when was the last time you cleaned your computer

[majorcatfish]

we all do our best to keep our hard drives free of virus's, maybe not free of garden porn........
for those of you dinosaurs that still have desk top computers <yep i am one of them>.

question when was the last time you took the side cover off and blew out the inside of it?

omg the inside of mine was nasty all 3 fans were plugged with dust,animal hair amazing that any of them worked at all.

really this also goes along with <whole house vacuums> if your computer insides are nasty. really how clean is your vacuum really getting your house, or is it just merely just spreading it all over the house...????

 

[digitS']

I do that about once a year, Major'. Altho, I use the vacuum on the computer and the canned air on the keyboard.

The computer technician I apologized to the last time I took one in said what you might expect, "oh, you should see some of them!" But, then he said some things that were useful. "You know. You really should clean them as often as you think of it." He also said that they stay clean longer if they are up, off the floor. Well shoot. That's not the way my desk is built!

Really, I use the tablets most, these days.

By the way, just this morning, I had security run a scan and then had Microsoft network do troubleshooting and a fix. What it accomplished, I haven't a clue but just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get me!

Steve

 

[digitS']

Oh, and about that vacuum:

Nature abhors a vacuum, but ..

. not as much as your cat does.

Steve

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I know its time to blow everything out on my laptop when the fan runs hi low hi low, more and more.

Two years ago I was able to take the bottom off and see it all. Now I can't seem to open it up so I end up using canned air in the fan vent.

 

[bobm]

My wife has been looking for some "canned air" for the last week... no one seems to have any in stock. Shortage of air or ???

 

[Nyboy]

Bob I just saw can air at local Kmart.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

my local Lowes & Home Depot carry the stuff. usually i find it where they have the electrical stuff for hooking up TV & computers. if i can't find it at the local Staples/Office Depot i can always find it at HD or Lowes.

 

[Nyboy]

Kmart had it next to DVD cleaner.