Inside the Mac Pro

New pics from inside the Mac Pro for those of you who have not seen them.
http://www.powermax.com/articles_reviews/article.php?id=33

Recently I had to access the inside of my Mac Pro and found a lot of dust. We have 3 dogs, so it is probably more of a problem than for people with no pets. Being on the floor doesn't help the situation, either.
I cleaned out what I could see– and some of what I could not see in between components. I used my home vacuum cleaner with the plastic crevice tool. A static wrist strap was attached to the hand holding the vacuum. I pulled out the RAM boards and the hard drives and cleaned them with the vacuum.
Also, I have put together some 3/8-inch vinyl tubing that I can use with my vacuum to clean all sorts of delicate things. My next project will be to make a shroud that attached on the back of the computer so that it will suck up all dust that is dislodged when I blow air into the front (without opening it) or into the inside parts (when it is opened).

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