Was there a poll on Habré about how often / for a long time habrausers cleaned their laptops / desktop computers?

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A year has passed since the last cleaning of one of the laptops and I just went through it, thoroughly cleaning it, replacing thermal interfaces and wiping each key with isopropyl alcohol (previously removing it).
Actually, I’m interested in whether there was a survey on the topic of cleaning laptops / computers (I didn’t find it in the search, but maybe I’m not looking for it), as well as statistics on how much better iron works with regular cleaning (I know a lot of people who have video cards and even hard drives killed from dust in laptops ).
If there was no such survey, then how interesting will it be for the community (or is it just me who is interested in such statistics?)

Answer 1

Found an interesting article, somewhat related to the topic:
www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1720
Death from overheating is the third most common death at 13%. So that…

Answer 2

I have not seen such polls, but from personal experience: it is desirable to clean at least 1 time per year. Not so thoroughly, of course, that you can remove and wipe each key, but it’s trivial to remove dust and restore normal heat transfer - this is necessary

Answer 3

If it’s interesting, I cleaned it recently, I’m personally not interested in the survey - statistics, I can’t speak for the rest. Not interesting because I consider it a relic of the past, now I have a poppy, there are not even holes for ventilation => there is nothing to clean.

Answer 4

There was no such survey in my memory.
Iron works a little better (less brakes from overheating) and, accordingly, longer.

Answer 5

If there was no such survey, then how interesting will it be for the community (or is it just me who is interested in such statistics?)

If they had done a survey, they would have seen it right away.

Answer 6

Like clothes: dirty - cleaned. Case 10 minutes.

Answer 7

For statistics, I can tell you how I cleaned my Samsung for the first time about 5 years ago: the idle temperature dropped by an average of 20 degrees.

Answer 8

Judging by the answers, a survey is needed for a maximum of half of the person.
Accordingly, I do not see the need to arrange a survey, but if someone thinks otherwise, he can organize a survey himself.

Answer 9

Is ethyl alcohol suitable for cleaning? What are the benefits of isopropyl?