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Ah yes, no Monday morning would be complete without me crawling around
the lab floor trying to fix obscure PC problems. :-}
Today, a PC wouldn't boot (or even POST). On Friday it was fine, today
it won't work. The PSU is really very warm indeed. Turned it off, blew
some dust out of it, let it cool for a while. Now it works fine. GO FIGURE.
I need a vacuum cleaner...
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Invisible wrote:
> Ah yes, no Monday morning would be complete without me crawling around
> the lab floor trying to fix obscure PC problems. :-}
Obscure recurring problems.
> Today, a PC wouldn't boot (or even POST). On Friday it was fine, today
> it won't work. The PSU is really very warm indeed. Turned it off, blew
> some dust out of it, let it cool for a while. Now it works fine. GO FIGURE.
...and then it failed again. Once again the PSU feels much too hot. So I
replaced it.
cardboard box with a plain steel lump inside that has half a dozen
cables dangling off it.
each. And for that, you get a nicely printed box with a *shiny* metal
lump inside. It's metalic black (if that makes any sense at all) and has
a high-gloss finish. I can practically see my reflection in it! And on
the top it has a beautifully printed spec sheet with the company logo
next to it. And it claims to be "ultra-low noise". Well, in our lab,
that's kind of unimportant. (Recall that I measured sound levels of 80
dB and more in there!)
I wonder if it'll fix the problem though? Maybe the fan on the other one
just isn't spinning right any more or something? We'll see...
> I need a vacuum cleaner...
This turns out to be rather harder than you might imagine. You'd think
somebody somewhere would make a vacuum device especially for cleaning
the inside of PCs... but no. I found no end of USB-powered keyboard
vacuums, but that's it. I also found several portable car or household
cleaners, but they're not specifically designed for computers. Oh, and
so it has a high-quality filter on it.
Hmm, oh well!
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Invisible wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Ah yes, no Monday morning would be complete without me crawling around
>> the lab floor trying to fix obscure PC problems. :-}
>
> Obscure recurring problems.
>
>> Today, a PC wouldn't boot (or even POST). On Friday it was fine, today
>> it won't work. The PSU is really very warm indeed. Turned it off, blew
>> some dust out of it, let it cool for a while. Now it works fine. GO
>> FIGURE.
>
> ...and then it failed again. Once again the PSU feels much too hot. So I
> replaced it.
>
> cardboard box with a plain steel lump inside that has half a dozen
> cables dangling off it.
>
> each. And for that, you get a nicely printed box with a *shiny* metal
> lump inside. It's metalic black (if that makes any sense at all) and has
> a high-gloss finish. I can practically see my reflection in it! And on
> the top it has a beautifully printed spec sheet with the company logo
> next to it. And it claims to be "ultra-low noise". Well, in our lab,
> that's kind of unimportant. (Recall that I measured sound levels of 80
> dB and more in there!)
>
> I wonder if it'll fix the problem though? Maybe the fan on the other one
> just isn't spinning right any more or something? We'll see...
>
>> I need a vacuum cleaner...
>
> This turns out to be rather harder than you might imagine. You'd think
> somebody somewhere would make a vacuum device especially for cleaning
> the inside of PCs... but no. I found no end of USB-powered keyboard
> vacuums, but that's it. I also found several portable car or household
> cleaners, but they're not specifically designed for computers. Oh, and
> so it has a high-quality filter on it.
>
> Hmm, oh well!
They say the first sign of insanity isn't necessarily talking to
yourself. Its when you start answering back that you've truly crossed
the line into insane.
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> They say the first sign of insanity isn't necessarily talking to
> yourself. Its when you start answering back that you've truly crossed
> the line into insane.
Well, nobody else is talking to me. :-P
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Invisible [mailto:voi### [at] dev null]
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>
> > They say the first sign of insanity isn't necessarily talking to
> > yourself. Its when you start answering back that you've truly
crossed
> > the line into insane.
>
> Well, nobody else is talking to me. :-P
Give us a chance :) Your first message is dated 1:45am, your second one
2:45am... not my optimal posting time :)
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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>> Well, nobody else is talking to me. :-P
>
> Give us a chance :) Your first message is dated 1:45am, your second one
> 2:45am... not my optimal posting time :)
Really? Heh, what time zone are *you* in...
> ...Ben Chambers
> www.pacificwebguy.com
...oh, right. I see.
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Invisible wrote:
> However, I went up-marked.
In case that wasn't just a typo, the term is "up-market", as in "higher store".
>> I need a vacuum cleaner...
> This turns out to be rather harder than you might imagine.
You want one specifically designed not to cause static. A battery or
USB-powered one should be fine for cleaning out a computer.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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Invisible wrote:
> I need a vacuum cleaner...
http://www.amazon.com/VACUUM-MICRO-ATTACHMENTS-9-PIECE-KIT/dp/B000BSJCLY
That one looks pretty good. Or, as one person recommended, use canned air
and only suck it up once it's outside the case, since the dust on the end of
the host makes for serious static charge.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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Darren New wrote:
> You want one specifically designed not to cause static. A battery or
> USB-powered one should be fine for cleaning out a computer.
Heh, Now there's a new product idea: Shock and amuse your friends with
an all-in-one Vacuum and Van Der Graaf generator.
What's really fun is standing underneath those plastic slides on a dry
day. You can actually feel the static charge move by as someone slides
down.
--
~Mike
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:43:48 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> This turns out to be rather harder than you might imagine. You'd think
> somebody somewhere would make a vacuum device especially for cleaning
> the inside of PCs... but no. I found no end of USB-powered keyboard
> vacuums, but that's it. I also found several portable car or household
> cleaners, but they're not specifically designed for computers. Oh, and
> one cleaner that's £100 because it's designed to suck up toner powder,
> so it has a high-quality filter on it.
I've got a "micro vacuum attachment kit" for a regular vacuum cleaner
that works really well for getting the inside of my PCs.
Jim
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