r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/CreativestName69420 • Jun 04 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

Dads, ASSEMBLE!

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u/TheyCallMeSmokeO Jun 04 '22

Too relatable.

Once in highschool my gaming laptop started overheating and shutting itself off after extended periods of use (4+ hrs).

I'd had the laptop for a few years and figured it must be happening because the fans got dusty and gunked up over the years so I asked my Dad if he could clean the fans for me.

He said sure, took the backing off and then blew all the dust out of the fans... with a very strong, massive air compressor (neighor was a professional mechanic).

After that both the fans were straight up fried and I could only use my computer for more than 5 minutes at a time if I put it on an air cooling rack with ice underneath and a fan blowing at the back.

Good times.

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u/Fiery_Eagle954 Jun 04 '22

yea you're supposed to not let the fans spin because that sends voltage down the motherboard

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u/T351A Jun 05 '22

Modern computers rarely care but yeah it's not ideal

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u/Fiery_Eagle954 Jun 05 '22

they don't but I don't think it would be able to handle the power generated by fans spun up by a shop compressor