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Yes I agree static is an issue. I had mixed success stripping my late 2009 Mac mini, my eyesight is getting markedly worse. Because of my clumsiness the running LED indicator light no longer works and I couldn't see where to connect the wi-fi or bluetooth antenna, but given I don't use either I carried on regardless.
I stripped it because it was overheating. It was causing the Firewire drive to drop out for no reason every 15 minutes or so. Since I cleaned the computer internally the temperatures have dropped considerably. It has since run for two days continuously since I cleaned it and no further issues with the FW drive.
To be honest the computer didn't seem to bad for dust, the fan was worst, I used a toothbrush to clean the fan blades and a pastry brush to clean the main heat-sink.
Temps before cleaning.
Temps after cleaning.
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Robert.