PCMCIA disk drive devices you might have installed in your computer. While you would not
normally carry your computer through one in an airport, you might encounter them elsewhere.
Never carry or pass your computer through a metal detector. Pass it around the outside of the
detector.
Some Common Sense Precautions
Here are a few additional precautions you should take to ensure the long life of your computer.
Many computer problems can be traced to sources outside the computer rather than to
component malfunction. If you are careful to avoid the things most likely to cause trouble, you
are much less likely to experience problems with your WinBook.
Liquids – Computers don’t like them. They don’t get thirsty, so don’t give them anything to
drink. If you’re like many people who like to work with a beverage around, keep it to yourself
and well away from your notebook. It’s pretty simple really: if you spill liquid in your computer
while it’s turned on, you will quite probably either damage it beyond repair or cost yourself a
bundle. It’s your call.
Temperature - Computers, like you, like to be cool. Don’t use yours in high heat and humidity
if you can avoid it. And especially do not put your computer someplace where it will be
subjected to extreme heat while it’s turned off – the seat or shelf of a car in the sun, for example.
You know what happens to dogs when you do that.
Dirt – Computers, particularly notebook computers, are fastidious. They don’t like to get dirty
(they don’t like baths either so don’t get ideas). Don’t let dirt or dust build up, or you’re asking
for at best fitful performance, and more likely, outright malfunction. There are a number of
places that well allow dirt and dust and who-knows-what into the computer. The trackball
assembly, keyboard, microphone orifice, floppy disk drive, PCMCIA compartment, and audio
jacks are all particularly susceptible to contamination. Try to keep the computer in the case (or at
least closed) when you aren’t using it, and keep your workspace clean.
Electricity – It’s fickle. It runs through a lot of things in your computer, including things you
probably don’t know about, so avoid temptation. Except for PCMCIA cards and the AC adapter
while the computer is in Suspend mode, don’t connect or disconnect anything while the
computer is turned on. You may get away with it once in a while, but unless Russian Roulette is
your favorite parlor game, err on the side of caution and you won’t have to pay for it.
Also, you should always plug the AC adapter into a protected outlet strip rather than directly into
an electrical outlet.
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