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Owning a computer is a lot like owning an automobile. If you take care of your automobile with regular maintenance it will continue to get you from point A to point B.

The same thing can be said about a computer, if you maintain it with regular maintenance it should give you years of service.

Maintaining a computer consists of keeping it clean among other things. As you can see in the picture to the right computers are excellent dust collectors. All computers have fans which blow hot air out of the computer. When air is being exhausted there has to be an intake of air, and that is where dust comes into play.

Any dust in the air near a computer has a chance of being drawn into the computer, and once inside it usually finds a home. Dust collects on fans, air intakes vents, and exhaust vents. That in turn prevents the flow of cool air into the computer and over heat sinks which keep components cool.

What this means is over time dust will make your computer run hotter and thus shorten it's life. Heat is the number one killer of computers and its components. Regular inspections and blowing out dust can dramatically increase the life of your computer.

Dusty desktop computer.

Besides cleaning the dust out of your computer there are other things that can help keep it optimized. These all have to do with the operating system, which is usually Microsoft Windows in a PC.

I have over 100 optimization tweaks that will help your computer run faster and more efficient. Some of these are pretty common like defragmenting the hard drive and cleaning out temporary files. But a lot of them are more in depth and require a bit more work to perform.

If you need help optimizing or cleaning out your computer feel free to give me a call or email me. I can perform this onsite with a service call, or you can drop your computer off and I can get it taken care of.

I service the entire Grand Rapids, MI area including Jenison, Hudsonville, Grandville, Wyoming, Byron Center, Kentwood, Cascade, East Grand Rapids, Rockford Comstock Park and Walker.

I am a NON-SMOKER and your computer will always be taken care off.

Speaking of smoke, this is what tar from smoke will do to your computer:

tar dust causing overheating eventually
 
Photos courtesy of www.wackyarchives.com
In the middle is the CPU Cooler, directly above are vents for the Power supply, and to the left is a case exhaust fan. All coated with a tar /dust combination.
E-mail derek@derekscomputer.com
Phone: 616.813.3685
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