by cosmicB on Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:57 pm
Given that dust is the PC killer.. maybe it's time you took your machine into a shop, to get them to do a proper cleaning inside the tower..?
Or do it yourself if you are adept in handling electronics hardware...
For sure you would want to use some gentle high-pressure air to blow the dust away from fan bearings...
I use a shop air-compressor.. and sometimes one of those aerosol cans of pressurized gas for cleaning hard to get at fine-parts...
Never ever sweep the floor, nor dust the house, with the PC On...
When you are finished the house cleaning, use a strong fan to flow-through blow the airborne dust out of the house, for about five minutes, before switching On the computer... This way the PC's cooling-fans don't suck-in a lot of dirt.. and your puppy lasts a few years longer than it would if you abused it with dust... This goes for all electronics... Cover those things, before you raise a micro dust-storm... They'll last a lot longer...
Maybe there's a way to tape-on some fine filter material to the outside of the tower's air intakes..?
Too fine, and the fans wouldn't cool properly...
Quality computers would have replaceable filters, and plugged-filter screen-warnings...
