• Got an older computer?

    Posted on July 23, 2022 at 21:24 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Summertime maintenance tip for an older computer:

    Open it up.

    Seriously, open up the computer case and take a look inside. Chances are it may look a bit like this:

    That’s the actual inside of a Windows 7 computer that  I had at the office. Even if you decide to keep an older Windows 7 or 8.1 or … in a few years a Windows 10 after it’s end of life occurs, make sure you take the time to give your computer some physical maintenance to the computer hardware itself.  You will probably find dust bunnies like crazy inside any computer that’s been sitting on or near the ground.

    Dust can cause your computer to overheat.  It can also cause symptoms like…

    • Computer refuses to turn on at all?
    • Computer works for a while and then randomly shuts off without warning?
    • Laptop keyboard gets hot after several hours of use?
    • Computer seems to slow down and runs sluggish the longer it is running?
    • Strange buzzing or whistling noises suddenly start coming from your computer?

    So open up that case and see what’s in there.  Even if you don’t plan to upgrade the RAM or hard drive make sure you review how clean it is inside.

    Then take alcohol and clean the keyboard. Or consider investing in a new one. Often when someone asks me for advice about buying a computer, I tell them to go to a physical store and try out the keyboards of laptops. Often each manufacturer puts a unique “spin” on their keyboards. The Apple like flat keyboards don’t work well for me.  Other brands can have a wrist rest area that is so huge that it makes the keyboard uncomfortable.  The youngsters at the office that have Apple devices love their Apple keyboards so much that we buy them an apple keyboard and mouse for their Windows devices. (Tip get this software for those Apple keyboards on your windows devices)

    Bottom line, this summertime tip — clean up the inside of your desktop style computer and clean that keyboard. You will find that both are really dirty and ….. well…..quite disgusting.

    Troubleshooting
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