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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
 Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 03:30:24
have you ever noticed how much it seems as though the number one problem facing consumer macintoshes... seems always to be dust, it's just a thought though... I should think especially that with the LC/perf/quad 630 model...do your performas have dust?
is there a way that I could stop a mac from aquiring dust? Official 68k videographer |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 18:10:01
Yes, you are right with what you said about the 630 picking up a lot of dust. Some of the 630s I've worked on at the Shop have often contained more dust than computer!  However, if you treat it nicely and clean it out often, like i do, it won't pick up as much dust. Mine hardly ever picks up much dust, amazingly.  The pizzabox LCs also have a problem with dust, but not as much as the 630.-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 18:12:50
Hmmm.... I wonder if Mac dustbunnies (iBunnies?) could have anything to do with the cleanliness of one's room??G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 18:25:53
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Hmmm.... I wonder if Mac dustbunnies (iBunnies?) could have anything to do with the cleanliness of one's room??
DustBunnies? Dust? What dust!?!!! 
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2003 : 09:59:01
You should have seen the Quadra 660av I gave to Clinton when i forst opened it up...it looked like there was a family of bears hibernating inside it!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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mathgeek
Junior Member
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2003 : 15:29:24
My 6100's power supply got so full of dust that it overheated and died. I finally realized why my dad made me keep a dust cover on our Apple IIgs all those years.
I too have noticed the dust problem with a 630. Keeping a cover over the vents when it's off might help, but if its running all the time there's not much you can do.mathgeek 68K Macs Liberated: LC, Performa 636, Mac Classic II
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2003 : 16:02:10
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Keeping a cover over the vents when it's off might help, but if its running all the time there's not much you can do.
Not a chance! putting a cover on only helps keep dust from settling on the outside, which is another issue entirely. If you leave it off, you have a SLIM chance of having a couple of the entrapped dust bunnies escape at night!When the machine is on, it spends all its time acting as an air filter. That's why I took those shots of the rug rat's MacDustFilter! When his entertainment center croaks from dust ingestion because he hasn't done basic maintenance, he'd better not come running to me for a replacement! jt ™.
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2003 : 23:28:06
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DustBunnies? Dust? What dust!?!!!
HAR!™ -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2003 : 08:56:16
hehehe... I've never had a PSU overheat from the dust... but that's just me yeah I'll be doing a complete rebuild on the 6500 when it's here in AZ and I have room... PAF wants me to have an outside "shed" thing from one of those intermodal shipping containers... modded slightly to my liking of course... ahh 20X8X8 feet of wonderful computer shopness  Official 68k videographer |
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