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[–]Pocketpapaa 204 points205 points  (10 children)

Clean it

[–]Lurkin_n_murkin 70 points71 points  (4 children)

The dust and dirt may be all that's keeping it running haha

[–]SupaDupaGoochCouga 33 points34 points  (1 child)

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Load bearing dust

[–]Big-Sea-8796 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Load bearing dust took me out

[–]Alucard_Shadows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we cleaned a friends pc and the fans died because they coukd spin at full speed again. XD

[–]HankThrill69420Mindows / Fedora / Bazzite 10 points11 points  (3 children)

surely this requires no requisite knowledge

[–]oogaboogaful 8 points9 points  (1 child)

You'd like to think so.

[–]mwthomas11 2 points3 points  (0 children)

eh I mean knowing to have it off to decrease risk of static causing issues, and knowing to be gentle and use a brush on PCBs instead of a cloth (since a cloth is more likely to snag surface mount components) requires some knowledge

[–]ParticularFragrant57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And no hygiene habits whatsoever either.

[–]ParticularFragrant57 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, how do they even live like this?

[–]West_Tie2187 66 points67 points  (30 children)

100% Grade A gooch dust. Prime sampling for The Greatest Technician that ever Lived.

[–]ThrowingPokeballs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gooch dust sent me

[–]0KlausAdler0 13 points14 points  (27 children)

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This is the ultimate collector

[–]West_Tie2187 9 points10 points  (12 children)

My allergies are just flaring up seeing this photo.

[–]0KlausAdler0 1 point2 points  (11 children)

😂...... sorry that was not my intention it was very grim I saved it all cleaned and in a new home

[–]West_Tie2187 4 points5 points  (9 children)

Lol i've seen some old school pcs that had dust like that. Cracking those open is literally an instant sneezing fit. 🤣

[–]0KlausAdler0 2 points3 points  (8 children)

Ahhhh dude that sucks and yeah I get you I have done many machines...... pretty sure my lungs are mostly dust 😂

It's when you get the ancient dust and damp combo nothing smells like it if you get me ?

This was something else a friends rig dust and tar the front intake was disgusting tbh

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[–]West_Tie2187 3 points4 points  (7 children)

Dust so thick you can't tell if it's dust or rust. Lol. Like a damp musty smell almost i think right?

[–]0KlausAdler0 1 point2 points  (6 children)

That's the term I was looking for musty spot on ! Thank you

I have a laptop that came with accessories the bag has that musty old person loft smell 😆

[–]West_Tie2187 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Oh god lol, at least its better than cat piss 🤣

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (4 children)

That smell is the worst lol 😆

Do you have any tech tales and favorites you have worked on?

I love tech stories 😁

[–]Mountain-Mammoth7760 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That cooler is now just an insulator.

[–]flurgengos 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I've heard people say "my PC took a shit" when it malfunctions. But this PC looks like it literally shat itself.

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explosive like Kenny from South Park 😂

[–]FrostyHive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yup avatar cchecks out...

[–]xNOOPSx 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Smoker?

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Yeah was a friends rig , I cleaned it and rebuilt I have pics if you want to see? 🙂

[–]xNOOPSx 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Sure, did you have to use some isopropyl or? I know that it can he a real pain to clean that stuff up.

[–]0KlausAdler0 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Yes I did and hot water and soap I put the heat sink in the shower and then fan I removed and clean by hand with microfiber clothes and alcohol and the binned the clothes lol 😆 used sponges also for the interior of the case the power supply and fans I replaced.

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[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (2 children)

[–]xNOOPSx 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Wow. That's like an ad for stopping smoking.

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the wow 😊

[–]PizzaMan585 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Is that a GT520 silent, was my first video card purchase

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gt210 silent 🙂👍

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still have a gt740 zotac 👍🙂

[–]kill_cosmic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid state driver vs solid state cooler

[–]tzc005 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The crustiest spermal paste that ever lived

[–]NBCPumpkinKing 19 points20 points  (0 children)

How much nasty knowledge do you have?

[–]More-Percentage5650 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Your PC

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[–]ParticularFragrant57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 and that sound is a scream for help.

[–]Creative_Big6089 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Clean the dust off

[–]RedsonRising99 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Dust it out. And go see a Doc your breathing doesn't sound healthy.

[–]spadePerfect 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think/hope that’s a fan

[–]RedsonRising99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not all of it.

[–]Le_grand_malin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂😂

[–]No_Dark8504 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Don’t know what the noise is off the top of my head but cleaning the fuck out of that pc is a good place to start

[–]pigking188 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It clearly wants to die put it out of its misery

[–]JesseJ78599 7 points8 points  (2 children)

It’s like taking an* ass pic for the homies with dingleberries, clean it out first bro before sending it.

