When was the last time you cleaned your computer?

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

It builds up a lot faster than you would think

I'm probably going to try one of those filters and see if that works.

 

[Lichen Bark]

Zip ties stink for cable management, because sometimes you need to get at a cable, then you need to cut things. You can achieve nice looking cable bundles with the velcro ties, and they still look nice, but aren't a pain to remove and redo.

I clean my PC once a year, I maybe clean the dust filters once every few months. Positive pressure cases with a filtered input are where its at. Combine that with no carpet, and I also keep it on a table. If you keep it close to the floor it just doubles as a vacuum.

 

[Cup Noodle]

1. Chrome does not make you go fast.

It just makes your boat anchor harder to clean.

2. 15 thousand and 15 miles does not make you a biker.

I once locked up my rear wheel and skidded into someone's driveway where I hung out for a few minutes and then sped off in the other direction because I saw a roadblock ahead and I never bothered to get a motorcycle license. Does that help my application?

I'm probably going to try one of those filters and see if that works.

What kind of filter. PC filters are shit. I just throw them away. My miners live in a room in my house that is separated from the rest of the house and has it's own climate and filtration. I have other reasons for that, but it is a good place for mining rigs. I have other air purifiers in the house, but any heavily trafficked area will still produce dust. The bottom line is either set up a clean room or just clean your shit.

 

[TheRedChair]

I once locked up my rear wheel and skidded into someone's driveway where I hung out for a few minutes and then sped off in the other direction because I saw a roadblock ahead and I never bothered to get a motorcycle license. Does that help my application?

You got lucky that you did not get hurt. My adage does not apply to you. Besides I've done some dumb assed things in my life. Usually waking up in a fog of uncertainty with some chick you don't know and hoping you can get out of the situation in one piece. Yea.. the good o' days of being a horn dog.

In the late 90's to the end of 2009 you had the HD "manly man's syndrome" advertising about getting a hog. At the time you had plenty of middle aged men going through a mid life crisis. The kids were out of the house and on their own (what a concept Young adults not sponging their parents Which cropped up a whole shit load of so called Biker Build off shows. This also brought up the era of custom bikes and the bar hopping types of bikes to show off.

For the Record. The only real Biker Builder I respected the most was Arlen Ness. Then Indian Larry. The rest of the TV builders, Many of them I believe are just borderline fakes. A true Builder builds his bike from scratch BY HIMSELF. Not like the bullshit you seen watching Orange County Choppers where they farm out their stuff and/or just get off the shelf stuff.

These types of [people are NOT real bikers. They are squids, trailer queens and/or every god damned mother fucking word I can throw at them. To me they are NOT tough. They are NOT manly. Just wannabe's with wheels between their legs. They never joined an MC (as far as I know) And they never been a Dog Soldier( pretty damned sure, but you never know), being a known associate with an MC, etc.

These days I give respect to all bikers, regardless of whatever bike they ride on IF those bikers really put in the miles. Hell these days I see a lot of euro's out there putting in the miles. How could I diss them when you have pussies on Hogs worry about a few drops of drizzle on their chrome?

Now you know where the phrase comes from. We old geezers and others look down on them, because they don't ride as much and also can be a hazard to a group of bikers. Them riding long distance. I have seen that happen many times on a poker run. Squid on a shiny bling bling of a bike. Gets tired while riding and does the stupid... injuring not just himself but others around him.

A good honest biker mechanic, also known as a gear head (term also goes with people working on cars/ things/etc.) are harder to find now, especially finding one that is not expensive to have him work on your bike. They too must be respected as they carry the knowledge on how bikes work.

I'm a gear head as I work on my bike. If I am going to die because of a malfunction, it is going to be my fault and my fault only and not taking a chance on a "Certified Harley Davidson Technician". I got my training from Arlen Ness. He was a wonderful guy who had a good life. He died with his boots on. He lived the way he wanted to live.

