How to maintain and extend the life of laptop usage

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1. Keep your laptop from strong magnetic fields, fluids, and a source of heat / cold or extreme temperature changes.
2. Avoid direct sunlight and make sure the laptop is always placed on a flat surface.
3. According to the survey, the most common laptop damage occurred on the hard drive and LCD display / screen. Hard disk damage caused by collision or fall. LCD damage is usually due to exposure to sunlight and physical pressure.
4. Trim adapter cables or other cables which are connected to the laptop, not to make others stumble.
5. Besides damage to the hard drive and LCD, liquid spills are causing damage to the most common laptops, or use a sheet of transparent film-called 'keyboard protector'.
6. Vibration is another enemy of laptops. Keep your laptop from the megaphone, for example, loudspeaker, machinery / heavy vehicles, and other vibration sources.
7. Do not expose your laptop from x-ray beam at the airport.
8. Keep your laptop clean, wipe with a clean cloth to dust free.
9. Protect your laptop modem. Use a digital modem that has a feature-line guard. Because of this feature will keep the modem from damage if accidentally plugging in the cable modem to a digital PABX telephone jack or ISDN lines. And be careful when going to plug the phone cable to the laptop because the metal wire in a laptop modem connector is very thin and easily bent.
10. In Asia the climate, humid temperatures can be a big problem for laptops that are designed in the United States. To reduce possible problems, ensure that laptops are stored in a dry and cool. If the laptop is not used for a long time, keep a laptop in a tight container and enter the silica gel. Silica gel is as contained in the pill bottle, the packaging of electronic barang2 (small package labeled 'Dessicant Silica Gel'). Or you can buy at the store chemicals. Silica gel is a chemical menacing hygroscopic (absorbs moisture / humidity).
11. Power outages and voltage disturbances can occur at any time, at home, in hotel rooms or at the office. If possible, use the 'surge-protector' if you are using an AC outlet. And do not forget to make a back-up your data regularly.
12. Always use a laptop bag while traveling.
13. If you want to wrap your laptop to be sent or for other purposes, use a strong protective box, and wrap in foam or sponge that can absorb vibrations.
14. Never put heavy objects on top of a laptop.
15. If the laptop is in trouble, do not try to disassemble itself. Should submit to a technician or service is the nearest center. Because of possible damage will be even heavier. Especially for laptops that are still within the warranty period - to disassemble the laptop can damage the warranty sticker (warranty seal) which is still attached to the laptop.
16. When will lift the laptop that is open, do not lift his hand on the display / screen, lift at the bottom / keyboard.
17. Do not insert the diskette in the corners. Insert a floppy half-measures could damage the disk-drive. So also, when opening or closing the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive tray to insert or remove a disk. Do not touch the lens on the CD-ROM tray. Hold the compact-disc at the edges, not on the surface of the disk.
18. Do not plug the cable modem laptop on PBX (private branch exchange) or digital phone lines. Laptops can only use channels PSTN (public-switched telephone network). The use of phone lines in addition to the PSTN can damage your laptop modem.
19. Keep your laptop from a small child.
20. Take care of your laptop battery, do not leak because it can damage the battery slot.