Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

7/1/2010

July first already? Wow.

I make it a point to clean out the dust in my computer every few months, and you should, too! Computers last longer and perform better when they are cooler. Dust makes fans work harder to turn to move the air to keep your computer cool. That will make parts fail prematurely and you don't want that, do you?

Here's just three months of dust collected on my main heat sink and fan.

From 7-2010


From 7-2010


It took about 5 minutes, two screwdrivers, and a can of spray air to get rid of all that and keep this computer running cooler, quieter, and hopefully longer.

From 7-2010


From 7-2010

I hate it when that happens

I was having a ton of network issues with my work PC and my other PCs were acting a little strange networking wise. I restarted my DSL modem and router and everything was still acting strange on my work PC. I dug around in my mass of cables and found that one of them was pinched and had to switch it out. I so wish I could make all my PCs and devices wireless.