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Recovering from motherboard failures, and clean computing

Posted by Bob_Robertson on · 3 comments
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When last we left the scene, one server was dead, the desktop dieing. However, ordering two new motherboards was successful. They arrived from Magic Micro quickly and in good order, and it was time to clean things up and make two working machines. First, a note on cleaning. I am sick (and tired) of computer hardware that cannot be cleaned. Laptops that require being sent back to the manufacturers in order to be cleaned, things like that. I remember one call to Circuit City for a Sony Vaio laptop I owned, where the person who answered the phone simply did not understand what I meant when I said the fan needed to be cleaned.

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Bob_Robertson Story submitter ·
Keep in mind that the first time you need to clean out the power supply, it will be long past warrantee, so don't worry about breaking the tape.

The real worry is triple checking that it's unplugged first.

But seriously, making a component that WILL get dirty in a way that it's not user serviceable, is to be working against the very customers to which one expects to sell product!

Like that little GPU fan, just how much harder to make it "clip" into place rather than screw? Argh!

And I wonder, are electrostatic air movers really dangerous? Wouldn't that be a good way to make quiet systems? How about Tessla Turbines rather than fans?
jezuch ·
Quoting:making a component that WILL get dirty in a way that it's not user serviceable, is to be working against the very customers to which one expects to sell product


I guess it's OK for the bean counters if the users are clueless enough. They'll just throw it out and buy a new one, Dirty fan fallacy ;)
Bob_Robertson Story submitter ·
> Dirty fan fallacy ;)

Before I had a spell checker, I used to spell that "phallacy". Much more appropriate for my opinion of most people in marketing and sales.

...and lawyers. No offense, Dino.

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