Entertaining laptop woes

[Auspicious]

For all those concerned about or subject to laptop failures due to moisture perhaps my experience yesterday will be of some ironic entertainment.

Despite periodic disassembly and cleaning of my 2+ year old laptop (an IBM/Lenovo T60p) the fan gave up the ghost yesterday due to the accumulation of dust in the bearings. The unit is sealed sufficiently that I can't do much more than blow compressed air through it, so I ordered a replacement part that should arrive midday tomorrow. *sigh*

Interesting that my boat computer should fail due to dry, not wet.

[AdriftAtSea]

That's especially surprising, since most boats are relatively low dust environments, unless you're actively working on the boat, like sanding woodwork, or have a pet aboard.

[maxiSwede]

That's especially surprising, since most boats are relatively low dust environments, unless you're actively working on the boat, like sanding woodwork, or have a pet aboard.

You're not living aboard are you? 

Clothes in and out of lockers, towels, and last but not least, the bedding. With the two of us on a 32-footer, we tend to dust every day. erh, sorry, not me, but the other, and much more important half, 

[Auspicious]

That's especially surprising, since most boats are relatively low dust environments, unless you're actively working on the boat, like sanding woodwork, or have a pet aboard.

You're not living aboard are you? 

Clothes in and out of lockers, towels, and last but not least, the bedding. With the two of us on a 32-footer, we tend to dust every day. erh, sorry, not me, but the other, and much more important half, 

Exactly. All the dust from living ashore in 10% or less of the space.

In addition to the listing above, the fuzz from pulling a Kleenex from the box, turning pages of books, dust from every piece of fabric every time you move, all in a pretty dry environment, particularly (at least for me) in winter.

Kudos to IBM/Lenovo by the way. The new fan came yesterday midday. Popped right in and the laptop is perking right along so cool and quiet.

Now I am scratching my head over whether to get a spare fan and spare keyboard or just get a netbook as a spare computer.

[Frank]

Just a quick dust comment. On top of the dust...I never realized how much hair we shed until living in such a small space. Miss wiping things down for a few days and WOW. Capt K with the crew dogs must be busy 

[Lynx]

Cooking fumes will make the dust stick tho the fans.