I feel like I should point out that vacuuming the interior of a PC is a bad idea because they can/do generate a large amount of electrostatic energy.
Preferred method of cleaning is compressed air/air duster (Which is largely compressed air) as a result. -JB On 1 July 2014 18:02, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to wrap-up the thread I started about things I needed to understand > to help my > OB upgrade his old Athlon 64/Gigabyte m/b PC from WinXP to Win8.1pro. > > The mechanical bits went quite well. His new 128GB SSD got installed and > cabled. > He removed his old 160GB XP EMHD. All his data was backed up. > > Yesterday morning OB powered off his PC to vacuum out all cat hair, > install his new > 4GB of RAM,and, double check all his cabling. He completed all this and > then called me > do the actual power back on, and install of W8.1pro. The PC failed to > power back on and > complete POST. The infamous Black Screen presented itself, but, the > cooling fans in the PC > were running (OK, +12v was alive), but the m/b remained essentially dead. > The optical drive > with the install DVD pre-loaded failed to do anything. We comiserated. I > mentioned that this > was a possibility. That did not ease his anger. > > OB decided to contact a local resident of his new neighborhood complexwho > does PC diagnosis/repair > and SW install for members of the neighborhood. > > OB called this AM and said his new diagnosis confirmed a newly dead PC > m/b................... :( > So, OB is now shopping a new desktop PC(believe with an Intel Core-i5 > processor). > He is looking at Dell. I will share what he eventually chooses. > > I truly appreciate all the help the Collective shared during this really > intense (for me) period of trying to > do a long-distance upgrade that ultimately failed. No harm, no foul. Just > a bad roll of the dice. > Thankyou, > Duncan > >
