technical help needed

[ilanarama]

I suspect my Toshiba laptop is being adversely affected by the metric ton of cat hair that has no doubt infiltrated its case. Any suggestions for a gentle way to clean it out?

Comments

[kar0na.livejournal.com]

Canned air from Staples, and blow it out from the inside out. You gotta take the case off for it. Be careful to be static-free when doing it, and it should work well.

[goldispikes.livejournal.com]

This is exactly what I was going to post. I second this motion!

[kar0na.livejournal.com]

Excellent. :)

[adw3345.livejournal.com]

Wear an expensive, dark suit (assuming kitty is light-haired). Then all the cat hair will be pulled out of the case through electrostatic force.

-Derrick

[coeursaignant.livejournal.com]

Canned air? You can buy canned air?!?!

Anyway, all I know is that you should avoid blowing air onto/into a computer or other electronic devices.. (You can use hair-dryer if you need to dry a mobile phone that has fallen into the toilet. ;) But it has to be one that can be switched to cold/cool air and it has to be used at the VERY lowest level.)

I've cleaned my old computer with a vacuum cleaner before, and it worked well. The only thing that's important (again) is that you switch the throughput (is that the right word?) to the very, very, very lowest level. AND that you don't use it close to the laptop's fan (so that it doesn't start rotating because of the air draught).