Tivo Vacuuming!

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"Steven Banks" <roadkingman_FINGER_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All:
>
> Just thought I'd share a tip. The last time I was futzing around in the
> back of my TV and equipment, I had noticed how hot the Tivo was. Lifted it
> up and noticed a tremendous amount of dirt and dust had collected on all
> of the vents. In fact any hole in the unit no matter how small was dust
> bunny impacted.
>
> Took the vacuum with hose and brush attachment and proceeded to vacuum out
> all of the dust from said vents and fan on rear of unit. The difference in
> how cool the air pushed out of the unit was after vacuuming was
> significant.
>
> Keep you Tivo CLEAN! At least once a month.
>
> Steve Banks
>


When I upgraded my Tivo with a larger hard drive, I used the ol' air
compressor to blow the dust off of all the internal components. The vents
themselves hardly had any dust but inside the dust was everywhere.

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"Steven Banks" <roadkingman_FINGER_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v7udnarH44g9Sj3fRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> Hello All:
>
> Just thought I'd share a tip. The last time I was futzing around in the
> back of my TV and equipment, I had noticed how hot the Tivo was. Lifted it
> up and noticed a tremendous amount of dirt and dust had collected on all
> of the vents. In fact any hole in the unit no matter how small was dust
> bunny impacted.

Yeah, surprised me when I opened mine up a couple years back, after
upgrading and leaving it closed for a year or two. Mostly because it didn't
occur to me, since my PC doesn't get too bad, but what I realized was that
I'm in my PC case a hell of a lot more than my Tivo, and my PC doesn't
always run 24/7/365 - maybe for a few days or a week here and there, but not
nearly like the Tivo.

Ed
84HurstOlds@nowherenow.com