How To: Clean up Power Supply

There have many reasons why we need clean PSU from a dust. To make PSU more long life, not too high temperature, not too noisy. What ever the reason it is, this is step by step how to do it.


1. Turn off your computer
2. Unplug the power cable connect to PSU
3. Take out the PSU from computer casing
4. Take screw driver & loose 4 screws at each edge of PSU

after take out from computer case

5. After screw, take out the top of PSU case. See the picture below

Can see clearly inside the PSU

6. Remove all dust using paint brush

Brush the fan

Clean the dust at transformer & other
components

7. After finish, put the top case back
8. Install PSU inside computer casing
9. Plug all connector back such as to motherboard, cdrom drive, hdd, fdd as before
10. Turn on your computer.

That's it, it's very simple. For safety, please don't touch any electric & electronic components using your hand

DirectX 10 for Windows XP (RC2 XP Fix 3)

Remember this topic; 'DirectX 10 for Windows XP' ? That time DirectX 10 for Windows XP still in alpha version. Which is if you using it, under your own risk. Today new version has been released DirectX 10 RC2 XP Fix 3. Before this there is no exe installer, but now DirectX 10 for XP comes with more fun and easier. Latest DirectX 10 XP installer patch that easily installing all the important DirectX10 DLL on Windows XP 32. Meanwhile, this DirectX10 installer program support Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.

Follow this step by step how to install DirectX 10 for XP:

1. Download DirectX 10 RC2 XP Fix 3
Password: recnal.blogspot.com

2. Install it and follow the instructions (see picture below)

3. Click finish button

4. So as pictures show bellow, it's finish and your winxp now have DirectX 10.

Personal review:

Computer spec
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz
- 3Gb DDR2 667
- XP 32bit
- 512mb / 128bit GeForce 8500 GT Super

After finish installed the DirectX 10, I try to find out what the different between DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 on my PC. So I try with 'Tom Clancy's Hawk' games. I realize the big different with smoke. It's more realistic. I'm surprise with that.

For gamers out there, you should try this DirectX 10 using on XP. It's cool and don't forget tell what different you got.