Your Computer Needs an Air Filter!
| Category: PC KNOW HOW | Date: 2002-10-28 |
Do you realize, as you are reading this, the fan that keeps your computer running cool, also sucks in dirt, dust, smoke and hair, etc? While its blowing warm air out the back of the case, its also sucking in dirty air through the front! This dirty air, flows in through your floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, DVD drive and tape backup! No, this cant be good for it.
The average PC (Macs too) has 2 internal cooling fans. One is in the power supply (thats the one that exhausts the air out the back of the case), the other is attached to the main processor, (ie Pentium, AMD, Intel, etc. chip). (This main chip runs very hot and needs a constant flow of cool, clean air to keep it running efficiently). These two fans are designed to keep your computer functioning by bringing in cool air. But while doing that, they also bring dirty air into the case, via your drives, leaving dirt, dust, smoke and hair (human and pets), etc., throughout them and in to internals of your computer. And this is just in your home! Imagine what gets pulled in at offices, garages, manufacturing facilities, etc!
So, what type of damage can these foreign objects do? Much more than the average computer user realizes! You have dirt constantly flowing into ALL your drives. Eventually it will start to clog these devises. Initially you will get READ/WRITE errors (wont save your work), and eventually they will stop functioning. And since these drives usually do backups too, that vital information is directly affected, with lost data as the result.
Over time, your internal components (motherboard, chips, cards, hard drives etc) will have a layer of dust covering them causing them to overheat. The fan that is attached to your main computer chip gets clogged too, causing it to fail. When the fan quits, the chip overheats and your computer starts behaving erratically. The symptoms are; slow performance, lockups and eventual shut-downs. If you continue to operate the computer with a non-functioning chip fan, you will eventually fry the chip. This can be an expensive repair!
If you are currently experiencing any of the above symptoms, back up youre your important files and have a qualified technician remove the cover and conduct an internal inspection. This could save you much aggravation, (and your data), and possibly some of your hard earned cash!
About the author.
Randy F. Smith is a computer consultant that now runs iBox Technologies. Visit his latest website iboxtech.ca or email him:
rsmith@iboxtech.ca.
http://www.iboxtech.ca
The average PC (Macs too) has 2 internal cooling fans. One is in the power supply (thats the one that exhausts the air out the back of the case), the other is attached to the main processor, (ie Pentium, AMD, Intel, etc. chip). (This main chip runs very hot and needs a constant flow of cool, clean air to keep it running efficiently). These two fans are designed to keep your computer functioning by bringing in cool air. But while doing that, they also bring dirty air into the case, via your drives, leaving dirt, dust, smoke and hair (human and pets), etc., throughout them and in to internals of your computer. And this is just in your home! Imagine what gets pulled in at offices, garages, manufacturing facilities, etc!
So, what type of damage can these foreign objects do? Much more than the average computer user realizes! You have dirt constantly flowing into ALL your drives. Eventually it will start to clog these devises. Initially you will get READ/WRITE errors (wont save your work), and eventually they will stop functioning. And since these drives usually do backups too, that vital information is directly affected, with lost data as the result.
Over time, your internal components (motherboard, chips, cards, hard drives etc) will have a layer of dust covering them causing them to overheat. The fan that is attached to your main computer chip gets clogged too, causing it to fail. When the fan quits, the chip overheats and your computer starts behaving erratically. The symptoms are; slow performance, lockups and eventual shut-downs. If you continue to operate the computer with a non-functioning chip fan, you will eventually fry the chip. This can be an expensive repair!
If you are currently experiencing any of the above symptoms, back up youre your important files and have a qualified technician remove the cover and conduct an internal inspection. This could save you much aggravation, (and your data), and possibly some of your hard earned cash!
About the author.
Randy F. Smith is a computer consultant that now runs iBox Technologies. Visit his latest website iboxtech.ca or email him:
rsmith@iboxtech.ca.
http://www.iboxtech.ca
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