Hello Again,
This Week we will cover cleaning out laptops and desktops physically to eliminate dust.
One of the most common problems for computers today is heat. Heat is created by components of a computers as access consumption. This will be true till we have 100% power efficient electronics, until then we will have to do a bit of house keeping.
All we need is a can of compressed air.
Desktops
Now to clean out a desktop you can either spray from outside the panel or inside. Meaning that you can take the side panel out and spray or just spray through the ventilation holes. Obviously the best approach is to take the side panel off. Now for some people that might be the best option either because your desktop could be extremely complicated to open (Yes I can have a trouble sometimes to, These designers can be satanists sometimes). Normally you would just unscrew 2 screws holding the side door in place then slide it to the back and it is off. If that is how you do it great if not it will still help to move some air in there by spraying through the vents.
If you remove the cover the area you want to spend the most time on is the heatsink which is piece of metal sitting on the motherboard. Give this the most attention since this is where your CPU is. Make sure to remove all dust bunnies and remove any dirt from the fans so that they can run smoother and probably quieter as well. Never use any liquid inside the case!!!
Laptops
Now for laptops if you don't want to take it a part(which can be difficult) the best solution is to power it down. Then to spray air into the vent slot. There should be two of them usually one on the bottom and one on the side. Try going back and forth and blowing air in both of them and see which one brings out more dirt. Any air you blow through one should be felt through the other vent. One is to suck air in the other is to let it escape.
I hope this helps
This is something that should be done every 6 months at least and for smokers it should be every 3.
Thanks for reading
feel free to ask any questions
Compressed air is sold at any walmart-k-mart or computer store as well as
http://www.amazon.com/Memorex-10OZ-152A-DUSTER-32028021/dp/B0007YZTSC/ref=sr_1_6?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1303916525&sr=1-6
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This is really helpful. I heard people used canned air in my photography class before to remove dirt from negatives. I wonder if its the same thing. Where do you buy it?
ReplyDeleteBlowing dust our of any computer will add to its life expectancy.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to be careful to blow dust AWAY from the area where expansion cards make contact with their sockets. If you get any dust into these contacts, you could have intermittent connections and possible short circuits.