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Reduce excess fan noise by cleaning out dust
Authored by: cougar718 on Apr 06, '06 09:53:59PM

Forget using a vacuum, here is what I do for all my computers and customer's computers. Disconnect all the cables, take it outside on the drive way. Bring a towel with ya for the door if you have a G4.

Now fire up an electric leaf blower on low power and give it a quick blowing off. Don't worry about the fans being spun by the air coming from the blower, this will happen. Just don't sit there and hold the leaf blower right up to the fan grill for 5 minutes. That would be stupid, right?! Use quick bursts from a distance right into the case and the dust will fly right off. Been doing this since, well, I don't know. A long time.

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Rick alias cougar



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