15-Ways of Taking Good Care of Your Laptop Computer ( Part 2 )

15-Ways of Taking Good Care of Your Laptop Computer ( Part 2 )

From the last article comes the next part of taking good care of your laptop.


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Don't roll your chair over the computer cord. Many laptop users are culprits of this. Stick the cord onto your desk with tape or a special computer cord tie which can be easily undone when you've finished using the laptop. Always try to keep most of the cord away from the floor or your legs; sometimes you can be so engrossed in what you're doing that you move your legs and forget the cord is there.

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Plug in accessory devices into their proper slots. Always look at the symbols on the laptop carefully before inserting devices. Jamming a phone line into an Ethernet port or vice versa could damage the sockets, making it impossible to use them again. It is very important to observe this step. Nowadays these accessories come at a high cost.

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Handle any removable drives with care. Floppy drives or CD drives that have been removed from your laptop can easily get crushed, dropped or pressed if you are careless. Put them straight into a bag or a storage box/case for safe keeping if you are not putting them back into the laptop.

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Insert drives into their slots carefully and at the correct angle. Pushing the wrong drive into a socket, or at an angle, or even upside down can jam it.

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Check to see if labels are affixed securely before inserting media into your laptop computer. Media such as CD's,DVD s or floppy disks should not have any loose label parts that might jam inside the laptop drive. Never insert undersized CD's, as these can damage the disk player permanently.

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Don't expose your laptop to rapid temperature fluctuations. When bringing your laptop indoors during winter or cold seasons, don't turn it on immediately. Instead, let it warm to room temperature first. This will avoid any potential for damage to the disk drive from condensation forming inside the machine.


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Have the unit cleaned once a year to remove internal dust. Get this done by a computer professional. If dust accumulates, the system cannot cool itself correctly. Heat can destroy the motherboard.

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Use a properly-sized laptop case. Whatever you use to carry your laptop around in, be it a case, a bag or something you have made yourself, make sure that it is large enough to contain the laptop. This will avoid scratching, squeezing or even potentially dropping it. A bag greatly reduces the risk of damage due to dropping or bumping.


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Use and store in a well circulated area. When your using your laptop, do so in a place that has a constant air-circulation. Lots of people ruin their laptop by using it in an enclosed area and thus making the laptop overheat. It also helps if you store in a well circulated area.

This article ends the post on taking very good care of your laptop computer. Check out the next post for another interesting topic.

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