I come from a era where bikers did some intense and wild things. Where there was a true brother hood, where you could rely on your buddies to back you up. But now these days... well lets just say I ride solo now. The era of being part of a true brotherhood that will take care of you are long gone. And the dog eat dog mentality replaced it.

I've done some things in my life and some of them I regret... Physically and sometimes mentally I'm paying the price for my ignorance of my youth.

But there are the wonderful memories of myself in my bedroll, with my bike nearby, staring at the night sky. Then the next morning without a care in the world ride to your next destination.

Well with all of this verbiage what does it all mean?

During certain times of my life when money was incredibly tight, I hopped on my Harley (a fucking lot) to save on gas. If you don't do the bloat on what normies do and leave your bike stock, you can get good gas mileage.

On my 93 FXRS, I was getting 54pmg @ 55mph. Just driving with traffic and not being a jerk off with those quick starts at the stop light. This at the time helped me save money so I could buy out some of my mentor's business that I thought would be profitable.

So in a way my biking (mechanic) skillset in a offset manner helped me create a new business. A successful computer business while continuing my other one at the time. And I still do have my FXRS, and it runs beautifully because I take care of it.

And yea there are some wonderful stories of doing some home repairs to new customers.

Riding in on my Harley looking like a Neanderthal... Then whipping out my tech tools to do a job.

Priceless.

 

[Cup Noodle]

You got lucky that you did not get hurt. My adage does not apply to you. Besides I've done some dumb assed things in my life. Usually waking up in a fog of uncertainty with some chick you don't know and hoping you can get out of the situation in one piece. Yea.. the good o' days of being a horn dog.

In the late 90's to the end of 2009 you had the HD "manly man's syndrome" advertising about getting a hog. At the time you had plenty of middle aged men going through a mid life crisis. The kids were out of the house and on their own (what a concept Young adults not sponging their parents Which cropped up a whole shit load of so called Biker Build off shows. This also brought up the era of custom bikes and the bar hopping types of bikes to show off.

For the Record. The only real Biker Builder I respected the most was Arlen Ness. Then Indian Larry. The rest of the TV builders, Many of them I believe are just borderline fakes. A true Builder builds his bike from scratch BY HIMSELF. Not like the bullshit you seen watching Orange County Choppers where they farm out their stuff and/or just get off the shelf stuff.

These types of [people are NOT real bikers. They are squids, trailer queens and/or every god damned mother fucking word I can throw at them. To me they are NOT tough. They are NOT manly. Just wannabe's with wheels between their legs. They never joined an MC (as far as I know) And they never been a Dog Soldier( pretty damned sure, but you never know), being a known associate with an MC, etc.

These days I give respect to all bikers, regardless of whatever bike they ride on IF those bikers really put in the miles. Hell these days I see a lot of euro's out there putting in the miles. How could I diss them when you have pussies on Hogs worry about a few drops of drizzle on their chrome?

Now you know where the phrase comes from. We old geezers and others look down on them, because they don't ride as much and also can be a hazard to a group of bikers. Them riding long distance. I have seen that happen many times on a poker run. Squid on a shiny bling bling of a bike. Gets tired while riding and does the stupid... injuring not just himself but others around him.

A good honest biker mechanic, also known as a gear head (term also goes with people working on cars/ things/etc.) are harder to find now, especially finding one that is not expensive to have him work on your bike. They too must be respected as they carry the knowledge on how bikes work.

I'm a gear head as I work on my bike. If I am going to die because of a malfunction, it is going to be my fault and my fault only and not taking a chance on a "Certified Harley Davidson Technician". I got my training from Arlen Ness. He was a wonderful guy who had a good life. He died with his boots on. He lived the way he wanted to live.

I come from a era where bikers did some intense and wild things. Where there was a true brother hood, where you could rely on your buddies to back you up. But now these days... well lets just say I ride solo now. The era of being part of a true brotherhood that will take care of you are long gone. And the dog eat dog mentality replaced it.

I've done some things in my life and some of them I regret... Physically and sometimes mentally I'm paying the price for my ignorance of my youth.

