[plug] Warning: PC Hardware can catch fire.

[Craig Ringer]

>>Forget trying to get yourself a year-long uptime :-)

Yeah? The co-lo web server that is "www.postnewspapers.com.au" was up 
for a bit > 1 year before some tool kicked out the plug. Of course the 
environment was clean and low on dust so it didn't need anything done.

> Cleaning out the dust
>>in your computer (and inside the powersupply if you know what you're doing)
>>with a paintbrush every now and again makes it less likely your machine
>>will blow up.

Use an air duster. That way, you can blast out the PSU etc without 
opening it up, blow dust out of monitors (!), etc as well as get fans 
etc clean. Still need to disassemble CPU fans etc to _really_ get them 
clean but a regular air-dusting will help. I should know - no issues 
with our servers here which I dust regularly like that, and I get a 
_lot_ of dust out of them.

 > Don't do it with the power on :)

Using an air-duster with the power on is a good idea - the PSU fan 
expels an immense cloud of dust but at least it goes _out_ if the power 
is on. Of course, I fully agree with you when it comes to the paintbrush 
method.

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