On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 08:18:24AM -0400, ken wrote:
On 08/12/2017 07:24 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
Well. overheating is possible... we don't live in the cleanest possible house, AND we have cats. so, in general I open up this box twice a year and vacuum out the house dirt and cat fuzzies. I'm probably overdue for this task.
Cleaning is a good thing to do, but not with a vacuum... the vacuum could loosen components, even make them disappear. Much better would be to use a blower or bellows of some kind.
thanks for the reminder.
I don't actually use a vacuum, I was just being, er, loose with my terminology. I use a can of compressed "air" where possible, remove fans on heatsinks and blow or wipe/brush out the clogs, remove the inlet filters and wash 'em. I get amazing amounts of cat fur.