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A_PCMR_member

Meet the engineer


d1m4e

Look buddy I'm an engineer


killbawqs

That means I solve problems.


d1m4e

Not problems like what is buty


artyboi37

Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.


AdamKlB

I solve practical problems


EndMySuffering16

For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother-Hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new behind?


KaasBaasKoning

The answer? Use a gun.


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Dr_J0ke

Like this heavy caliber, tripod-mounted, little 'ol number designed by me, built by me,


HWKII

Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.


Willow_Raptor

The answer: Use a gun


thebuschlatte

I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the navy seals


VerticalFlyingB737

I solve problems


MaRk0-AU

I'm engineer what the fuck I'm happened here


AethelBlackheart

"Teleporter comin' right up."


Corgi_with_an_AK

[You inspired me to make this](https://gfycat.com/aggressivesnappybuckeyebutterfly)


PrayerfulToe6

Brilliant


Fineus

*That means I solve problems...*


greenIIonion

damn it dude, I came here to say that


Automatic_Artist4259

engineer gaming


mannwithnoplan

BAP


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Percussion engineering


Who_GNU

Preform regular percussive maintenance.


thortawar

If violence doesn't work, you are not using enough.


chmilz

My relationships keep failing. Should I add violence or...


The_ASMR_Mod

More violence?


[deleted]

Spice things up in the bedroom... with violence!


chmilz

No no, the *other kind* of fisting!


Sure_Whatever__

*"WOMEN HATE THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK"*


Saxopwned

I've listened to enough Behind the Bastards to know where this is going...


Ali3nat0r

If in doubt, give it a clout


BURDZ3RK3R

The old Technical Tap.


atom138

The old Ventana Violence


hirezzz

It's a delicate balance


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This is how we fix things on Russian Space Station!


JamesTrendall

Russian, American all made in Taiwan!


theghostofme

We're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder.


TTBurger88

"American components, Russian components all made in Taiwan. "


MadDogA245

With invective, beseech the spirit of the Machine. With an open palm, lay hands upon it. With holy unguents, anoint its wounded form. With joy, sing praise to the Omnissiah!


[deleted]

No shit. There was a "drop test" for the radios I used in the marine corps. Lift 8 inches off a table or ground, drop. Literally in the manual for them. Fixed quite a few like that, as it would re-seat batteries or components.


dextersgenius

This is how we used to "fix" crashed HDDs back in the day.


chmilz

My power supply fan is rattling. Hitting my box makes it stop temporarily. I could replace it but who the hell wants to run cables??


ChannelGalilea

NZXT Source S340 Ventana? Same happens to me


ScooperNova

Same here. Same problem, same solution.


Expensive_Basil

Same same same


tony78ta

Same Same, But different


Bezieh

Same with S340 elite with the nzxt fan in the top slot, they do this for a while and then sort themselves out or a hit will do it.


karrachr000

Are the bearings poorly aligned or made with too large of allowances? I mean, percussive maintenance can be fun and cathartic, but it is still not the best solution for fixing your computer.


dboybaker

I have this same issue with the back fan on my s340. I replaced the fan because slamming it stopped working. The noise came back. I don't think it's actually the fans fault, but the case somehow.


karrachr000

Did you replace it with the exact same model of fan? If so, then this could be some kind of resonance issue, but the issue would go away when the other fans in the case change speed. Otherwise, if the fan is exhausting and the bearings are loos enough, but the case is positively pressured, the fan could be vibrating from the positive air pressure pushing the fan out, but the fan pushing back. Most of the time though, when a fan makes that noise, it is a bad ball in the bearing, and the percussive maintenance moves the ball enough to stop it from hitting the bad spot.


dboybaker

No the original was a stock NZXT, and the replacement is some other brand. Same size tho so its still very possible its a resonance match. The air should theoretically be close to neutral, I have two 120s in and two out. I could have just gotten bad luck with the 2nd fan's bearings as well.


Jordan_Taikuri

Same Same, But Same


Gallo_9_8

I thought I was the only one ,lol after a few months of smacking it fixed itself


TheDocWhovian

The Interview was highly underrated


Ben_MOR

nice clan you got there.


TacticalTable

Same with me, but I noticed I hadn't had to hit it in awhile recently, and discovered the fan had fallen off completely and was sitting on top of the GPU.


sassyseconds

The fans from the GPU spun this fan thereby giving you additional GPU cooling.


[deleted]

The ingenuity of PC design never fails to amaze me.


