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WEEKEND PROJECT: Clean up your grungy PC
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Step 1

Why you need a clean PC

Step 2

Computer-cleaning supplies

Step 3

How to clean a keyboard

Step 4

Monitor-cleaning tips

Step 5

Clean your computer's fans

Step 6

Computer-cleaning no-nos

Step 7

Get better airflow in your PC

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Clean up your grungy PC

By Rick Broida
(June 15, 2005)

Estimated time required:
1 hour

Estimated cost: $10 and up

Step 1:

Why you need a clean PC

At this very moment, dust bunnies may have your PC in a death grip. Germs are certainly gathering atop your mouse and keyboard, ready to assault your immune system. And your screen...well, chances are it has become smudge central.

Even great PCs can be dragged down by performance-choking dirt. Fortunately, with a few helpful products and a little effort, you can easily rescue your desktop from all that grunge.

Watch the video to see the cleaning tools you'll need to use.
Computer-cleaning supplies

This story originally appeared in Computer Shopper magazine.
Clean up your grungy PC

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