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- From: caraher@pn32.petnet.med.umich.edu
- Subject: Re: Internal hardware maintainence
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.181938.17205@med.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@med.umich.edu
- Organization: pet/cyclotron
- References: <1992Nov12.200958.22561@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1992Nov12.225515.23550@gvl.unisys.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:19:38 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1992Nov12.225515.23550@gvl.unisys.com> dave@prc.unisys.com (David
- Lee Matuszek) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov12.200958.22561@e2big.mko.dec.com> kim@inquis.enet.dec.com
- writes:
- >>
- >>I recently opened up my IIsi (due to all the hubub about the IIsi upgrade).
- >>When I did, I was surprised by the large quantities of dust within!
- >>This does not seem like a good thing and may help contribute to the ailing
- >>speaker/power light connection problem. I've also been experiencing
- >>the sad mac face syndrome occasionally too. Questions:
- >>
- >>1. How does one clean the internal hardware? Am I supposed to buy a special
- >>vacuum of some sort?
- >
- >
- >Don't vacuum, blow. If you have a cannister vacuum, you probably can
- >attach the hose on the exhaust side rather than the intake side; this
- >is perfect. If not, your own lung power is probably adequate, just
- >wait for any spatters to dry off. (I don't like vacuuming because
- >there is more chance of accidental damage.) This is best done
- >outside, for reasons that should be obvious.
- >
- >Dust is a leading cause of the internal floppy drive getting flaky;
- >pay special attention to getting it clean. There is some small chance
- >you will get more dust into it (or into the wrong place in it) when
- >you clean out the Mac. No problem, just blow it out again.
- >
- >I like to get rid of the remaining dust by going over the board with a
- >SOFT brush (not a cloth, which could catch on things). But I'm a
- >perfectionist, ignore me.
- >
- One of the reasons for this is that for whatever reason Apple decided to use
- the internal floppy's slot as an air intake for the cooling fan. I understand
- that the older IIsi's are more prone to dust-related floppy trouble, and that
- there is some sort of sleeve for the floppy drive that helps channel the dust
- in a less destructive way that the newer units have.
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