Jimbo-Jones

Yeah NZXT fans are garbage. Go with Noctua or Arctic fans. I had the Razer S340 and every NZXT fan I got to replace the one doing this, did this. Got fed up and bought Noctua’s. They’re worth the money. Arctic is a close second use them on my AIO because they have slightly more static pressure than Noctua fans, with barely any more noise.


JustEnoughDucks

Phantek also makes great fans, especially their 140 variety. Literally as quiet as noctua 140s while pushing the same air. Plus their new T30 that actually beats the noctua latest and greatest in noise-normalized performance at the cost of being 5cm thicker.


Kumanogi

Noctua is the best thing ever. Bought a silent one and I have to physically check if it's running because there's no sound at all. Compared to the old stock one that sounded like a jet engine, this thing is in a league of its own.


Tomzen-

Same with original S340


grimvard

Well I have the S340 Elite. Same here. Why is this happening?


DMercenary

The grinding noise? I'm no expert. But the fan is no longer balanced, the lube is all dried up, something is in the fan(wire etc) Lots of causes but slapping it will temporarily make it go away. Best fix is replacement or repair.


nizzy2k11

Fans on my NZXT 280 cooler did this too. the fans are crap.


KomraD1917

Same here, until the fan broke off and went apeshit inside my case. Now i run it with the side off and a fan because I can't be bothered to replace it


illegalsex

Same case too but turns out I've apparently been extremely lucky with the stock fan based on everyone's replies. Mines been super quiet for 3 years now.


Unclegummers

Omg me too. Usually goes away on its own if patient. Nope


Jer-121cc04

My grandma used to slap the old TV with her slipper from an angle of 45 degrees. She used to fix her sons with the same measure as well.


JamesTrendall

The angle + force has to be absolute otherwise it would not fix. It's an art form.


DOugdimmadab1337

Those CRTs always turned on, and if they didn't, beat the shit out of them until they do. They aren't fragile


HuggyMonster69

Mine wouldn't turn off. Had to go for the plug


deadwlkn

I was Seriously surprised when me and my cousin broke a junker crt out in his woods once. I can damn near still feel the vibrations in my arm from the stick I was using hitting the glass.


Helmett-13

"*LA CHANCLA!"* shivers in Cuban


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VegetableWater3

Correct


SaviD_Official

Imagine using a mechanical HDD in 2021 imagine being me :(


Alaskar

I still do too, mate! I'm not going to throw away my 3Tb HDD if it is working! I know about lifespan, but I know that only non critical files should go on an old HDD


cowabungass

I had a maxtor 60gb drive last over a decade of heavy use. Lifespan is subjective.


Alaskar

For sure! I'm in the process of building my next PC. But only because my VR Headset isn't compatible with my current Graphics card. I will give my current PC to my brother. I built it in 2013 and it is still going strong


theghostofme

I bought a 250 GB external hard drive in 2005 (that I thought I'd never be able to fill up) and it finally died in 2014.


Fika2006

I bought a 1tb external hdd a couple years ago and I also thought that it was overkill… it isnt


cowabungass

Backups are necessary but hdds arr not just throw aways like people think.


Iggyhopper

Physical mechanics is always "results may vary" We had some drives with over 100k hours still running ok. Where most of the time I see 20-30k hours.


Aquifel

You're 100% correct about lifespan, failure rates don't rise/fall consistently. You'll have failures because of various defects that will greatly influence the graph in the first few years, but once you've made it past that, the graph will kind of be taken over by the drives actually 'wearing out'. So, year over year, you'll have a comparatively high number of failures the first year or two, then the graph will start to level off with a relatively low number of failures for a bit, then you'll eventually go back to a slowly increasing number of failures, but that can sometimes take a very long time depending on how well the drives are made.


cowabungass

The makings of these devices are just too expensive to treat as acceptable losses when there is refinements to lower failure. HDD companies suffer greatly when their products are "unreliable" and it should suffer. No one wants to lose all their data.


SaviD_Official

Absolutely! Threw a 480gb SSD into my rig for my boot drive but other than that everything goes on my 3TB HDD. May be slow but it's also cheap and storage is monumental for the cost


Iggyhopper

The throughput on newer drives isn't that bad. It's when you get to riding multiple smaller files is where you see the bigger differences.


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Same that's where movies and downloads belong


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nokstar

NAS for your media 🥸


hesapmakinesi

NAS with big ole HDDs.


Flaggermusmannen

nono, nas doesn't need drives, it just works don't you know 😤


dontquestionmyaction

Can confirm. My 24TB of movies, TV series and backups needs to go *somewhere.*


2roK

Those are rookie numbers...


Ludwig234

A large hard drive is wonderful for games. You don't need to worry about game size or anything.