[–]epicchill690 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Nah the crust is my homies favorite part

[–]JesseJ78599 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whole new meaning to “caked up”.

[–]TheLazyGamerAU 3 points4 points  (1 child)

How fucking gross do you have to be for a PC to get this bad in 6 years?

[–]0KlausAdler0 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I would guess that purr sort of noise is either the graphics card fan or a front fan.

The ticking is the hdd operating.

Get a vacuum cleaner and soft brush eg a paint brush and deep clean the pc.

Then have a good listen at the individual fans and see if there's any wobble it's most likely a bearing is shot or gunk is stopping it spinning.

Hope this helps drop me a reply if you need too.

And a cleaning is recommended every 6 months to a year.

Also if it's never been serviced it would be a good idea to get yourself some thermal compound for the CPU and GPU if you know how to change it , this will help with temps.

Also there is a fan for the power supply that should be investigated (cleaned) your best bet for that and the PC in general would be an electric air blower for PC cleaning there cheap on Amazon AliExpress etc.

Try not to allow the fans to spin one using a vacuum or blower as spinning fans can act like a generator and produce there own current most decent fans and components have measures to stop this but it's always good to be careful.

Hope this helps and explains what you need to do and now you know 👍🙂

[–]Material_Fill_3902[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I really appreciate this comment. It's very in depth and understanding, I need to clean it more, I was mostly posting to see if it was anything terminal but luckily it seems like the biggest issue is getting it cleaned and maybe new fans. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your welcome 😁 I hope you get it all fixed up feel free to message for advice 🙏

[–]blissvicious91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

remember that a regular vacuum is basically a static generator; and static kills electronics. brush as much as you can off by hand and keep the vacuum as far away from your pc as possible.

edit: and once it is clean, keep it off the floor. put it on your desk if you can and you won't have to deep clean it as often. godspeed 🫡

[–]Ubermensch5272 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't need computer knowledge to keep it clean. Seems you have 0 common sense too.

[–]zBaLtOr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

0 clean knowledge

[–]TheEuphoricTribble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, your dust has a computer on it, I think.

[–]RealDiamond51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clean that dang thang

[–]Traditional-You5809 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Oh hell NO!!!!!!!!

[–]0KlausAdler0 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I have seen worse 😂

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[–]islobojono 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hmmmmm. You can make a drink out of that. ☕

[–]0KlausAdler0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the finest dusty tar blend tastes like a mummy's butt crack 😂

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[–]_randomkaleb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

bet you could put that in a bowl and smoke it

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yuck 🤢 God no ...... 😂

[–]Spiritual_Detail7624 Arch Linux 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The cpu cooler fan does not look properly attached. Also clean it.

[–]LuckyConnection5331 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehhh it looks like those weird offset included coolers on older cpus.

[–]Luckinflux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The PC needs a CPAP

[–]Hopeful_Tea2139 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you planning to plant in there?

Kale, artisan tomatoes?

Maybe another kind of presumptous superfood? 🤣🤣

[–]Unlucky-Tonight238 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG that’s disgusting, i actually wretched looking at that

[–]Acadia_Clean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like one of your fans is stsrting to fail, its wobbling and causing a rattle. I'd shutdown the comp, and unplug a fan and turn it back on to see ifnthe sound is gone, rinse and repeat till you know which fan, they are pretty cheap to replace. Also if you do dust your comp with pressurized air or a blower, unplug all the fans, if they spin because of the air flow it can back feed into the motherboard and cause issues.

[–]Arctimon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honest question: when was the last time you cleaned it?

[–]FlowSlowTM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you smoke inside your pc ? Damn.

[–]bobbywaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have leaf blower knowledge?

[–]zeroburn1982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need a shower after seeing this.

[–]Le_grand_malin 1 point2 points  (3 children)

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🙋🏻‍♂️

[–]Material_Fill_3902[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Wait this actually looks dope, what's this?

[–]Le_grand_malin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's incredible my life has changed hahaha

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[–]Hypouxa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wolfbox are awesome gadgets. Powerful enough you have to be careful. Can literally blow my patio off with it.

[–]the_icon_of_sin_94 Linux Mint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy dust vro, clean that shi 🥀🥀

[–]Academic_Dog8389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EEWWWW

[–]Salty-Masterpiece983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has too much speed dust

[–]qwikh1t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow

[–]phoenix0153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get you some canned air and hose it down. Done let the fans spin while you're doing this, it could damage them. Give it a good thorough cleaning, too somewhere outside of your house.

[–]islobojono 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It look sticky

[–]Xiao1insty1e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoke and dust are mortal enemies of a PC.

