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Laptop makeover: 5 ways to extend its useful life |
April 05, 2014
No matter how hard you try or how meticulously you care for it, your notebook is going to show signs of age over time. Keycaps wear down and get that off-putting, shiny-plastic look. Dirt, crumbs, and gunk get stuck in the keyboard and other crevices, while lint and dust build up in virtually every crack, seam and open port. Don't forget those inevitable scratches and nicks, either.The same degradations are going on inside your laptop, too: Dense heatsinks become clogged with gunk. Thermal interface materials weaken and loosen the bond between said heatsink and your processor. All of it conspires to cause your laptop to overheat, whir loudly, or become instable or even fail (in extreme-enough conditions).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137500/laptop-makeover-5-ways-to-extend-its-useful-life.html#tk.rss_howto
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