Slow Computer

[The enD]

less dust=less heat=more speed

Actually

no dust = working as it must

dust = not cooling right and heat is bad for hardware = slower performance

Edited March 23, 2009 by The enD

[Herrie_V]

Please watch out when using a air compressor to remove the dust... the dust in motion can make static electricity and can ruin your hardware.

Also air from a compressor isnt dry, what can result in condens on your mobo for example.

Better use something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16882889003

Or use the vacuumcleaner and a soft paintbrush, thats how a lot of computershops do, incl me.

[Slinky]

laptops are bad about dust gathering around the intakes. definately use a can of air duster to clean them out often.

[dwz]

Actually

no dust = working as it must

dust = not cooling right and heat is bad for hardware = slower performance

I work at Geek Squad so I see this stuff all the time.

Dust isn't really gonna be the determining factor.

A slow computer is either:

1) A failing hard drive (likely)

2) Viruses

3) Many start up processes (use Run > msconfig, go to Startup, delete entries that like Adobe Speed Launcher, ctfmon, java updates etc... if you dont know what it is don't touch it)

I see it every day. If it's painfully slow and you don't see many popups or weird things happening like with viruses, then it's probably your hard drive and it's very very common. If it's slow and there's a lot of stuff that crashes and new icons and popups that you've never seen before, it's viruses. Most people could benefit from removing start up processes that bog up the RAM.