But there are the wonderful memories of myself in my bedroll, with my bike nearby, staring at the night sky. Then the next morning without a care in the world ride to your next destination.

Well with all of this verbiage what does it all mean?

During certain times of my life when money was incredibly tight, I hopped on my Harley (a fucking lot) to save on gas. If you don't do the bloat on what normies do and leave your bike stock, you can get good gas mileage.

On my 93 FXRS, I was getting 54pmg @ 55mph. Just driving with traffic and not being a jerk off with those quick starts at the stop light. This at the time helped me save money so I could buy out some of my mentor's business that I thought would be profitable.

So in a way my biking (mechanic) skillset in a offset manner helped me create a new business. A successful computer business while continuing my other one at the time. And I still do have my FXRS, and it runs beautifully because I take care of it.

And yea there are some wonderful stories of doing some home repairs to new customers.

Riding in on my Harley looking like a Neanderthal... Then whipping out my tech tools to do a job.

Priceless.

I'm not actually a biker although I have ridden bikes in the past. My first bike was a 83 Yamaha Venture touring bike. 1200 cc's and it still had second gear. I got it at a smoking price. I stripped off all of the fairings and bullshit first. I transferred the front fender to the rear and left the front open. The damn thing had electronic ignition so I had to rewire it. I replaced the rear coilover with a piece of square bar lowering it in the process. I replaced the forks with Virago forks to lower the front. Many custom shims were made. I put on a springer seat and got a good deal on a used harley headlight. I know I'm forgetting more things than I remember doing to that damn thing. As low as I had it, it rode like a brick, but I loved it. I'm trying to hide my occupation power level, but I grew up watching tv shows about what I do now when I was a kid. That's why I ended up doing what I do now. They still make the shows, but now it has gone from advertisements for bolt on parts in the 90's to retarded reality shows that really have nothing to do with the subject at hand. Either way neither portray what it is really like. I think you reach transcendence when you get to the point that no one makes the part you need so you have to make it yourself. Once you get to the point that no one has even thought of doing what you are trying to do and you still make it happen, that is Nirvana. I fuck with computer stuff in my free time, I love Star Wars, I watch a ton of anime, and one of my kids said I was cringe today for singing a song in Japanese. It's fun leading a double life.

 

[feral cat #6385]

Don't have to. My AMD Room Heater burns up the dust.

@Cup Noodle your cable management disgusts me. Do better.

Zip ties stink for cable management, because sometimes you need to get at a cable, then you need to cut things. You can achieve nice looking cable bundles with the velcro ties, and they still look nice, but aren't a pain to remove and redo.

I clean my PC once a year, I maybe clean the dust filters once every few months. Positive pressure cases with a filtered input are where its at. Combine that with no carpet, and I also keep it on a table. If you keep it close to the floor it just doubles as a vacuum.

Zip ties are cheaper tho. A pair of sprue cutters will make quick work of zip ties. I am partial to zip ties + cable wraps.

 

[Cup Noodle]

Don't have to. My AMD Room Heater burns up the dust.

I thought those AMD things were supposed to process better using less electricity. Your shit probably needs the most cleaning.

@Cup Noodle your cable management disgusts me. Do better.

I know. It disgusts me also.

Zip ties are cheaper tho. A pair of sprue cutters will make quick work of zip ties. I am partial to zip ties + cable wraps.

You may not, but I remember when zip ties were a as seen on tv thing. Zip ties revolutionized the world. I'm a huge zip tie Stan.

 

[KingCoomer]

Shit, probably since I built it around 10 months ago. This thing is probably dying as I type this.

 

[feral cat #6385]

I thought those AMD things were supposed to process better using less electricity. Your shit probably needs the most cleaning.

I know. It disgusts me also.

You may not, but I remember when zip ties were a as seen on tv thing. Zip ties revolutionized the world. I'm a huge zip tie Stan.

