Vacuuming is awful for computers. The plastic on the tube is a good source of static, as well as drawing a bunch of atmospheric air across the components. That being said, anything is possible, if you nudged something with the hose you may just get by with re-seating it. Start with the RAM and move on from there.
-wes On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > I had indications that the CMOS battery needed replacing. In > preparation for that I vacuumed some dust off the heat sink, the case > fan, and some random parts of the MB. I tried to remove the battery, > but was unsuccessful. Before putting much effort into the battery > removal I was called away to dinner. After dinner I tried to start > the computer, but got only a momentary spinning of the fans. I have > since tried wiggling a few of the connectors with no change in > behaviour. What might I try? What is the chance that the vacuuming > zapped the MB? > > -Denis > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
