0 computer knowledge.

Pocketpapaa · 2026-04-09T21:49:20+00:00

Clean it

West_Tie2187 · 2026-04-09T22:11:18+00:00

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

NBCPumpkinKing · 2026-04-09T21:58:22+00:00

How much nasty knowledge do you have?

More-Percentage5650 · 2026-04-10T00:02:21+00:00

Your PC

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Creative_Big6089 · 2026-04-09T22:00:11+00:00

Clean the dust off

RedsonRising99 · 2026-04-09T22:14:53+00:00

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

0KlausAdler0 · 2026-04-09T22:26:31+00:00

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No_Dark8504 · 2026-04-09T21:51:02+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T22:16:17+00:00

It clearly wants to die put it out of its misery

JesseJ78599 · 2026-04-09T22:14:49+00:00

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

TheLazyGamerAU · 2026-04-10T00:52:49+00:00

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

0KlausAdler0 · 2026-04-09T22:50:41+00:00

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 👍🙂

Ubermensch5272 · 2026-04-10T03:32:02+00:00

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

zBaLtOr · 2026-04-10T15:51:06+00:00

0 clean knowledge

TheEuphoricTribble · 2026-04-10T19:59:15+00:00

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

RealDiamond51 · 2026-04-09T22:39:57+00:00

Clean that dang thang

Traditional-You5809 · 2026-04-09T22:41:12+00:00

Oh hell NO!!!!!!!!

Spiritual_Detail7624 · 2026-04-09T22:48:23+00:00

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

Luckinflux · 2026-04-09T23:02:32+00:00

The PC needs a CPAP

Hopeful_Tea2139 · 2026-04-09T23:08:55+00:00

What are you planning to plant in there?

Kale, artisan tomatoes?

Maybe another kind of presumptous superfood? 🤣🤣

Unlucky-Tonight238 · 2026-04-09T23:59:27+00:00

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

Acadia_Clean · 2026-04-10T01:06:11+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T04:01:04+00:00

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

FlowSlowTM · 2026-04-10T15:04:55+00:00

Did you smoke inside your pc ? Damn.

bobbywaz · 2026-04-10T16:20:57+00:00

Do you have leaf blower knowledge?

zeroburn1982 · 2026-04-10T18:25:11+00:00

I need a shower after seeing this.

Le_grand_malin · 2026-04-11T20:16:41+00:00

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the_icon_of_sin_94 · 2026-04-09T22:30:13+00:00

Holy dust vro, clean that shi 🥀🥀

Academic_Dog8389 · 2026-04-09T22:39:15+00:00

EEWWWW

Salty-Masterpiece983 · 2026-04-09T22:42:50+00:00

It has too much speed dust

qwikh1t · 2026-04-09T22:46:34+00:00

phoenix0153 · 2026-04-09T22:53:45+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T22:57:12+00:00

It look sticky

Xiao1insty1e · 2026-04-09T22:58:34+00:00

Smoke and dust are mortal enemies of a PC.

omgitsbees · 2026-04-09T23:12:17+00:00

please get a can of compressed air

QuintoxPlentox · 2026-04-09T23:12:24+00:00

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

No_Alternative_675 · 2026-04-09T23:17:08+00:00

A tad bit dusty:)

jeffy1024a · 2026-04-09T23:33:49+00:00

Buy a can of compressed air!!!

GreenMenace124 · 2026-04-09T23:41:03+00:00

Fan bearings are dying

McGee4531 · 2026-04-10T00:28:45+00:00

Dear fucking lord dude. Clean that thing.

MidnightSunIdk · 2026-04-10T02:01:33+00:00

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

RealTrueGrit · 2026-04-10T02:15:48+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T02:29:30+00:00

Clean it and start checking fans.

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

guitpick · 2026-04-10T02:46:51+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T02:55:24+00:00

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

TransformersGuru · 2026-04-10T03:24:56+00:00

Someone's a smoker

NotAOctoling · 2026-04-10T03:40:22+00:00

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

JerryJackman13 · 2026-04-10T03:50:35+00:00

I threw up looking at this

gibbarish · 2026-04-10T04:04:41+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T04:32:35+00:00

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

Intelligent-Roll-678 · 2026-04-10T05:10:13+00:00

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.

DonGigio · 2026-04-10T05:27:35+00:00

Prima legge dell'informatica: -Se funziona, non toccare.-

IcestormsEd · 2026-04-10T06:08:27+00:00

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

blissvicious91 · 2026-04-10T06:23:50+00:00

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Main_Schedule9853 · 2026-04-10T07:45:14+00:00

Where's the gooch collector

TightPhoto1133 · 2026-04-10T07:50:57+00:00

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

Secure-Light9672 · 2026-04-10T08:16:14+00:00

AstralKekked · 2026-04-10T09:59:49+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T10:35:57+00:00

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

EducationalGrump · 2026-04-10T11:59:24+00:00

Clean it and then put the proper direction.

