Hi All,
I am going to be upgrading my current system (CPU and RAM). I have some compressed air to clean it out, but there is so much dust I doubt I can get it all. When I first installed the original parts, it was obviously very clean. What is the danger of having particles of dust in a RAM or CPU socket? The "pins" (not that they are pins anymore, but I do not know what to call them.. "Pads/contacts"?) are so small it seems like one mote of dust could cause some sort of data corruption, etc. Same goes for RAM, although it seems that the contacts are large enough there to not be as sensitive? I luckily have dust filters on my case, so it is reasonably clean inside, but the dust is just so pervasive that I am concerned about how to do this upgrade?
Thanks for any advice.
I am going to be upgrading my current system (CPU and RAM). I have some compressed air to clean it out, but there is so much dust I doubt I can get it all. When I first installed the original parts, it was obviously very clean. What is the danger of having particles of dust in a RAM or CPU socket? The "pins" (not that they are pins anymore, but I do not know what to call them.. "Pads/contacts"?) are so small it seems like one mote of dust could cause some sort of data corruption, etc. Same goes for RAM, although it seems that the contacts are large enough there to not be as sensitive? I luckily have dust filters on my case, so it is reasonably clean inside, but the dust is just so pervasive that I am concerned about how to do this upgrade?
Thanks for any advice.