Comments on: Cleaning can’t hurt

By: Memory errors « Motho ke motho ka botho

Memory errors « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:30:18 +0000

[...] Published 2009/08/14 Hardware , Linux , Ubuntu Leave a Comment The spontaneous shutdowns and laggy performance I mentioned a few weeks ago returned with a vengeance yesterday, so much that using my Inspiron was [...]

By: Mikko

Mikko — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:39:01 +0000

I knew that it is not a recommended tool for cleaning up computer. So don’t try using vacuum cleaner with your new four CPU computers

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:29:13 +0000

Not to say that vacumming dust out is a bad thing, but you should be REALLY careful with a vacuum around PC bits. The hose can build up static and then discharge onto whatever you’re cleaning – leaving you with a very clean, non-working CPU / PCI card.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:55:23 +0000

That would be wbar.

By: ArmorNick

ArmorNick — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:54:49 +0000

I agree on this. When my hard drive failed I could still read off it but couldn’t write anything.

By: Mikko

Mikko — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:40:40 +0000

The same thing happened to me a few years ago. As I did not have any compressed air available, the good old vacuum cleaner made the trick

By: lo0m

lo0m — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:52:08 +0000

off topic – the screenshot (July 16, 2009, Openbox 3.4.7.2 on Crux Linux, 1Ghz Pentium III 512Mb PC133) has a really nice app starter on the right – could you tell me it’s name?

By: lo0m

lo0m — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:49:57 +0000

“In my experience, when a part fails, it fails completely” – be careful with this – my experiences so far are opposite..