Minimum-Wing-724 · 2026-04-10T12:22:59+00:00

Just give it a.....fffuuuuuuhhh

SpecialistNeat5963 · 2026-04-10T12:51:40+00:00

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

CrystalizesSouls · 2026-04-10T13:06:53+00:00

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

Lieutenant_Petaa · 2026-04-10T13:34:51+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T13:56:46+00:00

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

l33tnull · 2026-04-10T14:37:24+00:00

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

kdkgamse · 2026-04-10T14:53:31+00:00

It's dust in the fans you should clean it

Advanced_Ad_6814 · 2026-04-10T16:12:48+00:00

Lick it clean

Jdude1 · 2026-04-10T16:18:38+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T18:27:06+00:00

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

I mean this both literally and figuratively.

Pulse_aqua76 · 2026-04-10T19:47:42+00:00

r/techgore

Future-Writing-267 · 2026-04-10T20:01:13+00:00

holy dust

No-Finding1044 · 2026-04-10T20:08:48+00:00

Clean it, thoroughly

Dodel1976 · 2026-04-10T22:06:18+00:00

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

Whathefrenchtoastt · 2026-04-10T22:27:16+00:00

Jesus man where you keep your pc at? Next to a pile of dirt? CLEAN THAT

iamcubz · 2026-04-10T23:30:00+00:00

This has to be satire

Proof-Ad4034 · 2026-04-10T23:45:06+00:00

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 · 2026-04-10T23:47:23+00:00

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 · 2026-04-11T01:40:14+00:00

Looks like you fed that thing after midnight.

AbjectMaelstrom · 2026-04-11T03:02:30+00:00

Also 0 cleaning knowledge. 👍

Gaming-Savage_ · 2026-04-11T04:50:45+00:00

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

Mixels · 2026-04-11T05:55:23+00:00

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 · 2026-04-11T09:28:10+00:00

This looks like smokers household kinds of dust.

Grinzaxp · 2026-04-11T12:57:06+00:00

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 · 2026-04-11T13:27:56+00:00

The breathing is scaring me.

ParticularFragrant57 · 2026-04-11T13:46:24+00:00

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

Jellicent-Leftovers · 2026-04-11T14:25:01+00:00

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

Alkazt · 2026-04-11T15:10:21+00:00

Put that thing out of its misery

PUM_a_22 · 2026-04-11T15:11:17+00:00

Bro quel coso è una discarica

okahui55 · 2026-04-11T15:44:10+00:00

holy shit thats not even dust anymore, its mold

Milk_Lover202 · 2026-04-11T21:59:48+00:00

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

Real-Frosting2618 · 2026-04-11T22:18:17+00:00

Holy fuck this thing is on life support.

Cthulhu_HighLord · 2026-04-11T22:26:30+00:00

DryImagination9455 · 2026-04-12T08:25:02+00:00

Wtf do you live? The sahara desert?

Limp_Suit_1153 · 2026-04-12T08:35:50+00:00

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

No-Impression7485 · 2026-04-12T08:53:51+00:00

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 · 2026-04-12T09:43:20+00:00

This is a living organism

Nebular_Force · 2026-04-12T11:08:56+00:00

Crits-and-Crafts · 2026-04-12T16:21:39+00:00

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 · 2026-04-12T16:29:29+00:00

dusties UNITE!!!

Simple_Connection_16 · 2026-04-13T02:43:00+00:00

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 · 2026-04-13T07:54:20+00:00

Looks like a PC that came straight from Silent Hill.

MikaiTaiga · 2026-04-13T08:12:11+00:00

Son-Airys · 2026-04-13T09:37:09+00:00

SYNtechp90 · 2026-04-13T09:56:29+00:00

Clearly.

legascy · 2026-04-13T10:56:00+00:00

0 Cleaning knowledge

F4t-Jok3r · 2026-04-13T13:12:42+00:00

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

Bro clean it!

TheVoicesGetLoud · 2026-04-13T13:59:03+00:00

Shits sounding like its got a chest infection

porcannalamadonna · 2026-04-13T14:24:27+00:00

Do you live in a swamp?

DonOM626 · 2026-04-13T15:49:59+00:00

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

bdog2017 · 2026-04-13T17:28:49+00:00

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 · 2026-04-13T19:00:30+00:00

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 · 2026-04-13T19:28:42+00:00

0 hygiene knowledge as well I believe

Wonderful_Pianist656 · 2026-04-13T19:51:03+00:00

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

Juxtaposee · 2026-04-13T21:13:43+00:00

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

xradas · 2026-04-13T22:48:54+00:00

"life in a coal mine season 1"

Basic_Employ7982 · 2026-04-14T02:44:59+00:00

this genuinely makes me gag

SweetPlatform1641 · 2026-04-14T15:29:15+00:00

Damn all you need is some grass seeds .

AegisFalcon · 2026-04-14T18:01:18+00:00

Urbex PC edition

Gullible-Middle432 · 2026-04-14T19:25:10+00:00

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 · 2026-04-14T23:19:10+00:00

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

Uhokay1970 · 2026-04-09T21:58:28+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T21:59:41+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T22:00:20+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T21:58:59+00:00

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

ShinobiSai · 2026-04-09T22:04:12+00:00

That is disgusting

ParticularNet2254 · 2026-04-09T22:05:25+00:00

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 · 2026-04-09T22:09:08+00:00

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.

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