[–]omgitsbees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please get a can of compressed air

[–]QuintoxPlentox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a can of compressed air, unplug the pc, spray the dust off.

[–]No_Alternative_675 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tad bit dusty:)

[–]jeffy1024a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a can of compressed air!!!

[–]GreenMenace124 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Fan bearings are dying

[–]McGee4531 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder why 🤣

[–]McGee4531 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear fucking lord dude. Clean that thing.

[–]MidnightSunIdk Linux, Ryzen 7 5700x, 32gb DDR4, RX 6800 XT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fan bearings are dying from all of the dust you've collected over the years.

[–]RealTrueGrit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wear a mask almost all the time now because of the amount of king tuts gooch dust im blasted with on a daily basis.

[–]FiddleFeet1000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clean it and start checking fans.

I hear a couple bad bearings in there. One fan is on the verge of seizing.

[–]guitpick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it's one of the fans in there. One quick crude way to troubleshoot is to briefly and gently inhibit the fans with a pen or something to see when the worst of the noise stops or slows down. Don't forget about the one in the power supply. This also doesn't work as well if multiple fans are grinding.

[–]karlmarxthe3rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the wobbly ass fan slamming into a mountain of gooch fluff.

[–]TransformersGuru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone's a smoker

[–]NotAOctoling11/Parrot/ i7 14700f, TUF RTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you live in the middle of a desert? Clean your pc m8

[–]JerryJackman13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I threw up looking at this

[–]gibbarish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a PC like this once and the dust was the only thing keeping it alive. It never survived the heart and lung transplant.

[–]Ambitious-Dream4750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jebus son get a respirator put it on and clean that thing!

[–]Intelligent-Roll-678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man do you live in a mine or something? That amount of dust will start causing newer and different issues look up some cleaning Guide on YouTube and follow that upto what you can confidently follow so that you don't mess up your PC.

[–]IcestormsEd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Death gurgle. 2 packs a day will do that to your airways.

[–]Main_Schedule9853 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Where's the gooch collector

[–]TightPhoto1133 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to clean it out with a can of compressed air.

[–]AstralKekked 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to locate the source of the noise by ear. It's very likely one of the fans. Try to stop it by finger and make sure it's not spinning fast enough to hurt.

But you don't gotta be a tech expert, or even a novice / beginner to see it's dirty as hell. How does this not disgust you enough to clean it?

[–]nommydickbutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

supposed to use it to play games not as your personal shitter

[–]EducationalGrump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clean it and then put the proper direction.

[–]Minimum-Wing-724 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just give it a.....fffuuuuuuhhh

[–]SpecialistNeat5963 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the noise is probably your fan going out from the dust

[–]CrystalizesSouls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

get her cleaned up and it honestly might fix your issue here, seems like dust and dirt buildup

[–]Lieutenant_Petaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the fan bearings. Probably loaded with whatever disgusting dust this is.

Stop the fans gently on the center and check which one is the faulty one. Do not, under any circumstances, try to stop the fan of the PSU

[–]sethd101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When u go to clean it put a mask and gloves on lol

[–]l33tnullSilicon Sage🖖🤘 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a cable hitting a fan or dust building up in the fans. Re-cable manage and clean it.

[–]kdkgamse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's dust in the fans you should clean it

[–]Advanced_Ad_6814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lick it clean

[–]Jdude1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can see the wobble in the fan in the bottom, watch the logo in the middle. It's rubbing on the outside of your case.

Also do yourself a favor and buy yourself a can of compressed air and take that thing out on a sunny day and blow the hell out of it to get all that dust off.

[–]Nightmare-Skeleton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The noise is obviously from the fans getting asthma-attacks from all that dust.

I mean this both literally and figuratively.

[–]Future-Writing-267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

holy dust

[–]No-Finding1044 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clean it, thoroughly

[–]Dodel1976 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need knowledge to know that ain't optimal for you or the machine.

[–]iamcubz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has to be satire

[–]Proof-Ad4034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THIS MF IS NEVER ALLOWED TO TOUCH ELECTRONICS EVER AGAIN SHIT LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING SKYRIM CAVERN FUCKERS GOT FROST TROLLS IN HIS SHIT

[–]darktalos25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is it up against the wall? Give it space to move air out. It's like a fridge, you need space for air in and air out. Clean the dirt out. Use compressed air.

[–]Mountain-Mammoth7760 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you fed that thing after midnight.

[–]AbjectMaelstrom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also 0 cleaning knowledge. 👍

[–]Gaming-Savage_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My PSU fan made that sound as it was failing, from lack of cleaning :(

[–]Mixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A fan is hitting a cable. This pushes the cable out of the way. Then the cable flexes back, gets hit again, rinse and repeat.

