This is bizarre. Something appears to be eating my computer.
Yesterday I went to my computer and found some kind of dust all around the base of the machine. It looks like dandruff. I wiped it down only to find that today it is back. See the photo below:
If you look closely you can see that there is lots of the detritus on the stand itself, though the bit that has landed on top of the brown cabinet surface is the easiest to see. The "dandruff" seems to be heaviest just below the vent holes on the back of the computer. Are there batteries there that could be leaking acid? The machine is almost never turned off -- is that part of the issue somehow? Are there some kind of blue meanies that will eat the equipment from the inside???? There has been no work going on with the adjacent walls or ceiling, so it's not construction related. It's just this one area that seems to have this. This is too weird. Any ideas much appreciated.
Thanks.
steve
No, nor have I ever seen anything that suggested it need be cleaned. While I can (and did) vacuum the vent holes to the point that it appears they are clean, there is no way that I can see to clear out the insides or to know if anything other than the vent holes themselves are clean. In any event, thanks.
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