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by srineer

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I have about 40 remote offices (more like garages/machine shops). Each Has 1-4 PC. The Problem is the DIRT. I go through hardware fast. Every 3-4 months I am replacing parts (these PCs are only 1-2 years old) they are covered in grime, dust, dirt, and stuff that I don?t even want to know about. It gums up fans, kill power supplies, and every thing else. Any Ideas to keep these PCs clean would be great (other than every two weeks blowing them out with air---already do that!!)

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by able-admin

Some of my PC's are in a steel fab shop and have the exact same problems. There is a company that make a lexan exterior case that encloses your PC and monitor. there a little on the expensive side, but not if you compare the price of hardware.

They do a great job!

http://www.kueblerandcompany.com/Products/Kangaroo_Products/kangaroo_products.html

BTW: you may want to just get the PC case and skip on the Monitor one. I've found its more cost effective just to replace the cheapo monitor every year or so.

Hope that helps

by djent

Put the PC in a closed cabinet, get a pleated paper filter from the hardware store, cut hole in cabinet for filter. Now get a fan to suck air out of the cabinet and install it. make sure the doors fit well and change filters as needed, or you can buy a cabinet from Globe Office Supply that does the same thing for a few hundred bucks.

by ghstinshll

I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'd think there would be some sort of filter that you could apply on your case fans, assuming you have 3 case fans on your systems..

by djent

I have some customers with CPUs in factories and the dirt gets into CDs, floppys, literally piles up on motherboards till the slots are buried. The only way to keep these machines running is to enclose and filter them. Aside from the mechanical damage dirt and dust will cause thermal damage particularly if using some of the AMD furnaces. Clean is cool and cool is a good thing.

by Member 24785643

I have recently met an outstanding lady from BC Canada. She has a business "cleaning" office equipment (focussing on cpu's & peripherals). This isn't going to keep the dirt out, but if you train someone, or yourself, the products she uses are unbelieveable, the processes are safe and the results are unbelieveable. Most technicians don't want to "clean" systems (after all, they are technicians!). But as you have noted, if the systems could be cleaned under a service contract . . . This is worth a quick look.
http://www.pro-techcomputerclean.com/

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