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Dust covers for computer ports
Timothy Daniels wrote:
... What the PC needs right now is a good blow-out with compressed air and a good vacuuming, ... Hopefully you are using a vacuum that has been certified for use with computers (and not just some "computer" vacuum that's meant to cleanup the keyboard). With typical vacuum cleaners, the air rushing into the nozzle generates static electricity that will zap your electronics. |
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Dust covers for computer ports
On 5/11/2011 2:53 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
Timothy Daniels wrote: ... What the PC needs right now is a good blow-out with compressed air and a good vacuuming, ... Hopefully you are using a vacuum that has been certified for use with computers (and not just some "computer" vacuum that's meant to cleanup the keyboard). With typical vacuum cleaners, the air rushing into the nozzle generates static electricity that will zap your electronics. I hate to start this old hogwash all over again, but how many failures have you seen *personally* over this? I'm not downplaying ESD. I've worked QA on both the "Assurance" and "Analysis" sides, even as far as slicing and dicing components and looking at the guts with microscopes (even the electron variety). I've seen the craters. But I've also seen the fights where a vendor tried using the "ESD Crutch" to try to weasel-out on truly bad components as well. But then again, this was back in the 70's and early 80's. Back then, both components and boards never got the design idea of ESD. Chips weren't including those tiny little clamping diodes (and sometimes just very-high ohmage bleed resistors) on I/O pins, and boards weren't designed that way either. It's well-known that there's a "pink bag and toestraps" mafia out there. -- "**** this is it, all the pieces do fit. We're like that crazy old man jumping out of the alleyway with a baseball bat, saying, "Remember me mother****er?" Jim “Dandy” Mangrum |
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Dust covers for computer ports
"VanguardLH" offered:
Timothy Daniels wrote: ... What the PC needs right now is a good blow-out with compressed air and a good vacuuming, ... Hopefully you are using a vacuum that has been certified for use with computers (and not just some "computer" vacuum that's meant to cleanup the keyboard). With typical vacuum cleaners, the air rushing into the nozzle generates static electricity that will zap your electronics. In the past, I've blown the dust into the air with an electric air compressor, and held the end of a vacuum cleaner hose about a foot away to suck up the airborne dust - which can be seen glinting in the air under the fluorescent desklamp. Nothing touches the electronic parts during this operation, and nothing comes close enough to allow an electrostatic discharge. The operation is noisy, though, with both electric appliances going. The fan, OTOH, is a purely manual operation with a damp paper towel and Q-tips. *TimDaniels* |
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Dust covers for computer ports
Timothy Daniels wrote:
"VanguardLH" offered: Timothy Daniels wrote: ... What the PC needs right now is a good blow-out with compressed air and a good vacuuming, ... Hopefully you are using a vacuum that has been certified for use with computers (and not just some "computer" vacuum that's meant to cleanup the keyboard). With typical vacuum cleaners, the air rushing into the nozzle generates static electricity that will zap your electronics. In the past, I've blown the dust into the air with an electric air compressor, and held the end of a vacuum cleaner hose about a foot away to suck up the airborne dust - which can be seen glinting in the air under the fluorescent desklamp. Nothing touches the electronic parts during this operation, and nothing comes close enough to allow an electrostatic discharge. The operation is noisy, though, with both electric appliances going. The fan, OTOH, is a purely manual operation with a damp paper towel and Q-tips. *TimDaniels* I take mine outside and use the air compressor on it. Main thing is to not let the air nozzle touch the fan blade if they start spinning. I've accidentally broken a couple of fan blades like this. I've wondered about the dust getting into the CD/DVD drives and causing problems when blowing the dust around but so far they seem to work OK afterwards. I usually open the CD/DVD drive if I remember and blow air in there also. Amazing how dusty and clogged some computers can get and still work. |
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Dust covers for computer ports
On Wed, 11 May 2011 09:36:13 -0700, "Timothy Daniels"
wrote: In the past, I've blown the dust into the air with an electric air compressor, and held the end of a vacuum cleaner hose about a foot away to suck up the airborne dust - which can be seen glinting in the air under the fluorescent desklamp. Nothing touches the electronic parts during this operation, and nothing comes close enough to allow an electrostatic discharge. The operation is noisy, though, with both electric appliances going. The fan, OTOH, is a purely manual operation with a damp paper towel and Q-tips. I like the idea--more effective than either by itself. I've never had both available when I needed to blow out a computer, though. I've usually just done it by taking it outside and grabbing the air hose. |
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Dust covers for computer ports
On Wed, 11 May 2011 19:37:18 -0500, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
wrote: in there also. Amazing how dusty and clogged some computers can get and still work. Yeah--I used to work for a woodworking factory. We had dozens of computers on the shop floor itself. Most of the time when a computer started acting up the cure was to grab an air hose--it wasn't unusual to find half an inch of sawdust in them. I'm amazed we didn't fry a bunch of them from overheating but it worked. |
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