I do take my equipment out side to blow it out. I also have a water filter, use low pressure and lots of care. I believe this extends the life of the equipment. Vacuum cleaners dont do as good a job, but its better than nothing.
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A fine layer of dust will not hurt anything. Otherwise you would be taking it apart every week to clean it.
A thick layer of dust only hurts in certain areas. A thick layer over a transformer, heat-sinked transistor, or any hot-running component will blanket it and cause it to run even hotter. Dust is a very good thermal insulator.
The WORST spots for dust is on the CPU and Videocard heatsinks. Dust can clog the air channels in a heat sink. My mom had a Compaq computer. I had to dust it out every month because the dust would clog the heatsink and cause it to overheat.
I also have 6 fans on my tower (The cooler it runs the better). So I have to dust mine often.
A thick layer of dust only hurts in certain areas. A thick layer over a transformer, heat-sinked transistor, or any hot-running component will blanket it and cause it to run even hotter. Dust is a very good thermal insulator.
The WORST spots for dust is on the CPU and Videocard heatsinks. Dust can clog the air channels in a heat sink. My mom had a Compaq computer. I had to dust it out every month because the dust would clog the heatsink and cause it to overheat.
I also have 6 fans on my tower (The cooler it runs the better). So I have to dust mine often.
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I just used canned air, as previously stated don't use upside down and use short bursts. I'm not sure I'd trust a vac inside a machine due to static. Using the vac outside of the closed chassis in the vents shouldn't be a problem though.
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And that should not be an issue for a DVR. For a PC, yes. Thanks for that info I did not know the RPM. Also thanks to the a previous post with what seems like ALL the details on the HDD. I can't recall any other DVR using the Pipeline. Are there any other DVR's out there using it? I think WD is still the choice for TiVo. Oh, and I do have to say that TiVo does have a decent fan running for their DVR's. I accidentally invested in a pier that has a glass door. We thought of just removing the glass, but it looked NOT nearly as nice as with the glass door obscuring the equipment. It make the room look more like the living room it is supposed to be. So, I got a laptop fan, a cheap one for now, but if it fails in the future, I'll get the better one. The laptop fan makes all the difference in the world when the glass door is closed. Also, it is ALWAYS the DISH equipment that needs special consideration regarding heat and where the device is placed, not my many other pieces of CE equipment. I also have put casters at the bottom of the feet of Dish boxes, and it sure makes a big difference in temps as the hot air at the bottom can move out.
That drive is tailor made for this purpose. It can take the heat. The question is can the SOC and PSU take the heat. Let me be lazy... Who knows the SOC in the Hopper?
I have a very nice glass door enclosed entertainment cabinet that I've owned for 20 years, and never had any issues with any of the electronic components overheating, including the 501 and 625, until I upgraded to the 722. I'm not about to give it up. A USB fan has alleviated the problem and I only need to keep the glass door open in the hot Florida summer months. Keeping the doors closed really helps control dust.
That's what I keep telling my wife -- we don't need car insurance. We've never been in an accident!
Seriously . . .
Worked for a medical device manufacturer for several years and the techs could plot component failure by time of year . . . Summer (lots of humidity) = few failures, Winter (very dry) = lots of failures.
ESD is real, and it may not always result in a catastrophic failure you'd immediately notice.
ESD failures will almost never result in catastrophic failure, but latent failures. The ESD will weaken the part, which will fail later on, and won't be traceable back to the time you didn't use an ESD strap. For something like a consumer PC, you're probalby ok not using a strap. For critical components in medical, military, space, etc. where someone's life could be on the line, ESD protection is absoluetly necessary.
Yes, that is the real question. However, given Dish's (Echostar's) experience with designing their own DVR's for over a decade starting with at least the 501 (I don't know to what extent or collaboration Echostar designed the layout of the DishPlayer 7100 with Microsoft providing software), one would think that picked they picked components that can handle their always SUPER hot boxes.
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