How to keep your computer, computing.

Maintenance

Maintenance is the process of maintaining or preserving someone or something, or the state of being maintain

HEAT

Excess heat accelerates the deterioration of the delicate circuits in your system, clean out the air vents frequently to avoid major problems.

MOISTURE

Like heat, water will ruin a computer's circuit board, keep your computer in a dry space.

GRIME

Any grime, but especially the residue of cigarette smoke, can corrode exposed metal contacts. That's why it pays to keep your system clean, inside and out.

CLEANING YOUR MOUSE

When a nonoptical mouse gets dirty, the pointer moves erratically. Unscrew the ring on the bottom of the unit and remove the ball. Then scrape the accumulated gunk off the two plastic rollers that are set 90 degrees apart inside the ball's housing.

Keep a neat keyboard

Did you know that you need to clean your keyboard too? A simple shake of an upside down keyboard will remove crumbs, if there is dust you can use compressed air to push out the flecks.

Make your monitor sparkle

Wipe the screen, and the vents. Your computer will work as well as it looks.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot is to solve serious problems.

Write down your steps

When you begin troubleshooting write down the steps you take. This way if you make a mistake you can work backwards, and you won't make the mistake again.

Take notes about error messages

If a error message pops up write down as much information as possible. You might even find out what the problem is.

Check Your Cables

If an item is not working (such as a keyboard or a monitor) check the cables relating to the problem.

Restart your computer

Restarting the computer will reboot the system and will give the computer a break from it's work

Check for viruses

Viruses can slow down computers and even crash applications.

Graphic card

IF a screen is unresponsive, or even looking weird your graphics card could be corrupted

If nothing else works, CALL A PROFESSIONAL

Thank you

Citations

• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412812,00.asp
• http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics/15.3
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/116583/article.html