The Computer Doctor of Richmond

Folks, please don’t let your computer get like this.  Below are just a few examples of what we see on a regular basis here at The Computer Doctor of Richmond.  This much dust and dirt will definitely cause overheating which at a bare minimum will rob you of performance.  More than likely though, left untreated this will cause premature hardware failure.

The best defense is to simply get a can of compressed air sold at all Wal-Mart’s and office supply stores and blast out all vents.  If it is a laptop, it is best to do it when it is turned on, and make sure you get all of the vents on the sides and underneath.  With desktops, don’t hesitate to open the tower up and blast it out.  And if it needs it, you can use a vacuum carefully to suck up that junk.  With towers, it is better to do it when they are turned off.

All of these customers below had hardware failure that may have been prevented if the computer could just breathe.

Dell tower Before:

This is the front of a Dell tower with the front cover removed

Dell tower After:

Now we have cleared out the sinuses of this computer

Its a dirty job….

This is the vacuum after cleaning out the tower above

Laptop with a dead fan

Now you know why the fan was dead

We’ve even seen roaches living inside a computer tower