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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. |
