, provided you can remember where everything went/how it all fits together, and are super careful with not upsetting anything fragile. Also, in my experience, PC towers tend to have all three panels detachable (sides and top); it's easier to remove them all to access every area and make sure dirt doesn't accumulate on the corners opposite of where you're cleaning :)

Cleaning the fan is of *vital* importance, if you don't want your computer to overheat which has been the source of lots of serious trouble with my PC. Mine had a period in which it'd turn off and restart at random; there was so much lint in the fan that I could've made a little wig out of it. Gross stuff; picked it out with tweezers and carefully aimed pressurised air.

I've never dealt with burning smells, though. Hot metal smell, yes, but downright burning sounds like something is effectively burnt. Sorry :( Best of luck recovering your stuff; I hope your HD made it.

Sometimes I get a strange electrical smell. Usually that's fixed by airing out the PSU.

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