What does dust do to your computer?

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Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-18-2003 16:25:

What does dust do to your computer?

Can you guys let me know what dust does to your computer? Obviously it fucks it up and what not? but I have one main specific problem,,,
Ok when i am listening to music every once in a while it sounds like the sound has a default in it, almost like a scratch on a cd would sound,,, now is there anyway that dust can get right on the disk surface and do this to it? if not,,, what would make my songs do this?
And its happenes to all my songs so its not just one file

Posted by jon on Jul-18-2003 19:42:

dust wont get into your harddrive, harddrives are sealed to be air tight,if even 1 spec of dust made it into your drive then it could potentially cause the drive to fail

Posted by Tranex02 on Jul-19-2003 00:37:

yea....

it could be because of several factors.... maybe the rip is bad...
or maybe it's your speakers/earphones...

Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-19-2003 05:30:

quote:
Originally posted by jonsimmonds
dust wont get into your harddrive, harddrives are sealed to be air tight,if even 1 spec of dust made it into your drive then it could potentially cause the drive to fail

Wow thank you so much! That answers alot ,,,, ok so any reason why it makes that high pitched noise now?Hmmmmmm?

Posted by Dr. Cfire on Jul-21-2003 08:47:

There is a good chance that dust got into the audio cable conectors either inside or outside the case. Dust will cause a static like noise.

Posted by jon on Jul-21-2003 09:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Cfire
There is a good chance that dust got into the audio cable conectors either inside or outside the case. Dust will cause a static like noise.

imm curious to how dust in a audio conector can cause static...

RXW0412, can u list you computer specs (cpu/ram/hardrive/etc) and what software your playing the music with? does this just happen with mp3's or if you play a audio cd in your cd-rom?

Hve you tried a differnt set of headphones/earphones like Tranex02 suggested?

Posted by icedale on Jul-25-2003 23:16:

A recent HD Defrag may have caused it.

Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-26-2003 06:44:

quote:
Originally posted by jonsimmonds

RXW0412, can u list you computer specs (cpu/ram/hardrive/etc) and what software your playing the music with? does this just happen with mp3's or if you play a audio cd in your cd-rom?

Hve you tried a differnt set of headphones/earphones like Tranex02 suggested?

Ok my computer is a pentium 4 2.4 GHZ, 512 mb ram, 80 gig hd..
I am using Winamp to play the music, but the weird thing is, that it never did this before until lately!?
This happens with any kind of audio,,, cd or mp3 doesnt matter,,

I am not using my same speakers which I think should be ok? there just a set of monsoon's..

thanks for the help!

Posted by jon on Jul-26-2003 10:03:

if its happening with audio cd's it could either be a issue with the soundcard drivers, or the soundcard its self.

do you know what soundcard it is?

Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-26-2003 16:48:

quote:
Originally posted by jonsimmonds

do you know what soundcard it is?

Its a Soundblaster Audigy 2

Posted by ASOT100 on Jul-27-2003 19:07:

quote:
Originally posted by RWC0412
Its a Soundblaster Audigy 2

u have the latest drivers?

Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-27-2003 21:37:

yes i do

Posted by jon on Jul-27-2003 21:56:

If you know how, try moving the sound card to a different pci slot

if you dont know how to move the card to a different slot,id suggest you contact creative labs most likley [email protected] and ask them for help.

Posted by RWC0412 on Jul-27-2003 22:01:

I know how to do that stuff, because, i installed most of my cards myself But just curious as to what would that do jon?

Posted by jon on Jul-27-2003 22:06:

it could be a irq sharing issue, as some pci slots share irq's with other slots and motherboard devices.

what if any other pci cards are there in your system? and ive read (not confirmed myself as ive always used onboard sound) that soundcards work best in the 3rd pci slot (number 1 is nearest cpu)

Posted by Aphotic Phoenix on Aug-05-2003 15:56:

Effects of Dust on your computer

I really don't know what the problem is with your computer, but dust really isn't good for the insides of your computer. The most important questions are...where is your computer (on the floor, on your desk)?, how much venting space it has, and do you smoke around your computer? The cooling fans in your computer can suck in dust and smoke...if enough of that stuff gets in there it can cause the insides of your computer to become a gunky mess. If you've had your computer for a while I would recomend opening it up and cleaning out your fan...especially if you keep it close to a wall or the floor where dust can collect more easily. This will help keep your fan running smooth, and prevent less dust on the inside. Depending on how close your fan blades are to the vent, you can also construct a simple filter out of thin very porous foam, or medical gauze but you'll have to be careful to make sure that you are cleaning the filter regularly, and that you arn't preventing proper ventilation of your computer. If the inside of your computer is really funky, take it to a professional to have them clean it.