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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Hard Drive Failure Reprise
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 14:17:52 -0600
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On 12/8/24 12:07 PM, Farley Flud wrote:
> However, upon close inspection, I noticed huge amounts of fine dust
> particles that were clogging the cooling vanes of the CPU heat sink.
> Using a brush I scrubbed away all the fine dust and ever since I have
> not had a recurrence of the problem.


That's number one in ruining my drives and generally sensitive 
electronic stuff. Here in this area they're almost always pollen.

Very special air filters can remove them from your rooms, but those 
filters are expensive and should be replaced every month or so.

Pollen are strange things. They're alive, you know. So they change 
chemically into corrosive stuff that get deposited on vulnerable 
surfaces and gradually eats them away.