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| 102402 | 2002-11-29 09:06:00 | I made an interesting observation when I was installing my new hard drive. Every little hole that led to the inside of the computer was chocking with dust. My atx case has an extra extraction fan for case cooling but I think what is happening is that because air is being extracted & not blown in, my case ends up being slightly vacumed. Thus slowely drawing in air from every little hole that there is. Which can't be healthy for usb ,headphone & any other sockets. This has only taken about three months to choke up. Thought I would just share this for the benefit of others. |
Ron Bakker (356) | ||
| 102403 | 2002-11-29 09:14:00 | thats fairly normall. however just check that the case air inlet is not to small or blocked off. i've had cases with NO air inlets before and ones that have been blocket due to stitting on carpet. for those in dusty aeras a front casefan and fan filter is well worth it (provided they remember to clean the filter) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 102404 | 2002-11-29 17:54:00 | I could see myself doing something like that | Ron Bakker (356) | ||
| 102405 | 2002-11-29 20:00:00 | Dust is one of the biggest reasons I won't have a computer live in a bedroom -- they are the dustiest rooms in the house, especially when kids don't like vacuuming them...... | Susan B (19) | ||
| 102406 | 2002-11-29 22:30:00 | Just had a recent case where these people were having odd crashes. After doing a reinstall to no effect I then opened the case to drop some more ram in and discovered a whole heap of dust around the CPU fan. Didn't install the ram then but cleaned dust away and all worked perfectly. Depending on the conditions it doesn't do any harm to give the PC a good blow out every few months. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 102407 | 2002-11-29 22:48:00 | the worse case i've seen (not counting the pc cases with no air inlets) was a monitor that caught fire due to excessive dust in it. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 102408 | 2002-12-02 01:38:00 | I've seen floppy drives filled with dust to the extent that they wouldn't work. Often happens with "office" computers, where the floppy drive has never been used. Perhaps Susan should encourage having computers in bedrooms; this will make up for the lack of vacuum cleaning. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 102409 | 2002-12-02 02:33:00 | I worked for a company about 6 years ago. Their PCs were from a company in Hamilton and had seals on the cases with a warning that removal would void warranty. We had a problem with one and it was sent back to them for repair. Evidently it was full of dust and they tried to pass the buck back to us for letting the dust build up without cleaning it! I never did figure just how we were supposed to get into the case without breaking the seals! | crozier (2004) | ||
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