Re: computers
One question one might ask is, How important is it to keep a computer dust free?
I found out the other day. Boy did I just
Now I religiously keep my computer case fans and vents free. it has 2 fans at the front and one at the back to create a straight through air flow.
However A few days ago I started to have my monitor screen cut out and reboot. On top of this the screen started to have star like dots all over it.
My thought process was it must be one of two things, A, the monitor packing up or B, the graphics card in the computer packing up.
That would have been at least a £200/£300 replacement for a new card
I could have connected another monitor and see if the other monitor was the problem but decided to take a short cut and check out the graphics card first instead.
Ok every"seemed " dust free, but to be on the safe side I removed the graphics card which has twin cooling fans. I had forgotton to check these in 5 years
So got out my rocket blower I use for camera gear and puffed away at the graphics card. The dust storm that erupted was unbelievable , even made me cough. So I not only did the fans but also the cooling fins behind them.
Since then after replacing the graphics card no more problems.
So I would strongly recommend just giving ALL cooling fans a bit of a dusting with a blower to make a computer run better at least once a year
part I missed as they were facing downwards