I finally did it!

Well I clean mine once every 3-4 months... Just when you clean it try to avoid things like little brushes and some times vacuums too... They might cause static electricity and there is a possibility (a slight possibility though, but why taking the risk :)) something inside your tower could "burn"... try blowing the dust out and then take the vaccum and clean it from the floor :)

good thing it did not catch fire.Your suppose to clean your computer at least once a month.man,if your mom was the one who did the cleaning,im pretty sure you will get a lot of naggings from her(LOL).

If i dont clean my brother does it , if my brother doesn't do then my mother gives tight slap lol , yea man im not kidding am a lazy goose i dont clean my room my computer anything , but my mom will not leave me like that she will screw and make it clean if im off to college she does it .So we dont have that much dust formed in our pc..

My old machine is 4 years old. It was running quite OK till recently. For 3 months my machine was locked away as my final graduation exams were there. 10 days back when the exams were over I started assembling the pieces of my computer. To my surprise the machine just did not boot. It started with a whirling of the hard drive (sound was audible). Then restarted. I was baffled. Then I gathered some courage and opened the cabinet. There I found a lot of cobwebs. Got it cleaned. Still no result. Then changed the power connection to another power socket. Now it worked.

Well for your surprise... My PC capinet, or CPU case is always open with all the machinery in front of my eyes... as my brother is computer engineer, we very often work with changing hard disks and other stuffs... so whatever dust get collected there, its in front of us, and we clean it out whenever we think it gettin gcollected there.

Yeah, the computers can attract dust particles very easily and also lose it very hard. Hmm, i also lazy to clean it really, i guess i will clean it if the fans is not working. Because open the casing is very troublesome

I think that's what happened to our old pc we have 2 pcs, one is 3 yrs old the other is older the older one just shut down on its own one day and we went frantic trying to find out what happened we did open the case and it was full of pet hairs and dust like yours but after cleaning it we still couldn't turn it on now it's just lying there we plan to send it to a friend who is technician when we have some money to pay it

Computers are dust magnets! I clean mine just whenever I think of it and every time it really is amazing how much crap builds up in there. Also, a lot of people don't know that if you set your tower on the floor the dust is worse. I use the vacuum when it's really bad. But, when it's not too bad I go to like Wal-mart or Staples and get the dust remover spray found in the electronics. It works miracles! It's quick and easy. And, it's fun to play with. If you spray it on your finger or something it will literally take all the oils off of the spot you spray...it feels weird. Anyways, my point is try that stuff then you don't have to drag the vacuum out as often and it the spray works well. Sometimes however it is pricey but the generic works just as good as the name brand and is much cheaper. I even go ahead and buy two cans at one time because they do awesome deal on that. Congrats on your great cleaning job!

Congrats on cleaning your computer and room lolz !! I live in hostel room and know what dirt means !! My room is a mess and I have the same situation though I clean my room and computer once in a month lolz !!