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Overheating is your
computer’s biggest enemy; too much heat can fry its delicate
circuitry and chips and send you shopping for a brand new system.
Just as you need to keep your car engine cool to prevent damage, you
must do the same for the delicate mechanisms beneath the hood of
your computer. Its fast spinning hard drives and quick
microprocessors packed inside cramped quarters can lead to dangerous
overheating and potential equipment damage. Among the primary causes
of computer overheating are the computer's components themselves,
poorly ventilated environment, direct sunlight and dust. Dust
build-up can insulate components, compromise their ability to cool
off, and cause them to burn up. Unfortunately, in addition to
cooling your computer, the internal cooling fans also manage to suck
a fair amount of the dusk that has settled into the immediate
environment. A big pile of dust of can also attract moisture,
causing a deadly combination of liquid and filth that can corrode
the metal parts inside your computer. |
