My computer has been sounding more like a running engine than a computer. I could hear it from the next room…Over the weekend, it got REALLY bad. It sounded like it was going to die. My son said it’s time for a new fan in the computer. I called my computer guy…who I love…who has been my computer guy since he was 14….did I say I love him??? He makes house calls…tells stupid jokes and doesn’t treat me like an idiot when I ask dumb question. Anyway, back to the story. He had me take the cover off the computer which totally scared me.
I have to find model numbers and all that stuff. While I was there I decided to vacuum it out. YUCK…lots of dust gets caught up in there….Kris warned me not to touch the mother board and to make sure the computer was off. I concentrated most of the vacuuming on the fan. WOW…what a difference!! I can’t even hear the fan run and the clank is gone. Twice I took the cover off just to make sure the fan was really running. I wish I had done that long ago. That noisy fan has been driving me completely crazy.
I debated whether to call Kris and not replace the fan…then the fan clunked and was back to it’s noisy self…then a few minutes later it was quiet again. It’s been quiet and noisy on and off so yep…I still need a new fan but I am enjoying the intervals of quiet. I learned a lesson too. I really do need to take time to vacuum out that fan. If I had, I don’t think I would be replacing the fan.
It is amazing how much stuff gets in there. Never would have thought that we should all add “dust computer” to the cleaning list.
Oh, Kristopher.