My Green Earth Day Suggestion

[John Myshrall]

My suggestion for blowing out a PC. Rather than using those expenses and 
wasteful pressurized cans of air. Buy a power inflater for inflatables. 
I use one that plugs in. They cost about $25.00 (battery or 12 
volt)-$40.00 (plug in). Using compressed air from a compressor is not a 
good idea because the air usually contains moisture.

I blow my machines out 2 x per year thus keeping them cooler and not 
having hardware failures due to over heating.

Word of warning take the box outside or have a vacuum handy. Use 
something to prevent the fans from spinning too much. It never ceases to 
amaze me what I find inside power supplies, video cards, CPU coolers and 
case fans.

Some might say the dust that you blow out is a pollutant but it will 
eventually settle to the earth. 

Happy Earth Day

John
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