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Garry Wiegand wrote the quoted material below:

"       Does dust inside a computer make any earthly difference?**
"       Has there ever been a computer which died of dust?

By now you've gotten lots of yesses to your questions.  I also say yes.  
One thing I've used to keep dust down so that I don't have to go vacuum
the inside of the computer is to put thin foam (the kind used in packing
computer parts) along the various places where air enters the case.  
These foam pieces are of the kind that easily passes air (you can check by
blowing through a piece).

When I take my computer apart to upgrade a modem or something, I notice
that a good amount of dust has stuck to the foam.  I then take the pieces
ou and shake them vigorously until all the dust dislodges, then I put them
back in.  

Dust is largely made up of human skin cells.  Skin cells conduct
electricity, so dust can actually short out components, or at the very
least cause voltage leaks.


-- 
(C) 2001                         If you make people think they're thinking
David Kaye                   they'll love you: but if you really make them
                                   think, they'll hate you. -- Don Marquis