Brain
I've always used a vacuum to suck mine out for years...i stayed about 2' away
from the motherboard.
When you reverse it and blow the dust out of the cpu, how close would you
get...an inch or more or any distance that will mostly clean it?
Terry Kilburg - Independent Reliv
to the board with a blower.
- Brian
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From: Alvin Auerbach alvin.auerb...@verizon.net
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:45 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] Cleaning the Inside of a Computer
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that the fan noise
Two words of caution. Use short, short bursts of air from those cans. Long
duration bursts have a rapid cooling effect that might lead to undesirable
results. Second, blowing air around the inner chamber can place dust on
read/write sensors of your CD/DVD drives. Don't forget to clear the blown
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that the fan noise is louder
than it was originally. I want to open it up and vacuum the dust out
of it, but I recall reading that this may make a static electrical
charge that could ruin some semiconductors. I would like to know if
anyone has
Usually a louder fan means the fan bearing is starting to fail.
There is nothing to do for that except replace the fan. Usually it
takes a fair amount of time for it to fail and it will continue to get
louder but ...
db
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that
Static electricity and the inside of the computer don't mix!
Compressed air is good. Search for cleaning tutorials. Here's one:
http://www.build-your-own-cheap-computer.com/computer-cleaning.html
Here's a link for an attachment for a regular vacuum to allow
cleaning, although I can't personally
I've used canned air. It's a bit pricey, unless you get it at Costco
for around $9 for 3 cans.
Jeff M
On May 12, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that the fan noise is
louder than it was originally. I want to open it up and vacuum the
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that the fan noise is louder
than it was originally. I want to open it up and vacuum the dust out
of it, but I recall reading that this may make a static electrical
charge that could ruin some semiconductors. I would like to know if
I would give
I opened it up:
No dust.
No clogged intake filter.
No intake filter.
No loose screws.
No loose wires.
No WD40 for me.
No loud radio for me.
WWDC should see Snow Leopard. If there's also a new iMac,
that's the way I'll solve the problem.
On May 12, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
My
I have one of the below-mentioned kits and it works well. Aside from having
small-diameter probes, the adapter to the standard vacuum hose has an
adjustable air bleed, which permits decreasing the suction if using this device
on your powerful shop-vac is too fierce.
If you have a thermally
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