Computer maintenance is important to keep your computer running properly. If your mouse or monitor become sluggish or stop working, check cable connections and for damage. If liquid is spilled on a computer, immediately turn it off, remove parts, clean them, and let parts dry upside down for 12 hours. Computer parts like keyboards and mice should be cleaned every 3-6 months by dusting off food crumbs, hair, and lint. Adding more RAM can increase a computer's speed and performance, but every computer has a limit on how much it can support. Disk defragmentation and deleting temporary files can also help speed up a computer over time. Specialized maintenance like replacing parts should be done by an experienced technician.

1. By: Warren Brown

2. When you own a computer there is going to be a
time that your computer is going to start having
hardware problems. When your computer mouse or
monitor start to become sluggish or if it doesn’t
work you are going to have to check the cable
connection you are also going to have to check if
your cables are damaged.
Computer Maintenance is a very important
issue because you may need to know how to fix
it.

3. Cleaning Computer Parts
If you ever spill a liquid on a computer you should
immediately turn the computer all the way off
and remove the hardware devices away from it.
You should then clean it and lay all the parts
upside down for at least 12 hours.
When you clean a printer you extend its life longer.
Mouse and Keyboard- There is a general rule that
tells you to clean your computer at least every 3
or 6 months. When it comes to cleaning the
computer and mouse you should periodically
dust extra food, hair and particles because they
can cause the computer keys to jam and if there
is lint on your mouse roller then you should take
it apart and clean it.

4. Computer Memory
 You can measure a computer by its memory
 The hard drive can be compared to RAM and long-term memory
 Remember that RAM is temporary
 When a computer processes memory it reads and writes to RAM and if it fills then
it starts to go to the hard drive to replace the RAM with new data
 Your computer will slow down if the RAM is overloaded
 When you add RAM to a computer is increases speed and performance
 Remember every computer has that limit of RAM that it can intake

5. Preventative Maintenance and Disk
Defragmentation
 Programs to help fix you computers
 When you use a new computer or if you have a new hard drive the operating
system writes the data in clusters
 Disk Defragmentation happens when a piece All computers slow down as you add
and delete files and install programs and software
 To make your computer more faster you may need to delete things out of your
recycle bin
 You can also you some Windows of data is broken into may pieces that are not
stored together.

6. Recycle Bin and Temporary
Files
 The recycle bin is a holding area for files that are going to be deleted from the
storage device
 The recycle bin is always located as an icon on the desktop
 Before you empty the recycle bin it will show a warning sign that says are you sure
that you want to delete the whole folder
 There are various program files that only have temporary files
 When you close a program that only have temporary files then the files are then
deleted
 You don’t need a disk cleaner to delete temporary files

7. Cookies
A cookie is a small text files that a web uses to understand the certain files
that you are using. Cookies will not damage your computer in any way it
just shows the code of your web server computer each time that you go to
a website. Cookies are used to gather information about using the internet.

8. Specialized Maintenance
 Replacing the power supply or opening the power supply case
 Replacing other electrical components
 Replacing or adding a hard disk
 Replacing or adding RAM
Monitors, printers, and scanners are not met to be
opened by the user of the computer. Always refer
an experienced technician about the problem