Cleaning dusty computer

Question Number 1: No it will not void the warrenty.  It is good to clean your computer. I suggest Once every 1-2 months

I am not sure on the actualy case you have  but taking off an case is quite simple plus you get to see the insides of a computer which is pretty cool

It is safe if you ground yourself with by touching a piece of metal or wearing a bracelet or make sure you do not touch anything while cleaning  and use the compressed air in the cans  not from a air compressor or a high psi unit. 

I hate those compressed air products. You'd be better off using a gentle vacuum in reverse--blowing out instead of in--and a plastic attachment to prevent static contact. Many tips online for cleaning. See Fred Langa's tips here: http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-07-01.htm

Use the compressed air according to instructions.

Short blasts of air and only use it upright. You want to avoid condensation from the air and spraying the liquid out of the can. Practice spraying the air outside the case until you are comfortable with how it operates safely. If possible do it yourself or have an experienced friend to it with you watching closely. Your confidence will increase with each time you go into the case.

I use a moist Qtip to clean fans and compressed air to  blow off electronic parts. A good dust trapping product (rag)  on the inside of the case itself.

As stated earlier, drain any static charge from yourself by touching metal parts on the back of your computer (before you unplug it so it is still grounded). Unplug it while you are working on it.

Add memory, add video capture, move up to a better video card and before you know it you will be building your next machine.

Over the past 6 years, I've been cleaning my computer out once every 3 months with my air compressor in the garage. I strip the computer down to the shell, then open the power supply, and spray everything out. I then wipe down the fans with a moist cloth, wait a little bit for them to fully dry, put everything back together. I've never had a single problem with static electricity or any of that stuff.

Jason

I clean my computers about every 3 to 4 years. If they need it or not.

I use a vacuum cleaner that ssucks air, with the long, narrow tip. I don't touch pc boards, but touch other parts (not on pc boards). Most of the dust is removed, and I either leave the remainder or use a little canned air. I keep the vacuum cleaner hose with no tip nearby to hopefully remove the dust in the air when using canned air.

Removing dust is easy, removing the side cover on a tower is the toughie. Replacing it is not easy either, so notice how you remove it. Sorry about the extra "s" in the first sentence. Dell iterpreted the unmodified word as profanity.
Jim

Use condensed air, it works good.

no, the kind made for computers wont damage the computer.

- Jason

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- Jason

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