Alexander Arlt wrote: > Am 03/10/2011 11:04 AM, schrieb Simon Matter: >> - Take a vacuum cleaner and *carefully* clean the whole box. Dust can >> really do bad things because it is not a perfect insulator. > > Never ever do that. Especially not inside the machine. There is a real > risk of simply vacuuming smaller components like smd-resistors of the > board. And, as already mentioned, you also have the chance of killing > components by electrostatic discharge. Always use compressed air, even > if just using canned one. Vacuuming is a pretty bad advice. Previous cleaning have been with canned compressed air. Thanks for the caution about vacuums and static. I may use the vacuum on the case fans from the outside. The case should provide an adequate static shield. -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077