[colug-432] Spring Cleaning/Maintainance
davelist at mac.com
davelist at mac.com
Mon Apr 2 14:37:36 EDT 2012
On Apr 2, 2012, at 10:39 AM, jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:
> Computers fail unnecessarily.
> The weather is good for taking computers outside for cleaning,
> so now's a good time for some annual maintainance.
>
> 1. Remove dust.
> 2. Lubricate fans.
> 3. Check for bad caps.
>
> Search the archives for details about the following.
>
> Overheating due to dust and stuck fans
>
> Dust
>
> Much dust is benign, but dust that blocks air causes
> things to overheat and die prematurely.
>
> Once a year, remove the dust from one's computer.
> First use a vacuum cleaner to remove as much as one can,
> then use compressed air outside to blast away what
> vacuuming could not.
>
> Hard drives are vulnerable to both vacuuming and
> blasting with compressed air. Remove them from the
> computer before vacuuming and blasting with compressed
> air the computer. It's OK to vacuum or blast with
> compressed air hard drives only if you can find the
> hard drive's vent hole and seal it during (and only
> during) vacuuming or blasting with compressed air.
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I've always heard vacuuming is bad (because of static electricity). Is that not true?
Here's one link:
http://www.computerhope.com/cleaning.htm
Dave
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