Computer Maintence......Hardware

This CNY holiday ( hornyday 2 me ) is most boring wan. Mine usual partner instead of giving 'ang pow' is carrying 'ang pow' herself.( According to tradition she is not qualified to give 'ang pow' ). Hence no 'hor ny activities' so I go & give mine computer a clean up.

Depend on your computer, branded computer like dell,hp,nec etc operate quietly as they content only one cooling fan runing at min revolution, whereas croned computer is usually noisy as it got a few cooling fans. ( But branded computer cost a bomb & not value for money ). After sometime your might find that your computer is runing more & more noisy & become unstable. This is becouse the cooling fans & heatsink inside is cloged with dust & even hair, hence heat & noise become a issue.

First open up the computer casing & take out all the cooling fans carefully. Cooling fans are usually on cpu, agp, power supply unit & on some mainboad.Be extra carefull when u remove the agp card from the slot then u remove the heatsink & cooling fan if ur agp card don't have cooling fan, u just have to clean the heatsink only. This also apply to removing cpu cooling fan & its heatsink which is secure by clips.U will also have to remove the memory ram from its slots carefully. It is normally dusty as it is situated near cpu's heatsink & cooling fan.Hence heated up contributing to system unstabilities.Oh before I forgot please switch off & remove the power cord from the power socket. I don't want my dear reader to be electrocuted.

I clean using flat brushes the type use for water colour one small size to clean small fans & one big size to clean up mainboard. For me I open up everythings even the power supply unite & clean up the dust inside. I also use a valcum cleaner to suckup & blowclean ( eeeh! suckup & blowclean sound like a hor ny phase ) my computer, monitor & keyboard.

The above DIY is to be carried out at ur own risk as a computer mainboard content a lof of delicate component, if u r rought handed ur computer will go 'kaput'. I shall not be liable.As for me I open up everythings even the power supply unit to clean up the dust.

I like to do DIY if possible as I get to save some monies & to gain knowledge. However the above service is provided in most computer shop for a fee of couse. I do provide computer service if I happen to have time & if I happen to be near where u r free of monetary charge in return for frienship & free food as giving free service made me very hungry. ( Actually I meant to say is I will give free computer service & hor ny service if I am free & with my bro approval. Without my bro approval then just computer service only. He! He! Just a hor ny though ).

Feel free to ask OK. And wish all mine reader a happy ' Jar Goh May' ie 15th day CNY this cuming 11-03-07.