Cleaning Your Computer; Floppy Drive - Dell Latitude C840 User Manual

Cleaning Your Computer

Computer and Keyboard
Display
Touch Pad
Floppy Drive
CD, CD-RW, DVD, and Combination Drives
Computer and Keyboard
1. Shut down and turn off your computer, disconnect any attached devices, and disconnect them from their electrical outlets.
2. Remove any installed batteries.
3. Use a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment to remove dust from the slots and holes on your computer and between the keys on the keyboard.
4. Moisten a soft, lint-free cloth with water or a computer screen cleaner, and wipe the computer and keyboard.
Display
NOTICE: To avoid damaging the computer or display, do not spray cleaning solution directly onto the display. Only use products specifically designed for
cleaning computer displays.
1. Shut down and turn off your computer, disconnect any attached devices, and disconnect them from their electrical outlets.
2. Remove any installed batteries.
3. Moisten a soft, lint-free cloth with water or a computer screen cleaner, and wipe the display until it is clean.
Touch Pad
1. Shut down and turn off your computer, disconnect any attached devices, and disconnect them from their electrical outlets.
2. Remove any installed batteries.
3. Moisten a soft, lint-free cloth with water, and stroke it gently across the surface of the touch pad. Do not allow water from the cloth to seep between
the touch pad and the surrounding palm rest.

Floppy Drive

Use only a commercially available cleaning kit to clean your floppy drive. Such kits contain pretreated floppy disks to remove contaminants that accumulate
during normal operation.
CD, CD-RW, DVD, and Combination Drives
NOTICE: Always use compressed air to clean the lens in the drive. Never touch the lens.
If you notice problems, such as skipping, with the playback quality of your CDs or DVDs, clean the discs.
1. Hold the disc by its outer edge. You can also touch the inside edge of the center hole.
NOTICE: To avoid damaging the surface, do not wipe in a circular motion around the disc.
2. With a soft, dry, lint-free cloth, gently wipe the bottom of the disc (the unlabeled side) in a straight line from the center to the outer edge.
You can also purchase commercial products that clean discs and provide some protection from dust, fingerprints, and scratches. Cleaning products for CDs are
safe to use on DVDs.