# It's quiet out there.......too quiet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-out-there-too-quiet/408142 "2007-06-15T18:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-out-there-too-quiet/408142/1 "2007-06-15T18:09:15Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-out-there-too-quiet/408142/2 "2007-06-15T19:24:53Z")
No kidding. You’d think we lived in the f’in dustbowl of the midwest with the way dirt and dust get in here. This city is the dustiest place I’ve ever seen. I’ve given up. It’s not worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-out-there-too-quiet/408142/3 "2007-06-15T19:57:33Z")
My Dell had an air intake just behind the front panel (see the black cut out on the side of the E520 [here.](http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/dimen_essential?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs)) Anyway, I got a universal washable furnace air filter for the house, and took a small piece of the left over and built an intake filter for my desktop. Works like a champ.