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I finally cleaned out a dusty office server from 2015 and the noise change was crazy
A small law firm in town asked me to look at their old file server because it was running slow and loud. I opened it up and found about an inch of dust packed into the heat sinks and fans (like, it looked like gray carpet). After I blew it all out with compressed air and replaced the thermal paste on the CPU, the fan noise dropped from a constant whine to almost silent. Has anyone else had a simple clean-up make that big of a difference for an old machine?
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paul_fisher197mo ago
Oh man, that's the BEST feeling. It's wild how much gunk builds up and just chokes the life out of things. I see it everywhere, not just computers. Like my buddy's car AC was weak, and it was just a clogged cabin air filter full of leaves. Or a dryer taking forever because the vent hose was a solid tube of lint. A little basic care goes so far, but people just forget stuff exists until it screams at them.
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gavin_flores127mo ago
Right? It's like the quietest stuff needs the most yelling to get our attention. My coffee maker started making this sad noise, and it was just full of old scale from our hard water. Took five minutes to clean and it's like new. We're all just out here waiting for our stuff to have a full-on meltdown before we notice.
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mary_kelly7mo ago
Ever clean something and find a horror movie inside?
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