Cleaning Mining Equipment

[RichardBTC]

So i checked out on of my rigs i put in my garage and it was filthy. I read this can lead to instabiltity and oblver heating?

How do you guys clean your equipment?

Air compressor would be one way but what about the dust that gets past the fans and doesnt get blown away by the air compressor? Do you dismantle and clean that way?

[fanatic26]

Cleaning with a compressor is fine, just make  sure that there is no water in the tank from condensation, you dont want to spray mist on the hardware.

Another thing to do is put a pen or something to stop the fans from spinning if you hit them with a strong compressor blast.

[RichardBTC]

Cleaning with a compressor is fine, just make  sure that there is no water in the tank from condensation, you dont want to spray mist on the hardware.

Another thing to do is put a pen or something to stop the fans from spinning if you hit them with a strong compressor blast.

yea the pen thing sounds like a good idea.

My rig was switching on and off recently and couldnt figure out why... Then i checked the gpu fans and they were full of dust (prob becuase it was in my garage).

Ill be investing in the compressor and doing regular cleaning to stop any hardware faults

[Philopolymath]

My experience with GPU's was that air blowing is not very effective.
I used isopropyl alcohol...to much better effect...DON'T use cotton swabs they leave fibres that WILL need to be blown out when dry.
Use NON woven fibres or micro fibre cloth..


I also gave many a GPU a vigorous bath in a large tub of Isopropyl. Works great to clean out hard to reach places like cooling fins.
THEN I use air to blow out and dry the units.

(FYI I used this method routinely as official procedure for VERY EXPENSIVE delicate and sensitive Fibre Optic Components  at JDSU R&D)

The experience with GPU's taught me to be MUCH more disciplined to providing clean filtered air for my Asics.
(As did working in an ULTRA CLEAN ROOM)

I have NOT tried this method on my ASICS yet. But I plan to..

So I'm also looking for recommendations or warnings..


 

[RichardBTC]

My experience with GPU's was that air blowing is not very effective.
I used isopropyl alcohol...to much better effect...DON'T use cotton swabs they leave fibres that WILL need to be blown out when dry.
Use NON woven fibres or micro fibre cloth..


I also gave many a GPU a vigorous bath in a large tub of Isopropyl. Works great to clean out hard to reach places like cooling fins.
THEN I use air to blow out and dry the units.

(FYI I used this method routinely as official procedure for VERY EXPENSIVE delicate and sensitive Fibre Optic Components  at JDSU R&D)

The experience with GPU's taught me to be MUCH more disciplined to providing clean filtered air for my Asics.
(As did working in an ULTRA CLEAN ROOM)

I have NOT tried this method on my ASICS yet. But I plan to..

So I'm also looking for recommendations or warnings..


 

Wow that sounds very intriguing, ill definitely google that substance.

So its a liquid that you did the entire gpu in?

[flameruk]

I clean my S9 miners every 8 weeks.

Turn off and unplug, allow to cool.
Remove fan near power supply connectors, take the adapter plate off the miner body X 4 screws.
Remove cables connecting hash cards to control card X 3.
Slide out hash cards.

Carefully brush hash cards using anti static brush, remove all dust and debris.
Blow with canned air.

Remove other fan and clean with brush, wipe blades with suitable cleaner.
Clean inside of case if necessary.

Put back together in reverse order, cross fingers and run up.

Pretty easy to do after a couple of tries.

[parkers]

Air compressor is your friend indeed. But for dust that is on coolers, i use alcohol wipes.
If you don't want to mess much with cleaning your mining devices you should consider to have clean your place. Or you have air intake from outside then make dust filter for that.