There's another reason I've heard for not using shop air compressors to clean computers. Small globs of grease, either from the pistons of the compressor itself, or from tools that have been connected to the compressor hose, can sometimes get shot out of the nozzle at high velocity.
This could either break some of the tiny components on the circuit boards, or get into places where you don't really want globs of grease, like RAM or processor sockets, or the CD drive, etc. on 3/3/04 8:04 PM, Gary Fortman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Keep the compressor in the basement. Use only a vacuum to remove dust. > Why force the dirt into the circuitry? > > On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 07:07 PM, vwmail wrote: > >> A few years ago I opened up the iMac and added a 256k ram chip. I was >> a little surprised at the build up of dust in the machine and tried to >> carefully clean things that looked cleanable. As I contemplate >> swapping hard drives, and CD drives I again am thinking about what the >> best , best being safest and easiest , way to clean all the dust out >> of the machine. I know that may sound like an elementary question but >> before I drag the compressor up from the basement I though I had >> better check with some more knowledgeable iMac owners. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
