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Club name:	Zak's VRC Pro Team
Created:	28.07.2011
Manager:	Zak Smith
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Keep it clean! added: 09.07.2011

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No I'm not talking about how you race with others, but about your machine on which you run VRC. It's very important to keep it clean and dust free. This way your machine will not overheat and run slower and you will not damage any internal components.
So use some compressed air to blow off the dust or better, open it up and brush it off.

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John M.	23.08.2012 [16:28] don't use compressor or compressed air can, blowing dust further into the electronics is no good plan. Turn of PC and use brush and vacuum to remove 99% of dust from all moving pieces (fans). then put dust filters on all input sources (fans in the front);
Giovanni F. D	03.03.2012 [19:59] Yes, right... spring is cleaning, opening windows and goodbye dust... A maintenance event should be placed in the "race calendar" and VRC-pro update and web maintenance placed in the "race calendar"... good idea Mr. Atsushi !
Atsushi Takeshita Centurion	03.03.2012 [17:38] If PC becomes dirty so much, you should start with cleaning of a house.
Giovanni F. D	02.03.2012 [09:48] Bump... time has passed... Maintenance ! Computers must be dusted every 6 month. Thermal paste (common) replaced every year ! ARCTIC SILVER guaranty of 8 YEARS !!!!!!!! http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/detail?sArticle=31.%3F Edited by author: 2.3.2012 9:54:48 GMT
Pantelis M.	18.08.2011 [23:57] i haven't opened my pc for over 4 months and it run properly and no dust inside :/ i don't think tha with 8 gb ram 3.6(overclocked) 4 cores 12 blowers it is not going to work properly ;D
Giovanni F. D	12.08.2011 [00:17] the one I got is not waterproof
Marco H Moderator	09.08.2011 [13:13] Be sure that there's no power on your machine when cleaning this way xD
Ludvik S.	09.08.2011 [13:10] How to clean your computer. http://www.vrcworld.com/member/photo.aspx?photo=5288&page=1#detail Edited by author: 11.8.2011 5:12:45 GMT Edited by administrator: 6.9.2011 10:10:14 GMT
Giovanni F. D	11.07.2011 [10:18] Stop comparing a computer with a vacuum cleaner ! The place of the dust is in the vacuum cleaner and not in the computer, that is inadmissible ! Edited by author: 11.7.2011 9:19:02 GMT
Marco H Moderator	11.07.2011 [09:38] It just does, your computer has a lot of air (with dust) going in and out. The dust just seems to stay behind on heatsinks and fans.
Giovanni F. D	11.07.2011 [09:26] How all this dust can go in the computer ?
Marco H Moderator	11.07.2011 [09:24] You don't put dust in you computer, you take it OUT! xD
Giovanni F. D	11.07.2011 [09:22] About the dust, it is the subject of your topic, no ?
Marco H Moderator	11.07.2011 [08:50] What are you talking about?
Giovanni F. D	10.07.2011 [20:50] Where can we found all this dust for puting in the computer? in the vacuum cleaner ?