![]() Looks alright at first, a bit more dust in the fan than i’d like to see but that can be cleaned with some air and a brush. Below you’ll find photos of the NVIDIA graphics card. I got permission to use photos of my brother’s old G4 (truly horrible photos) but i could not find them, ugh! So i looked at the only system in my house that has never been cleaned, a pre-owned G5 i recently got for testing. I like visuals so i went looking for an example. Even if you do not get all of it, just loosening it up can help as the computer’s fans will blow it all out next time you turn it on. If you can, open your computer periodically to clean it out, use compressed air and/or an antistatic brush to get the dust out from wherever you can. ![]() I’ve seen many Macs fail because of it, Macs that could have gotten many more years of use out of them if they had been kept clean. With the computer running hotter, this layer of dust can turn into a sticky, pasty layer that can very well conduct a current which in turn can cause a component to short out (this can be visible or just a small cluster that’s not visible to the human eye). Your fans will start to work harder, your computer will get noisier and the overall lifespan of your components can reduce significantly. Over time all this stuff builds up on your fan blades, heatsinks, circuitry and parts which will prevent your computer and all it’s components from getting the cool air they desperately need. 90% of what gets sucked in also gets blown out by the exhaust fans but something always gets stuck inside your computer, always. In case you do want to know why heat and dust are not good for your computer, read on.ĭust, dander, hair, tar (smokers) and whatever happens to float around near your computer gets sucked in by the cooling fans. We all know a computer has fans to keep the temperature under control but why? We all know a big blanket of dust over the components is probably not good but why? These are not questions many people ask, they just accept it is the way it is and as long as it works they don’t really care. Two of a computer’s worst enemies are heat and dust. ![]() ![]() And i discourage you from opening up your computer if you’ve never done so before and/or don’t know what you’re doing but it is important that it gets done at some point. Let’s be honest, not many people periodically open their computer up to give it a thorough cleaning. ![]()
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