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Article #50Re: How to clean the socket 775 heatsink + cooling fan?
From: kony
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:05
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:05
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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:26:58 -0400, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> Relating to the OPs post, I once read somewhere that blowing compressed >> air into a computer would place a static charge on the innards. I do wear >> a wrist strap while cleaning the fins, but wonder about using compressed >> air. >> >> What do you think, Jan? >> >> HankG >> > >I've heard that said to using a vacuum cleaner,being that a motor is running >and building a charge, but not of the compressed air. I've not had any >problems using the CA method. I supposed one could go ground themselves >first before attempting the work if that were a potential issue. A static charge is caused by anything blowing or sucking, it is the motion of the dust particles that creates the charge. However, this is a low-magnitude charge per particle, not so bad as walking across a carpeted room and zapping a memory module or bios chip from being the charge carrier yourself. So it isn't 100% safe but what really is? Possibly taking entire heatsink out to clean it, "if" that is accessible and the person doing it has experience or reasonable dexterity and tools, but that is a lot more work, usually not worth the trouble.
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