Clean Machine

We saw an article in the newspaper about how we should dust the inside of our desktop computers every six months.  I think they say the same thing about refrigerators and I don't think we've cleaned it in six years.  Sad, but true.

However, lately I've been hearing funny whirring noises coming from my computer and that had me a little worried.  I also noticed quite a bit of dust in my DVD reader.  Therefore I asked my brother, Dennis to come over and show us how to clean it.  He's our techie along with our Chicago son-in-law, Ed.

The first thing he did was to remove these screws.  He said the manufacturer puts different, easier to remove screws here to show you that's the one you're supposed to unscrew.

Then you're able to slide that panel off.  It's a good thing he showed us how to do this because I would have tried to remove the silver back part of the computer.  That wouldn't have been pretty.

Dennis then asked to borrow my art paintbrush (that I haven't used in over a decade) while Art held the vacuum cleaner above the brush.  He then proceeded to dust off the fan blades and gently dust everything else.  He said there really wasn't much dust in the computer tower at all and that he's seen a lot worse.

That's nice to know.

Then he put it all back together again and my computer sounds much happier.  Hmmm.... that whirring sound is still there, but maybe that's purring and not whirring I'm hearing.

But now the refrigerator is staring at me.  Maybe next time...

Do you vacuum your refrigerator?  Be honest.