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My dusty Mac
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Hello Mac users, I am moving this weekend and have noticed dust on the front grate of my power mac G5. It seems like it would be worse if I tried to wipe it off becuase then it would be pushed inside the Mac. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best method of cleaning the front grate?
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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Vacuum cleaner. Best Tool For The Job™. Seriously, use a vacuum on the outside of the computer and it'll all come off. Then you might open the box up and vacuum out the dust that is certainly already inside. That'll make moving it a lot cleaner and more comfortable.
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Dust sticks to the innards and insulates the components, trapping heat. Heat is a bad thing if you are a semiconductor. As ghporter says, vacuum it out, be careful, there are capacitors and resistors that stick up in the air, don't bang 'em! I have had good luck with a can of compressed air in one hand and the vacuum in the other.
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Advice - if you use a can of compressed air to dust off the inside of the computer, do it outside the house. If your machine is very dusty, you'll have a big mess that will just get sucked right back into the machine.
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Isn't ESD a concern when using a vacuum to clean out a case? 
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Originally Posted by Macmusician 
Isn't ESD a concern when using a vacuum to clean out a case?
No, you have to take the regular precautions any time you crack open a case, but there isn't anything about blowing or sucking air at that kind of volume that would generate static. Touching the metal ESD shields would pretty much eliminate any risk.
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Using nylon brushes, either on the vacuum or hand brushes is BAD, but natural brushes are no problem at all. And of course as Sherman says, blowing/sucking air across the components shouldn't be able to generate any noticeable charge. If using "canned air," be sure to ground the can to the case for a moment before using it to discharge any existing buildup on/in the can. (You may have to scrape some paint from a spot on the can to get good contact-don't worry about it, just scrape away.)
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