Horizontally mounted motherboards

[4D Karaoke]

To anyone who has the rack mounted MTU computer, and for that matter, any other PC with a horizontally mounted motherboard:

Beware of any loose hardware that may fall on your motherboard and cause an intermittant or permanent failure. I experienced a potential disaster when hardware from my video connection fell onto my motherboard. Luckily, the system wasn't powered up. Upon further inspection of other hardware inside my computer, I found extra screws for board additions (PCI) that were on the verge of falling out. Take a minute and check yours out and recheck them yearly. Use a thread sealer, light epoxy, or tamperproof solution to insure hardware from falling out.

Davey G.

[ddouglass]

Good information Davey! Its a good idea to clean your fans and vacuum out the dust (carefully) at that time too.

[goonie227]

If I Tip Mine The rong Way the wiring harnes hits the cpu fan so this was a good tip

[kilith]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Good information Davey! Its a good idea to clean your fans and vacuum out the dust (carefully) at that time too.

LOL never NEVER use a vacuum around the inside of your computer!!!!!!! That is 100% static electricity!!! Only use a can of high pressure air. Trust me that is enough to clean your fans. I have replaced to many peoples computer motherboards because they said they cleaned out their case and then I asked them how and they said with their hose and vacuum...

once again:

Never use a vacuum to clean out any part of your computer. It could cause static electricty damage to the components of your computer and you would never know until there was a failure.

I am a computer technician (well that is what I went to college for but became a DJ/KJ lol go figure no jobs in that field after I graduated)

[kilith]

Originally Posted by kilith

LOL never NEVER use a vacuum around the inside of your computer!!!!!!! That is 100% static electricity!!! Only use a can of high pressure air. Trust me that is enough to clean your fans. I have replaced to many peoples computer motherboards because they said they cleaned out their case and then I asked them how and they said with their hose and vacuum...

once again:

Never use a vacuum to clean out any part of your computer. It could cause static electricty damage to the components of your computer and you would never know until there was a failure.

I am a computer technician (well that is what I went to college for but became a DJ/KJ lol go figure no jobs in that field after I graduated)

I am going to change this to never use a vacuum to if you get a special and right type of hand held computer vacuum and are careful then yes... DO NOT USE YOUR HOUSEHOLD VACUUM It will cause a lot of static electricty.

[4D Karaoke]

A-Ok on the vacuum cleaner. I used an approved one that was mine from work before they forced me to take early retirement (Yes, I'm an "Old Fart"!) from Agere Systems (formally Lucent, formally AT&T, formally Western Electric) -LOL- . I kinda prefer the compressed air deal. Good note about vacuums to those that aren't aware of this situation. Thanks.

[mindonstrike]

Kilith is it static charge on the vacumn that is being tranfered to the computer when you make physical contact or is it being created by the fast moving air?

I've been vacumning mine for years but I never let the hose or attachement come in physical contact with anything inside the case.

Sam