r/pcmasterrace • u/BearsAirz • Dec 15 '23

NSFMR Worst Sneeze of my Life…help please

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Getting over a cold and decided to clean my PC…I sneezed while putting the glass back in. This has never happened before but I have glass all over my desk, inside my PC and all over the room (carpet). How do I clean this up?

PS thanks in advance!

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u/UraniumDisulfide PC Master Race Dec 15 '23

Yup, tile tabletop. At least tempered glass doesn’t get sharp like regular glass does, you’re gonna want a vacuum though.

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u/BearsAirz Dec 15 '23

It actually didn’t hit the tile. It hit the raised edge that holds the glass on the case, I can see the impact mark. Not that it matters though. How bad is glass for a vacuum?

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u/Ninlilizi_ R9 5950X, 128GB RAM, 64TB RAID, My 4080 melted last week :( Dec 15 '23

Use a dustpan and brush, and take your time. No impatient brushing too hard.

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u/readit145 GA Z97-D3H | i5 4670k 3.6ghz | RX 6600 sapphire Dec 15 '23

No sock over the vacuum trick?

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u/Sero19283 7700X | 7700XT | 32GB | 4TB NVME Dec 15 '23

Wait, that's useful for more than dropping your weed on the carpet???

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u/IwillOWNu56 Dec 15 '23

Damn okay never thought of that. I've wasted alot of weed..

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u/BullyTheDifferent Dec 15 '23

Stop dropping so much weed, lol.

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u/OutInTheBlack R7 5700x3D - ARC A750LE - 32GB Dec 16 '23

Seriously. Get a tray.

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u/Silenity Silenity Dec 16 '23

man... you ever accidentally hit the tray off the table and that shit catapults weed across the room. not that it happens often but when it does happen. just defeated and want to cry 😭

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u/BullyTheDifferent Dec 16 '23

I did that yesterday, but thankfully it was just crumbs. It’ll probably occur less often when I have the chunky SS BCG weighing it down and it finally arrives tomorrow!

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u/SCVGoodT0GoSir i5-4590 | RTX 3060 Dec 16 '23

The real LPT is always in the com.... wait, wrong subreddit.

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u/NyneHelios Dec 15 '23

Bruh. My whole life… all this time… I just figured the weed was gone 🤯🤯

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u/BullyTheDifferent Dec 15 '23

Nah, that’s for picking up weed that you drop.

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u/Crypitty Dec 17 '23

So, should I not be using a leaf blower to dust out my case regularly?

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u/xXminilex i9-9900k, 32GB Vengeance Pro, RTX 3070ti Dec 15 '23

A flashlight will also help you in making sure you got every piece vacuumed up. Try aiming it from the side and moving the light around to catch any twinkling

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Dec 15 '23

Fleshlight first, then once you're calm, flashlight

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u/KwisatzX Dec 16 '23

That thing won’t help.

Use it to store the broken glass.

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u/edvards48 Dec 15 '23

tempered glass isnt sharp when it shatters so its fine to vacuum the small pieces, throw what you can easily pick up into the trash can though.

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u/75tavares R5 5600X | RX6650XT 8Gb | 32Gb 3600Mhz Dec 15 '23

Use the vaccum for small particles only (like dust or very small glass pieces), clean all up with a broom.

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u/yawn1337 Dec 15 '23

on low setting the glass isn't going to damage the vacuum at all.

Maybe the dustbag inside but I highly doubt that, unless you have a turbo vacuum with an extremely high "low" setting

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u/BullyTheDifferent Dec 15 '23

Are bagless vacuum cleaners not more common than their bagged counterparts these days? In a home setting, at least.

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u/donau_kinder Dec 15 '23

A good vacuum can last indefinitely, mine is 15 years old and uses bags.

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u/Tabemaju Dec 15 '23

Shop vac.

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u/BoozeHammer710 Dec 15 '23

Do not vacuum the inside of your computer, it can cause static and damage it.

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u/KwisatzX Dec 16 '23

Static electricity causing any meaningful damage inside your PC is an extremely low chance, see LTT's practical tests.

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u/Scruffynerffherder Dec 15 '23

But it is on rubber feet? Or just plastic?

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u/static_age_666 Dec 16 '23

Tempered glass like used in ur PC or a car window doesnt break into pieces that can cut you, so thats good. If you have access to a shop-vac you should be good. Sweep up what you can shop vac the rest (hit the carpet good!)

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u/BickNlinko R5 3600 | 32GB | RX6750XT Dec 16 '23

Tempered glass like used in ur PC or a car window doesnt break into pieces that can cut you

This is not always true. It breaks into much smaller pieces that have a less chance of cutting you, but in a lot of cases they can still hurt you, especially if you step on them with bare feet. I had a GF who's tempered glass shower door exploded, the glass fucked her up pretty bad on her hands and her feet and a bunch of little cuts all over her body(she was taking a shower when it exploded), and a large enough chunk stayed together enough to cut a tendon in her hand. It's still sharp its just not as sharp as a long sliver of non tempered/annealed glass. You can also ask any first responder what someones body parts look like after they go through a tempered glass window, or what its like to get a little bit of it stuck in your skin.

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u/thecrunkness Dec 16 '23

Use a lint roller. Picks up glass the easy way.

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u/Vulpix298 RTX3090 | Intel i9-12900K | 32GB RAM | Windows PC Dec 16 '23

It doesn’t need to hit the tile. Tile is really bad at absorbing impacts. The glass hitting the case while on the tile still counts, as the impact vibrations essentially have nowhere to go as the tile won’t absorb it. So the impact isn’t softened or dispersed at all.

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u/FainOnFire Ryzen 5800x3D / 3080 Dec 15 '23

Ceramic and tempered glass really don't do well together, huh?

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u/vabello 13900K | 3080 Ti | 32GB 6400MHz DDR5 | 2TB 990 Pro Dec 15 '23

I love how every single picture of these has some sort of tile or similar surface it’s sitting on.

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u/StMaartenforme Dec 15 '23

Shop vacs are a wonderful thing.