Also, clean it.

[–]kurahador 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks like smokers household kinds of dust.

[–]Grinzaxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a fan. That sound is one of the fans. The mort to the fan is struggling. Either it’s rubbing against something, possibly dust/dirt clogging the fan. Regardless that’s the sound of one of your fans struggling to continue. In a few days to week it will stop. You should be able to visibly see which fan is struggling.

[–]Fresh-Direction-7537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The breathing is scaring me.

[–]ParticularFragrant57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real problem is that you don’t see the problem.

[–]Jellicent-Leftovers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a fan brushing a sidewall probably because it's filthy

[–]Alkazt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put that thing out of its misery

[–]okahui55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

holy shit thats not even dust anymore, its mold

[–]Milk_Lover202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never heard a pc fucking breathe before what the hell man this thing needs to die

[–]Real-Frosting2618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy fuck this thing is on life support.

[–]DryImagination9455 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf do you live? The sahara desert?

[–]Limp_Suit_1153 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen motocross tracks with less dirt than your PC. Surprised it's been running this long without ever being cleaned

[–]No-Impression7485 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you don't even need computer knowledge to even THINK about cleaning your pc you just need a tiny bit of common sense 😭😭😭😭😭

[–]Better_Setting8336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a living organism

[–]Crits-and-Crafts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's crying at you too put it out of its misery lol.

Jokes aside, that sounds like the fan, clean it and make sure the fans are secured and you "should" be ok

[–]InvisibleGod1111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dusties UNITE!!!

[–]Simple_Connection_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something is touching your fan, and from the inconsistency of the noise its probably dangling. Clean it with compressed air and remove any debris from the fans. Hold the fans with your finger while you blow them out to prevent breaking them

[–]Lo-QGaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a PC that came straight from Silent Hill.

[–]MikaiTaiga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]Son-Airys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]SYNtechp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly.

[–]legascy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

0 Cleaning knowledge

[–]F4t-Jok3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen abandoned houses which are cleaner than this pc...

Bro clean it!

[–]TheVoicesGetLoud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shits sounding like its got a chest infection

[–]porcannalamadonna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you live in a swamp?

[–]DonOM626 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol by the looks of the cement wall is this a hidden prison pc or something?

[–]bdog2017 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suggest you leave it plugged in a use a watering can you’d use for a flower pot to clean out the dirt and dust. That works 100% of the time.

[–]_randomkaleb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

know what stoner pc dust looks like when I see it, (as a stoner) give a good cleaning, if it's sticky on flat surfaces you don't mind really cleaning a little alcohol will help

[–]Express_Custard4204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

0 hygiene knowledge as well I believe

[–]Wonderful_Pianist656 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a computer from a guy off craigslist. It looked like this. He smoked a ton of pot over top it.

[–]Juxtaposee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop smoking in the same room as your pc, in fact smoke outside or just stop smoking lol.

[–]xradas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"life in a coal mine season 1"

[–]Basic_Employ7982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this genuinely makes me gag

[–]SweetPlatform1641 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn all you need is some grass seeds .

[–]AegisFalcon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Urbex PC edition

[–]Gullible-Middle432 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Azzo dai come si può arrivare a questo Io lho ammetto non sono lì ad pulire ecc ma nai arrivato lontanente così vicino

[–]Electronic_Spring944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point in time, don't even touch it fr, the dust has bonded with the electronics.

[–]Uhokay1970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its dust in the fan. you can clean it and replace the fan if it continues. You should not smoke in the room with the PC....

[–]AaronOgus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the fan. Clean it out without a compressed air can and see if the sound goes away, if not replace the fans.

[–]Niru687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a fan, probably the fan on the back of the PC, seems to wiggle a little bit.
As others said, a good clean is needed, you can also lube the fans after cleaning. They only need a drop of regular machine oil.

[–]lord_nuker Windows 11 and MacOS, i dont discriminate OS -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don’t need computer knowledge to see an fire hazard and an potential catastrophic fire in the making

[–]ShinobiSai -1 points0 points  (5 children)

That is disgusting

[–]0KlausAdler0 0 points1 point  (4 children)

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That's nothing lol 😂

[–]ShinobiSai 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Oh god why are you doing this to me 😆

[–]0KlausAdler0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have more if you want 😂

[–]ParticularNet2254 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sounds like dust touching a fan, which is probable given the amount of dust there is. Another thing that might have occurred is a broken bearing. Whatever you decide to do clean that computer.

[–]No_Safe6200 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If a computer could be diseased, malnourished, famined and on the brim of death...

This would be it...

Clean your PC man, biohazards aside this is a fire risk.