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Dust covers for computer ports
Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and farces be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.38.5 ^ ^ 17:16:01 up 4 days 2:31 0 users load average: 1.03 1.06 1.05 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Dust covers for computer ports
Man-wai Chang wrote:
Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. Maybe you have an extremely dusty environment (and decided not to get an industrial-grade computer built for that environment). Guess I'd just put some duct or metal tape over them. If you didn't want to see the tape, just use Scotch tape. Fold over an 1/8" of the end to give you a tang so you can easily peel it off if you need to use the port sometime later. The tape would be a lot cheaper than specialty dust plugs if you find them, especially after you add in the S&H fees. http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bus...ust+cover+plug http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bdv...ust+cover+plug http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bhd...ust+cover+plug http://www.google.com/search?q=%2BaddTypeHere+port+%2Bdust+cover+plug Replace addTypeHere with your "various ports". |
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"VanguardLH" replied:
Man-wai Chang wrote: Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. [......] Every tiny gap and crevice in my Dell desktop tower PC has dust and lint sticking out of it, and that includes all the various jacks for insertables. Dust even collects on the upwind side of anything protruding into the incoming air stream and on the exhaust fan blades. It seems that my home is somehow a dust bowl, and I have to periodically open up the case and blow the dust loose and suck it up with a vacuum cleaner once it's airborne. Sadly, there is NO WAY that there could be a manufactured plug available for every gap that is not intended as an air intake, so I just have to clean the case periodically. Electrical tape would probably work, but a LOT would be needed, and the adhesive would probably come off with time to leave a gooey PC. *TimDaniels* |
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Timothy Daniels wrote:
"VanguardLH" replied: Man-wai Chang wrote: Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. [......] Every tiny gap and crevice in my Dell desktop tower PC has dust and lint sticking out of it, and that includes all the various jacks for insertables. Dust even collects on the upwind side of anything protruding into the incoming air stream and on the exhaust fan blades. It seems that my home is somehow a dust bowl, and I have to periodically open up the case and blow the dust loose and suck it up with a vacuum cleaner once it's airborne. Sadly, there is NO WAY that there could be a manufactured plug available for every gap that is not intended as an air intake, so I just have to clean the case periodically. Electrical tape would probably work, but a LOT would be needed, and the adhesive would probably come off with time to leave a gooey PC. *TimDaniels* This depends on whether the case implements "positive or negative" air pressure. One of those choices, causes the buildup of dust around every point where air can leak. And as it is a Dell, it's not like you can make a lot of changes to how it is cooled. Sometimes the single large cooling solution, cools both the CPU and the case at the same time. Which is unlike how a home builder would set up their case cooling. All of my home built computers, use separate coolers for the CPU and the case. And by doing that, I can change the direction of the case cooling fans as I like, and re-evaluate dust patterns, because the CPU uses its own cooler, and is unaffected by my experiments. ******* I think Man-wai Chang's issue is with external dust collection and outward facing ports. And I haven't a clue where you'd find dust caps for them. I've never had a problem with dust buildup in external connectors. But I can see scenarios (ruggedized PC), where you might want to prevent road dust from entering the connectors. They seem to have some kind of caps on the connectors here. But knowing this, doesn't solve where you buy them. "Toughbook Sealed port and connector covers" http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp...o/CF-30_01.jpg Paul |
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Dust covers for computer ports
Timothy Daniels wrote:
VanguardLH replied: Man-wai Chang wrote: Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. ... Every tiny gap and crevice in my Dell desktop tower PC has dust and lint sticking out of it, and that includes all the various jacks for insertables. ... You have dust collect inside your USB ports on your system case? You sure the dust isn't collecting around the port (i.e., between the port's assembly and the case)? None of my USB ports lets air through their assembly. I get dust collected on every other air intake, like at the flapper cover for the floppy drive, in between the external bay drives, and elsewhere but nothing builds up *inside* my USB ports (or the DVI and HDMI ports on my video card and on my monitor). |
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In article , "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
"VanguardLH" replied: Man-wai Chang wrote: Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. [......] Every tiny gap and crevice in my Dell desktop tower PC has dust and lint sticking out of it, and that includes all the various jacks for insertables. Dust even collects on the upwind side of anything protruding into the incoming air stream and on the exhaust fan blades. It seems that my home is somehow a dust bowl, and I have to periodically open up the case and blow the dust loose and suck it up with a vacuum cleaner once it's airborne. Sadly, there is NO WAY that there could be a manufactured plug available for every gap that is not intended as an air intake, so I just have to clean the case periodically. Electrical tape would probably work, but a LOT would be needed, and the adhesive would probably come off with time to leave a gooey PC. *TimDaniels* Is your PC close to the laundry room area? |
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Paul writes:
This depends on whether the case implements "positive or negative" air pressure. Exactly, and it seems your case has negative air pressure with respect to the atmosphe that is, a fan is moving more air out of the case, than a fan--if any--is moving air in. So the real solution is to have at least one fan for your case (maybe more if you want or need it for cooling). This inlet fan, which moves air from the room into your case, must have two attributes: (1) an air filter just on the room side of the fan, that is, on the external side of the case, and sealed around the fan so the fan can only take in air through the filter. And (2), if you also have fan(s) moving air from the inside of your case out to the room, the inlet fan must have a greater flow volume than the other fan(s) moving air out from the case. And you likely do have a fan on the power supply which sucks air from inside to the outside. That way you're ensured you have positive pressure inside the case, and only filtered air can get inside. -- You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ~ George Bernard Shaw |
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Bug Dout buggsy2 mailinator.com wrote:
Paul nospam needed.com writes: This depends on whether the case implements "positive or negative" air pressure. Exactly, and it seems your case has negative air pressure with respect to the atmosphe that is, a fan is moving more air out of the case, than a fan--if any--is moving air in. That way you're ensured you have positive pressure inside the case, and only filtered air can get inside. That means no strain on the power supply outlet fan. That is the most convincing argument I have heard in the positive-negative air pressure argument. Avoiding dust coming through your components is another argument. |
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Dust covers for computer ports
"GMAN" asked:
Is your PC close to the laundry room area? No. But the condo building is about a mile downwind of a very busy freeway. *TimDaniels* |
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Dust covers for computer ports
"VanguardLH" asked:
Timothy Daniels wrote: VanguardLH replied: Man-wai Chang wrote: Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? Never seen them in use. Never looked for them before, either. Can't figure out why you would care. Air doesn't get sucked through them to have the airborne dust get deposited inside of them. ... Every tiny gap and crevice in my Dell desktop tower PC has dust and lint sticking out of it, and that includes all the various jacks for insertables. ... You have dust collect inside your USB ports on your system case? You sure the dust isn't collecting around the port (i.e., between the port's assembly and the case)? None of my USB ports lets air through their assembly. I get dust collected on every other air intake, like at the flapper cover for the floppy drive, in between the external bay drives, and elsewhere but nothing builds up *inside* my USB ports (or the DVI and HDMI ports on my video card and on my monitor). Yup. There is dust/lint inside and around the USB ports on the back of the case. What the PC needs right now is a good blow-out with compressed air and a good vacuuming, followed by a cleaning of the jack contacts with contact cleaner. The fan blades should be wiped down with a damp cloth as well. The only thing that stops me right now is a sore shoulder that prevents me from lifting the sucker. It's times like these when I wish my desktop PC were a laptop PC. *TimDaniels* |
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