I used to have about 1,000 USB drives dangling off my PC. Until I got sick of the mess. Then I learned how to contain the mess and make things look respectable.

This is my case. I just blew it out a few weeks ago. It is easy to break down and clean. It even looks like a heater. And it does heat the room real good in the winter. In the summer too unfortunately.

I also ended up shucking all my USB drives and putting them in this case. This sucker can accommodate six drives.

 

[seri0us]

I'm trying to hide my occupation power level, but I grew up watching tv shows about what I do now when I was a kid. That's why I ended up doing what I do now. They still make the shows, but now it has gone from advertisements for bolt on parts in the 90's to exceptional reality shows that really have nothing to do with the subject at hand. Either way neither portray what it is really like.

@Cup Noodle Are you a bounty hunter?

 

[w4vy_gr4vy]

If I clean my PC where will all the cockroaches go?

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Nice thing about an open air case is cleaning is just good few squirts of compressed air.

 

[Cup Noodle]

I used to have about 1,000 USB drives dangling off my PC. Until I got sick of the mess. Then I learned how to contain the mess and make things look respectable.

This is my case. I just blew it out a few weeks ago. It is easy to break down and clean. It even looks like a heater. And it does heat the room real good in the winter. In the summer too unfortunately.

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I also ended up shucking all my USB drives and putting them in this case. This sucker can accommodate six drives.

That's a cool case. Mine is a cheap case I bought off of new egg on sale for like $25 a few years ago. I didn't even need it at the time, but it was too good of a deal. I ended up building in it this year after my previous computer kicked the bucket. It was a hp built around a I7-7700 that I bought on clearance from walmart. It was 50% off and cost me less than buying the cpu alone. I tried to find a motherboard at a decent price to rebuild with, but it became apparent quickly that I just needed to start over. The I7 got stuck in a mining rig I have that has a b250 chipset replacing a pentium something. The Pentium was already overkill. You can run a gpu mining rig on any celeron made in the last decade. The cheap case was not fun to build in, but otherwise it does it's job well. The cheap blue fans have four led's in the fan shroud pointing at the fan blades from the side. It looks cheap but I don't really care. My middle kid told me the fan looks like a German flag. Now I can't unsee it. I have a blue swastika computer and that is just fine by me. I could rant on about heat, but this is long enough. Look into the bitcoin heater. What a joke.

@Cup Noodle Are you a bounty hunter?

No, but I could be. I'm a big mean mother fucker who likes to say nigger. #DogDidNothingWrong

If I clean my PC where will all the cockroaches go?

That is one of the leading causes of PSU failure. I figured you would be dead by now. Are you still doing the pig farm thing? Probably not since you were in charge of feeding all of those hippies back in '69 and the army had to intervene.

 

[Still Anonymous For This]

I blast the thing out with compressed air about once every couple of months and take the filters off to shop vac clean about every month. My cable management is essentially non-existent and the space behind the motherboard is a rats nest of broken dreams. I leave that to future me when I need to upgrade in the future.

Past me is an asshole.

 

[seri0us]

I blast the thing out with compressed air about once every couple of months and take the filters off to shop vac clean about every month. My cable management is essentially non-existent and the space behind the motherboard is a rats nest of broken dreams. I leave that to future me when I need to upgrade in the future.

Past me is an asshole.

Every now and then when I've opened my computer I'll think I've figured out a great way to do cable management, except I just discover why I left it that way

 

[Cup Noodle]

I blast the thing out with compressed air about once every couple of months and take the filters off to shop vac clean about every month. My cable management is essentially non-existent and the space behind the motherboard is a rats nest of broken dreams. I leave that to future me when I need to upgrade in the future.

Past me is an asshole.

You actually clean the thing and you realize your shortcomings. I'll give you a pass, as if that means anything.

Every now and then when I've opened my computer I'll think I've figured out a great way to do cable management, except I just discover why I left it that way

When you do open it you clean it right. Right!?

 

[seri0us]

When you do open it you clean it right. Right!?

Yes