Of course if we were all happy to give up all this electronic wizardry, we’d solve the problem in a stroke – put it out for the Garage Sale or put it on Bay!
That solution is a little too radical for most of us so let’s try something much more palatable. Let’s start by increasing the air circulation around ALL of the electronic equipment. We need to understand that electronic equipment needs fresh air to work well and to maintain a suitable heat level.
Take each piece of equipment from the ‘pile’ (or whatever your personal collection of goodies looks like) and examine it briefly. You will notice that it is covered in dust, so get the vacuum and get it gone – now. Fantastic, we can now see the vents that were blocked with dust and clearly these slots and holes were engineered into the design for a very good reason.
Now they are clear we need to remember to dust these more regularly to prevent the problem from recurring. A really simple trick to improve the air flow in a stack of electronic goods is to increase the space around each air vent on the equipment, so how do we do that?
Easy, call up your friend who plays squash with a passion. Turn down his offer for a game (trust me when I say it’s not a game for gamers!) but offer to take all his old and broken squash balls from him for FREE!
What do we want with them? We want to cut them in half to use as spacers. By placing the 2 cut balls on the equipment we ensure an increased air gap AND we have the added benefit of a super shock absorber.
This simple technique ensures that DVD’s and of course your Playstation can function properly by absorbing disk movement and all the kit in the pile gets much more air. If you still have problems it’s time to employ the trust desk fan to help to circulate air through the gaps and cool the circuitry or grab one of the really cool and fancy playstation coolers!
