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Originally Posted by albee1952
As for the slowdown, I just read a blurb from protoolsexpert where one of the guy's Mac Pro tower was running super slow(enough that he was considering spending $9K on a new Mac Pro). After a few other things that didn't help, he opened the tower and found it full of dust. After a thorough cleaning and reseating cards, he reported that it was running like new again  |
That's nothing new as the thermal flow design is the problem. There's no filter on the front of cheesegraters to keep dust out. I clean out the dust bunnies in mine at least once a year. Also older Mac Mini's can collect dust in that little blower inside.