A Look at Computer Care and Maintenance

Abstract

Paul called me up last February and asked me to tell you everything I know about computer maintenance, in five minutes. I'd have been more flattered if he'd asked for everything I know about cow maintenance. Anyhow, it's not hard to tell you about maintaining computers in four minutes, which will leave me a minute at the end, for cows.

Computer chips sometimes fail in the first few hundred hours of use due to manufacturing flaws. After that, the most common cause of computer failure is high voltage surges which occur regularly on both electrical power lines and telephone lines, especially during thunderstorms.