\_ SMTP quoth Christopher Bardin on 2/12/2003 09:02 as having spake thusly:
\_
\_ Newer computers dissipate so much power that they require forced
\_ cooling.  The cheapest cooling solution is to blow ambient air into
\_ the computer with a fan, air inevitably containing dust which, for
\_ some reason I can't explain, settles out of the air and coats the
\_ innards of the computer.

Possibly ambient electrostic charge.

\_ You could use a computer as a pretty efficient air filter.  I clean
\_ the dust out of my computer twice a year, using the exhaust of my
\_ vacuum cleaner as a blower, and I'm always amazed by the resulting
\_ cloud of dust.

Bah.  I'm on a pretty much 2 month cycle of applications of the leaf
blower.  I don't know where all the blasted dust is coming from, but I
do know that the leaf blower makes it go away. 

Maybe the new carpeting (long story) will help and duct filters on the
output in the room will help.

David