Dusty G5 powermac

[Bob Jovi]

is it wise to hoover the inside of my powermac??? as it is very very dusty in there!
thanks

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Best not to – static from that hoover wouldn't go doing your Mac's innards any good. A better bit would be to invest in a can of compressed air and blast that troublesome dust away.

 

[N10248]

Don't use a hoover in a Powermac!!

At my office we regularly have to clean out our big laser printers and when using a hoover on them sparks fly and people get shocks (very funny to watch) so it would wreck a computer.

Best bet is to remove all of the removable parts like drives, fans and heatsinks and any other bits you can safely get out and then use a dry soft paintbrush on the circuitry and clean the removed parts with a wet cloth and compressed air in the tricky corners.

Bye

 

[zero2dash]

I use a compressed air/vacuum combo.

Guess it depends on what the attachments are made out of though, hmm...? No static or sparks when I use my vacuum...😕

 

[FF_productions]

Best not to – static from that hoover wouldn't go doing your Mac's innards any good. A better bit would be to invest in a can of compressed air and blast that troublesome dust away.

Agreed. Static killed my G5.

 

[Frankf300]

Yea, you got to be real careful about static. Like others have mentioned, why not just use compressed air? Simple and cheap solution, a lot easier than sticking a Hoover in there. 😀

 

[FF_productions]

Yea, you got to be real careful about static. Like others have mentioned, why not just use compressed air? Simple and cheap solution, a lot easier than sticking a Hoover in there. 😀

I'd rather buy compressed air than visit my local Apple Store because my G5 isn't booting up anymore. 🙁

 

[CanadaRAM]

I use a compressed air/vacuum combo.

Guess it depends on what the attachments are made out of though, hmm...? No static or sparks when I use my vacuum...😕

Bad assumption that there is no static just because you can't see visible sparks...

 

[zero2dash]

Bad assumption that there is no static just because you can't see visible sparks...

I base that on the fact that I've done it for several years and none of the computers have ceased to work or develop any other problems. 😱

Therefore there must be no static there with the vacuum I am using.