Is there any danger in accidentily inhaling the dust off your computer?
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Dust is dust. It's an irritant. Computer dust is no different from the dust on your great-grandmother's hideous vase in the back of your china cabinent you have to clean every spring. Relax. If she's fine now, then she's okay.
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No, it's not harmful.   Just don't CRASH your computer while Defragging.
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Yea. This happened to me before.\n\nYou blew a hole in your hard drive. You gotta take the hard drive out, locate what looks like a hole (You can pour soapy water on it like you do on a tire and then see where it bubbles, or where the remaining smoke is leaking out, to find the hole.). Use rubber cement to seal up the hole, first of all, and then reinstall the hard drive. \n\nAlso, check the fan to see if it has enough lubricant, because the problem might simply be overheating. If you see no lubricant, make sure you spray the inside of your comp with WD 40.\n\nMake sure that there are no Cds or floppys in your computer. And make sure that everything is unplugged, including the keyboard, mouse, and speakers; all external hardware. In fact, you may want to go to your power box and shut down the electricity to that entire segment of your house.\n\nNow, try wrapping a bag around the exhaust of your car to get smoke inside it. Make sure you tie the bag well with electrical tape, and then hook up a USB cable to the tiniest hole where the smoke might be able to leak out.\n\nWhen you connect the cable, the smoke will slowly filter back into the hard drive. Leave your comp like this for about 2 hours, and then try turning it on again. You should get a message that sayd, "Smoke refilled. Thank You!"\nClick "OKAY, " and you should be good to go.\n\nIf you have any other questions, call Geek Squad, but this SHOULD work.
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it gets viruses from the computer
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One important note is that many viruses or file sharing programs will cause your computer to overwork, it is important to listen to your pc, fans should come on and go off every few minutes or so. A fan that runs constantly at a high speed is a sure sign of a problem. Use task manager (ctrl,alt,delete) to check your cpu processes, sort by cpu process % use, and see which process is using the most, it should be system idle process as default, anything else you might want to end process if you know it is something you can do without. Always turn off file sharing programs when not in use, also, make SURE they are off, a lot of them will run in the background even when you exit them.
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Well, I would do a few things:  I would purchase one of those cans of compressed air - for cleaning computer keyboards - and go outside with the laptop, spray away!  Every nook and crevice you can spray in.  Flip it upside down, sideways, etc.  Open whatever compartments you can and spray in them too.  Just be sure the can has had a good shake and isn't running low, or the air will be moist.\n\nThen I would use lemon juice... not IN or ON the laptop itself, but open it up, keep it turned off and squirt some lemon juice around it - on the table/surface it's on.  This works, no joke!\n\nAnd you'll want to keep the laptop off as much as you possibly can because they will be attracted to the heat.  The next thing you know, you'll have fried little ants shorting out your sensitive electronics inside!
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ONLY used compressed air.  NEVER use a vacuum on the internal portions of a computer!  The static electricity doesn't go well with the silicon parts.
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You need to get it checked out ASAP.  If you have multiple fans, do they all seem to work ok ?  Is the power supply fans working ?  I have seen/smelled computers in the past where you can smell burning plaster/rubber smell if the power supply is not getting enough ventilation from the fan.... usually this is caused by a bad fan or fan that just doesn't work anymore.  But that smell is a pretty good indicator that (usually) something is overheating.\n\nYou should at least check for hotspots in your case, and verify that airflow is adequate for all areas within your case (i.e. fans still blowing air). Any electronic components that are exposed to overheating for any length of time will likely fail.\n\nAnd yes, it could be potentially dangerous for your PC components to keep your computer running with that smell permeating.
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Turning the fan off is not a good idea. If your computer does not get a good ventelation,then you can really hurt performance or even damage some parts.\nHere iswhat you need to do. Open the case and make sure there is no dust. Also get some compressed air and clean the fan and internal parts. If thats how loud the fan was initially there is little you can do.  If not, something could be broken. Also makesure the computer is not agains any walls so there is a good place for the hot air to go. Also make sure the fan is securily attached and is not shaking.\n\nI
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opening documents, doing anything that might triggers it, basically if you dont have antivirus... buh bye computer
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Yes but it wouldn't leave anything else on your computer either because it would mean reformatting the hard drive(s). And if you don't have anti-virus software then your machine will be infected the next time you link to the Internet - from memory it's about 5 minutes or so.
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It may be from dust build up.  A lot of cheap laptops have internal setups that hold a lot of dust in. You may want to try and buy one of those compressed air cans and spray thru the vents in your laptop every once in a while.
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I would stop trying to use it altogether. You are more than likely only using it for stealing anyway, so now you are better off. Truly a shame it didn't fry your whole computer.\n\n\nLong Live Jambi
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I am not a pro.,but I'd say yes. Mold is hazardous to your health. The materials that the mold is on needs to be removed.Mold can make your very sick.  Type in your search box on your computer "mold in house",several websites will come up for you to go to or I have one that I picked listed below.
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Clean it with canned air. There is not much you can do to prevent the dust unless you meticulously clean your room every day
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CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCH TOP OF APPLIANCE\nImportant Dust Settling Experiment in Progress!
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Dust is bad for you computer. The fan could in the long run stop working and would cause the cpu to ovderheat which could cause the cpu to stop working or worse.\nPurchase a can of compressed air. \nShut down you computer.\nUnplug your computer from the outlet.\nOpen the computer case and spray the dust off. Keep the nozle of the can 20 inches away from the cpu.\nAlso you might want spray the fan of the power supply and inside the case in general.