What Happens If You Don’t Clean Your Computers Regularly?
- Your Keyboard:
- Your Monitor:
- Your Mouse:
- Your Printer:
- Your Computer:
Dust, food crumbs, pet hair, smoke tar and many other household contaminants can build up underneath and between keyboard keys causing the keyboard to malfunction. Many customers are surprised to see just how much dirt build up, even in the cleanest homes.
FACT: Your keyboard is likely to hold 12x more germs on it than a toilet seat.
Monitors can cause severe eye strain when dirty. Even a monitor that looks clean to the eye while switched on can hold a thin layer of grime that will make your eyes strain and can lead to headaches.
FACT: 75% of us have dirty computer screens. 60% of time off due to illnesses are a result of dirty equipment in the office. Ecoli, Staph and bacteria are the common germs in today’s work place..
A common “hot-spot” for germs in the office and at home is the mouse. Along with the printer buttons and keyboard keys, the mouse is one of the most contaminated items in today’s home / office environments and a dirty optical-laser or track ball can make the pointer difficult to move accurately too.
FACT: 22% of us do not wash our hands before preparing food at the office.
Dust, along with spilt toner or inks can build up inside the casing of the printer over time and cause malfunction, shortening its lifespan and making bad prints in the process.
FACT: The key areas for germs to gather in workplaces are the telephone,printer buttons, desktop, keyboard and computer mouse.
Your PC’s two mortal enemies are heat and moisture. Excess heat accelerates the deterioration of the delicate circuits in your system. The most common causes of overheating are dust and dirt: Clogged vents and CPU cooling fans can keep heat-dissipating air from moving through the case, and even a thin coating of dust or dirt can raise the temperature of your machine’s components.
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