"cagud . vincent joseph" wrote:
>
> you'll realize the effect when you open one of the computers. power supply fans
> suck in air, but most computers don't have a fan blowing air out of the unit. smoke
> particles tend to stay inside your computer, basically turning your pc into an
> expensive air filter. i dunno abt the effects of this to computer operations
> though, as the case i saw, wala namang problema. yun lang..mabaho pag binuksan mo.
>
Well, dust inside the computer tends to shorten its useful life too...
Get enough dust inside a system casing and it will tend to malfunction,
as some kinds of dust are conductive and they can easily carry static
electricity. The effect of dust and smoke on diskettes is even worse.
Bad sectors and stuff like that will be more common. CD-ROM's and other
optical storage devices will malfunction even sooner. Get any smoke or
dust inside them and most CD's will soon become unreadable. Dust in
keyboards may result in stuck keys...
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