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Article #249Re: Dust in the works - who cares
From: bearclaw
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:11
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:11
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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. > <snip> I read somewhere that vacuuming out delicate electronic gear is a bad idea because a static charge-- more than sufficient to fry microcircuitry--can build up at the business end of the hose. I haven't actually heard of this happening to anyone, but even if it's rare, it only takes one time to really screw you up. Better to use compressed air in the machine and then vacuum up what blows out, no?
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