It was supposed to be a stree-free morning. Graduation was last night, and all I had to do was get three signatures on my check-out sheet, remind them that I keep my keys over the summer, and go home. So I slept in, tehn upon awakening meandered into the living room to check my email. Dead silence in the room. Not a whisper of air moving, which was bad, because that meant the power supply fan on the computer had failed overnight! :eek:
A qick touch of the back of the computer confirmed it. Hot enough to fry eggs. But the computer was still on, and I could access stuff. A quick shutdown later, I was soon elbows-deep in the guts of the beast. No wonder the fan failed…that box had more dust in it than I would have thought possible. It took an entire can of air to blast the insides clean.
1 hour and $15 later, the new fan is installed, roaring to life like a turbine when I hit the power button. Such a sweet sound. You never miss it until it’s gone. So let that be a lesson to everybody. Clean your machine regularly. You may not think dust can get in there that easily, but it can.