How To Clean Video Game Consoles Hardware And Accessories

Aside from lag, having to clean your gaming equipment is one of the worst things that can happen to a gamer. Seriously, who cleans their things, anyway? Gaming is for fun, not doing chores. But in those rare occasions when you decide that your console can't really take much more, then you have no choice but to clean it, especially as far as dust is concerned. Dust is the biggest enemy your gaming set-up can possibly have. It can not only make your hardware run worse than it usually does, but it can also damage it beyond repair. And in the light of the holidays and the oncoming Christmas celebrations, when I assume many people get the new generation of consoles as presents, I decided to do a guide on how to properly clean and maintain and clean your console hardware and accessories. This will not only increase the longevity of your console,but it will also ensure that it runs great for as long as possible. It's not going to be pleasant, let me tell you that much, but it's worth doing if you are a true enthusiast and plan utilizing your new (or old console) in the best way possible.

Unplug everything

This is possibly the most important step in the process. You need to unplug everything, otherwise you risk damaging the platform. Not only that, but you can also get hurt so it's a good idea to apply extra caution. After all, you are working with sensitive equipment. Carefully unplug everything that can be plugged and make sure you don't forget anything.

If some of the accessories aren't plugged (like your controllers or headset) and are powered by batteries, instead, remove the batteries. You want to discontinue all power supply to both the console and its components.

Cleaning the exterior

There are several things that you will need here in order to accomplish this fairly simple task. First of all, buying a microfiber towel would yield better results in the cleaning process, even though this part is optional. You can use any lint-free old rag you can get your hands on. You will need two of them – one for the processing and one for the drying out. Also purchase an electronics spray (the kind of spray you can use to clean all sorts of electronics, like laptops, consoles, monitors and more). Spray some of the solution on the cloth and wipe off all the surfaces of your hardware. Dry out with the other cloth immediately so you make sure that everything works well afterwards. Never spray directly on the surface of the console or any of the periphery. This may very well damage the devices so be careful.

Cleaning the interior

Cleaning the interior is a bit trickier. You should open the console because odds are you don't know what you're doing (otherwise why would you be reading this?) so you might damage it. Spraying compressed air into the air vents of your device would be enough to remove a large portion of the dust outside the console. This way you don't need to open it but you will still be able to clean most of it. Something to keep in mind is that compressed air comes out rather cold so you shouldn't be keeping the device too close to the source. Otherwise the air will condensate inside and damage the console.

Cleaning peripheral devices

Use a cotton swab and some rubbing alcohol to clean the peripheral devices such as controllers, microphones, headsets, etc. Just make sure to dry it out immediately. If you're not confident in your abilities to clean the console properly, seek the help of a specialist.

Author Bio:

As a professional cleaner at http://www.fasthomecleaning.co.uk , Rose knows how to clean all kind of things.

Play PS2 Games On PC With PCSX2 free full version

Hai guys, Are you worried that your favorite game is available only for a PS2 version on your nearby shop? Enough of those worries! Here is an amazing software which allows you to play your favorite Ps2 game on your pc.

PCSX2 is an open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for the Windows operating systems, that allows to play all your Best PS2 games on PC . In its latest stable release, many PS2 games are playable, and several games have full functionality. The main bottleneck in PS2 emulation is emulating the multi-core PS2 on a PC x86 architecture.

Have a look at: How to Play Games without Graphic Card?

Features of PCSX2:

- Recompilers for Emotion Engine (EE), Vector Unit 0 (VU0) and Vector Unit 1 (VU1). They are used to translate some parts of the original PS2 machine code into x86 machine code, speeding up emulation.

- Dual core support allows PCSX2 to use up to 2 CPU cores speeding up the emulator significantly.

- Proper SPU2 emulation helps reproduce PS2 audio or even enhanced audio on the PC.

- Full gamepad support makes it possible to emulate every Dual Shock 2 feature.

- Patch system to create cheats easily. It can also be used to skip code where emulation is still broken. This feature is quite user-friendly and easy to use.

- Additional optimizations to speed up emulation. You will be able to play certain games on lower-end machines thanks to this feature.

- Fully working memcard support.

- Fully working IPU support responsible for FMV - video cutscenes should mostly run correctly.

Here is the Download link  CLICK HERE! 

How to Play Games without Graphic Card, Virtual Graphic Card

NOW YOU CAN PLAY ANY LATEST GAME WITHOUT GRAPHICS CARD!!!! JUST INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE IN UR PC AND PLAY GAMES WITH IT.

What it does is,it uses a part of your RAM as Graphics card memory. For example,if you got 1GB DDR2 RAM,then it’ll use 128MB of it as a Virtual Graphics card,and the remaining 896MB will be used as a regular RAM.

Have a look at: How To Play PS2 Games On PC?

3D Analyze is a Graphics Card Emulator that can emulate all the feature of a 3d graphics card like pixelshader 1.1, 1.4, 2.0, bump maps and a lota stuff. If a game stops running on your system just because u dont have a graphics card, dont worry 3d analyze will do it for you.

Here is the download link of that software CLICK HERE!

After downloading extract it and open 3DAnalyze.exe file.

1. Next,click on Select option.
2. Browse and select the Game's .exe file.
3. Then enter the VendorID and DeviceID from any one of the 4 graphics card models given right to that box.
4. Then select Run to play the game.

Please note that the .exe file is to be selected from the main folder,and not the shortcut present on the desktop.