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From: Darren Reed <darrenr@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: Dust out your heat syncs!
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Kevin Oberman wrote:
> This is a bit off topic, but I have commented on the issue of dusty heat
> syncs in the past. With the recent discussion of the high temps generated
> by the last V7-beta on some systems (not mine), I thought that I would
> remind folks.
> 
> I just dusted out my 2.5 year old laptop (2 GHz Pentium-M) and the
> difference was impressive. (And so was the cloud of dust I blew out!)

Some of us make it a habit to do this on at least a yearly
basis, if not every 6 months.

Keeping computers dust free is a good place to start for
system longevity.

Darren