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In article <qru1mt8d2d9a6eoqapumuqkhg16spfc0p5@4ax.com>,
 Garry Wiegand <gnews11@ithaca.com> wrote:

> I have a new female friend who insists upon carefully vacuuming the inside of
> her computer, covering it up carefully, etc. For fear of dust in the works.
> 
> So... I have a very very important question which, as far as I can tell, and
> considering the large size and importance of the dust-cover industry, has
> never been asked in the usenet news before*:
> 
>       Does dust inside a computer make any earthly difference?**
> 
>       Has there ever been a computer which died of dust?

It's hard to tell. But note that computers filter out dust for some 
reason. 

When I happen to open my computers to add new RAM or change a disk 
drive, I usually turn on my vacuum cleaner and suck out as much of the 
dust as I can. Especially near the fan, filter, and heat sinks.

Oh, and all kinds of crud falls on my keyboard. I _definitely_ vacuum 
this usually every time I vacuum. (My Miele vacuum is so strong that it 
even sucked off one of the keycaps...I had to root around in the dust 
bag to retrieve it. So now I cut down the intensity by opening a valve, 
and I'm careful to use the brush attachment instead of the direct 
vacuum.)

--Tim May

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Timothy C. May         tcmay@got.net        Corralitos, California
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