Use a compressor I've seen an entire 50 client network go down because someone vacumed out a laser printer which was connected to the network. The resulting charge from the dust/toner/vacuum took out 2 switches and four machine network cards. The laser printer was fine though - just brought the business to a halt for 2 days. You can buy proper earthed vacuum cleaners for this kind of application but you could always do what I used to do - take a deep breath, blow into the case and run until the dust settles - repeat a few times and off you go ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Ussery" To: Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:04 PM Subject: [OT:] Vacuum cleaner static? > Hi, all. > > In replacing my mom's CD-ROM (see other thread), I naturally had to take the > computer all to pieces. Since this computer hasn't been opened in about 10 > years, it's naturally full of dust bunnies. > > How safe is it to take a normal vacuum cleaner to the innards? I'm concerned > that static electricity from the vacuum hose might cause something inside to > die. How much of a concern is this in general? i.e., should I be cautious of > vacuuming the sawdust and metal shavings off of my PIC boards? > > If all else fails, I can bring out the compressor and blow all the stuff > off, but I don't want to have to clean up the subsequent mess. > > Thanks for your help! > > > > - Robert > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body