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Thu Jan-13-05 11:21 AM
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24. How about physical cleaning of the computer?

How many people keep the inside of their PC clean? Too much dust can be a real problem. I let mine go without cleaning too long, and my CPU was overheating and shutting down because the CPU fan/heatsink was choked with dust. Cleaned it out, and the CPU temp dropped by about 15 C.

Some cases are better than others at keeping dust out. My old Dell case wasn't very good, but my parents' newer Dell had very little dust in it last time I looked, and it had been running for over a year with no cleaning.

The new computer I'm building has a filter for the front fan, so I'm hoping that will help keep it clean :)

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