Is My Optical Mouse Dying?

[Bird]

If you've ever cleaned it, its not a lot of dust/dirt. Yesterday I pulled sheets of it off a customer's computer and it didn't fall apart while I was holding it. Like if you didn't clean the dryer screen for twenty cycles.

I've had that amount of crud cause problems was the only reason I asked....

My last computer had a cooling fan die in 2004, and since I didn't know what I was doing at the time, I took it to the service department at Fry Electronics for them to replace that fan. The old man working that day was probably as old as I am, he took one quick look, and said, "I'm not working on anything like that. If you want to take it around back to the loading dock, I think they have an air-compressor and if you clean it up, I might work on it." He actually saved me some money. I just took it home, blew the dust out with my compressor and installed a new fan myself (which I bought elsewhere for a better price than Fry's anyway). But since then, I don't let one get quite that dusty.:laughing:

 

[tallyho8]

My cooling fan blows out and draws air in through the front grill which has an air filter in it which I clean once a year. I have a window in my computer so I can see any dust but there is none in there yet after many years.

It is about time for me to get a new computer.

 

[arrabil]

I'm not working on anything like that

I don't blame the guy. I have a reputation for doing whatever the customer asks but I've often wondered if I would be so willing as a counter tech.

 

[Bird]

I don't blame the guy. I have a reputation for doing whatever the customer asks but I've often wondered if I would be so willing as a counter tech.

I don't blame him either; that's his right. But I think he was stupid. One quick blast of compressed air and everything looked clean and installing the new fan was simple, so he could have charged labor and made some easy money. Knowing that dust sometimes accumulates in computers and other electronics, I would have thought he'd have an air-compressor handy.

And of course, I had bought a number of things from Fry Electronics, but haven't spent a nickel there since.:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

As some of you know, I work in I.T. One of my jobs is to repair PCs. YIKES! ... the things you find inside of them besides dust... bugs, food, mice (the rodent type).

But the weirdest thing we ever found was a butter knife! :laughing: