This fan is not ok...

[da na]

Found on Ebay.

PSA: Clean your fans

[Action_Johnson]

I'm sure whomever is selling that totally doesn't have a disgusting house.

 

I have found that cleanliness of computer internals is directly correlated to how clean people keep their living situations. 

 

[CommanderAlex]

2 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

I'm sure whomever is selling that totally doesn't have a disgusting house.

 

I have found that cleanliness of computer internals is directly correlated to how clean people keep their living situations. 

 

100% on that one!!!

[CarlBar]

29 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

Found on Ebay.

PSA: Clean your frickin fans

 

What fans? /s

[MadAnt250]

38 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

Found on Ebay.

Lol, they should at least clean it before trying sell it for more than what it's worth.

[Rocketdog2112]

That's a pass. Not only for how filthy it is, but I imagine it's probably been overheated a time or two.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

That's a pass. Not only for how filthy it is, but I imagine it's probably been overheated a time or two.

No one should be unironically buying GTX 550Tis these days

 

And yes mate I know, I still have one in my rig. 

[Bombastinator]

I don’t wanna to near that thing.  There’s no telling what is living in it

[Rocketdog2112]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

No one should be unironically buying GTX 550Tis these days

You would be surprised, or maybe it was just me. When I first got into toying with desktops at the ripe age of 51, i would buy older cards,ram and CPU's just learning to upgrade older rigs. The parts were cheap and if i toasted something, no big loss.

[Bombastinator]

48 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

No one should be unironically buying GTX 550Tis these days

 

And yes mate I know, I still have one in my rig. 

I thought that trend of misusing the word ironic was dead and gone.  There was this whole thing about “ironic” t-shirts and stuff, but the problem Was that isn’t what the word means.  They weren’t ironic they were sarcastic. 

[Mooshi]

A can of air isn't that expensive..

[Sarra]

4 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

No one should be unironically buying GTX 550Tis these days

 

And yes mate I know, I still have one in my rig. 

rofl I have an old 550 TI living in my transcode/storage/print server box right now. It has a brand new Noctua 92mm case fan strapped to it, because the stock fans died many years ago, and this was better than anything else I could think of to get it back working (using SpeedFan to control the fan's speed based on GPU temp).

[big oof 1]

On 12/8/2020 at 5:53 PM, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

Found on Ebay.

PSA: Clean your fans

i mean 40 bucks is a pretty good deal i found exactly the same amount on amazon for about double the price https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Manure-Based-Mushroom-Substrate/dp/B07CSQPWG3/ref=sr_1_26?dchild=1&keywords=gardening+dirt&qid=1607639657&sr=8-26

[Rocketdog2112]

I think I bought the keyboard that went with that system...

 

[spwath]

I bought a computer from 1978 i had to clean a mouse nest with dead mice out of.

[WhitetailAni]

On 12/8/2020 at 5:58 PM, Action_Johnson said:

I have found that cleanliness of computer internals is directly correlated to how clean people keep their living situations. 

I disagree.

I have a clean room and a messy PC interior for two reasons:

1. My office gets dusty

2. My case is horrible for cable management

[Letgomyleghoe.]

3 hours ago, spwath said:

I bought a computer from 1978 i had to clean a mouse nest with dead mice out of.

So something like this?

[Action_Johnson]

34 minutes ago, Letgomyleghoe. said:

So something like this?

Jesus Christ on a crutch

[spwath]

1 hour ago, Letgomyleghoe. said:

So something like this?

The whole thing was just filled with fluffy nest material, with a few hard dead mice in it

[514_AppleGuy]

Speaking of awkward fans, my 2020 MacBook Air has a "cooling fan" that appears to draw and exhaust air from the same place, while also being completely isolated from the CPU heatsink. How in the name of f@ck is that supposed to cool the CPU? There's no heatpipe anywhere. 

[Action_Johnson]

26 minutes ago, 514_AppleGuy said:

Speaking of awkward fans, my 2020 MacBook Air has a "cooling fan" that appears to draw and exhaust air from the same place, while also being completely isolated from the CPU heatsink. How in the name of f@ck is that supposed to cool the CPU? There's no heatpipe anywhere. 

Because .00034mm thinner

 

Don't you know? Apple knows all....

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

What sort of degenerate lists something to sell in that state?

[514_AppleGuy]

10 hours ago, Action_Johnson said:

Because .00034mm thinner

 

Don't you know? Apple knows all....

The MacBook Pro has a function heatpipe that actually lets the fan cool the CPU, this decision in the MacBook Air truly puzzles me. I'll try and get in touch with an Apple HW Engineer, I'll report back if I find out anything.

[Minicoop]

Atleast according to Wikipedia this is the definition of refurbished

Quote

Refurbishment is the distribution of products (generally electronics) that have been previously returned to a manufacturer or vendor for various reasons, not sold in the market or new launch of a product. Refurbished products are normally tested for functionality and defects before they are sold to the public. They are repaired by the original manufacturer and resold.

 

TELL ME WHEN AND WHERE THIS THING WOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED AND/OR REPAIRED?!?!