Acceptable temperatures-fan speeds?

[MacInWin]

Or use a plastic nozzle and don't let it get that close to the dust you are collecting. No need to go digging in with the thing, just suck up the dust bunnies. And most chips, when socketed, are protected against static by the surrounding circuitry. They ARE vulnerable when not in a circuit, so the grounding straps are used to keep them from seeing static as they are socketed. When I vacuum, what is left behind is a lot of surface dust that is sticking to the components. One can either blast it off with compressed air, or a combination of that plus a vacuum system to pull it in once dislodged. Air moving by itself won't generate sufficient static to worry about.

 

[pm-r]

what is left behind is a lot of surface dust that is sticking to the components. One can either blast it off with compressed air, or a combination of that plus a vacuum system to pull it in once dislodged.

I find a small 1"± natural bristle hair paintbrush works well to dislodge the surface clinging dust etc.




- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

With a brush I would definitely use a static ground. Brushing can produce some awesome static!

 

[pm-r]

Brushing can produce some awesome static!

Not as much as when using a "natural bristle hair paintbrush" as opposed to synthetic bristles.

Using air alone will leave surface dust that aids more dust clinging.

And using any static ground is always advised when working on the innards of any computer or similar electronics.

At least that's what I was taught many years ago.




- Patrick
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[harryb2448]

Thanks -- I can't afford an SSD right now; I thought i'd put in a new WD blue and that should last until the price goes down for the SSD's.

Been hearing this price will fall nonsense for ten years. Prices certainly have not fallen locally Nick..

The Solid State Drives are improving all tbe time and will not fall in price period. The day of the platter drives is behind us. Both Sierra and High Sierra are designed for use with Solid State and PCI-e Flash Drives.

 

[pigoo3]

Been hearing this price will fall nonsense for ten years. Prices certainly have not fallen locally Nick..

Sure they have Harry...take a look at this article:

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...sd-prices-plummet-again-close-in-on-hdds.html

But...I know you've mentioned in the past that RAM is still quite expensive in your area (compared to Crucial & OWC)...maybe it's the same for SSD's.

- Nick