Maintainence Tips E-mail
Sunday, 07 January 2007 08:59
1) Buy a Mr Clean "Magic Eraser" (TM) - A great product to remove scuff marks and dirt from painted case surfaces. Not for LCD glass cleaning.

2) Buy a can of compressed air (Dustoff (TM) or other brands) - Clean the CPU heatsink and fan once a year to get rid of "dust-bunnies" that can cause overheating.

3) Non-rechargable CMOS batteries go dead and many laptop use a low-cost "coin" batteries that can be replaced for a few dollars. Replace every year or so.

4) Backup your data, backup your data and backup your data - A low-cost thumb drive can hold important documents. A spare hard drive plus USB external hard drive case, along with good backup software (I like Acronis True Image) can make an exact hard drive copy.

6) Write down BIOS password reminders on under side of the keyboard or on the hard drive. If BIOS password is "bigMoney12" then something like "my Income dozen" might be a good clue. Note capital letter "I" as a way of remembering that "M" in money was a Capital letter too.





1) Buy a Mr Clean "Magic Eraser" (TM) - A great product to remove scuff marks and dirt from painted case surfaces. Not for LCD glass cleaning.

2) Buy a can of compressed air (Dustoff (TM) or other brands) - Clean the CPU heatsink and fan once a year to get rid of "dust-bunnies" that can cause overheating.

3) Non-rechargable CMOS batteries go dead and many laptop use a low-cost "coin" batteries that can be replaced for a few dollars. Replace every year or so.

4) Backup your data, backup your data and backup your data - A low-cost thumb drive can hold important documents. A spare hard drive plus USB external hard drive case, along with good backup software (I like Acronis True Image) can make an exact hard drive copy.

6) Write down BIOS password reminders on under side of the keyboard or on the hard drive. If BIOS password is "bigMoney12" then something like "my Income dozen" might be a good clue. Note capital letter "I" as a way of remembering that "M" in money was a Capital letter too.
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