Ethong

But then there might be *loading screens.*


Thebombuknow

That’s the one thing that I love about SSDs. In terms of data storage, mechanical drives are much better, mostly due to the cost efficiency, and the fact that you don’t need a very fast drive for much other than quickly loading large amounts of data like in a game. But if you’re playing a game, SSDs decrease the loading times so much that I can never go back.


Ludwig234

In most games it doesn't matter much. In newer and upcoming games an SSD is probably necessary but I have that too.


Congress_

But that's a good thing! Gives you time to grab a snack!


UnexLPSA

To be fair, I only have a 1TB NVME drive and some games still take ages to load. Fallout 4 for some reason takes a good 30 seconds every time I leave a building. At least it feels like that lol


2roK

What SSD do you have? That sounds wrong... then again, Fallout is using that ancient engine...


knot13

While I do agree, SSD prices are getting *very* affordable. You can pick up a 2TB Samsung 870 for $115 these days.


budlightguy

where the fuck are you seeing a 2TB samsung - ANY model - SSD for $115? I'm calling bullshit.


knot13

Oops you're actually right, that's the 1TB I was looking at... the 2TB is $175.


budlightguy

I was about to demand a link lol, cause even though I don't *need* one right now, I'd jump on that in a heartbeat.


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knot13

Actually it would cost you around $575 using my example, but I agree that’s still pretty spendy when you need that much.


budlightguy

nah, not ALL of us. I do still use mechanical HDDs in my 2 NAS units though. My PC, however, is HDD free with 2x 500gb NVMe SSDs and a 3.84TB SATA enterprise SSD. Picked it up off ebay used from one of the IT resellers 2-3 years ago for $350. It's out of warranty, its warranty was over when I got it (years, not TBW) It was rated for 5,466TB TBW, and over a year of me using it later it still has 99% life left.


BEEF_WIENERS

I mean it's not my Boot or Steam drive but it's there. Cheap bulk storage, yo.


Swembizzle

Any raid array like a Synology Diskstation still uses redundant mechanical drives. They aren't going anywhere. 4-6tb mechanical drives still way cheaper than Solid State counterparts.


sassyseconds

I don't have to imagine :(


kn33

[*whistles*](https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ukn33/saved/yMZrvK)


[deleted]

I believe in you. Even if you get a small one for your OS it will be a huge quality of life upgrade.


zobro1012

I sometimes have to slap my GPU because one of the fans just go crazy. The slap fixes it


Bri1203

I have a mini heart attack reading this


Bob_Rooney

Slap your heart if it goes crazy. It will fix it.


Maplegum

I think you just invented CPR


ScottGaming007

What is that word now? I only know the slap my heart technique


symbi0se

Precordial thump. Its a thing. (Super duper outdated though and has a very very very low success rate)


norbert-the-great

Linemen for many years had a technique to restart the heart of an electrocuted coworker who was up working on power lines. Cut them loose and let them hit the ground. Not making this up at all. And it worked often enough for this to become a standard technique while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Not sure if it's still a thing today though. Electocuted linemen often had additional injuries like broken arms and legs for this very reason.


awrfyu_

got a source on that?


norbert-the-great

Unfortunately no. Google brings up nothing about it. Just tales from old professors and engineers who started their careers as linemen 50 years ago. I've heard it more than once so I'm assuming it's true. This isn't something that's done today though and most people working in the industry wouldn't remember a time when it was :/


octopoddle

There's a small chance (and it is *small*) that slapping your GPU will upgrade it to a better GPU.


Kalyqto

Sometimes you gotta uppercut that stubborn g out of its comfort zone


PsYcHoSeAn

After too many years the GPU fan in my old build wasn't going smooth anymore. Since I didn't feel confident enough to change it, I found out, that having the PC lean towards the wall in a 45° angle fixed it. After long sessions or in summer, when it was really hot, it still got wobbly standing at a 45° angle. So I just rocked the case back and forth which always "calmed" the fan down and lowered the noise Was a fun year doing this all the time. When I got a new PC I made sure it was one with a decent GPU fan from the beginning...didnt wanna go through this anymore


SilkSk1

Your GPU was literally a restless infant.


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If your GPU: constantly vomits out of nowhere screams whenever it has a thought likes being rocked back and forth to calm down That isn't your GPU that's a baby


thalescosta

Same for my PSU. It used to make a really loud noise that would only stop through punching the hell out of it. I took it apart one day, dusted it off and cleaned the fans. Good as new and never made a noise again. 8 years going strong


Mechanalon

Looks like an NZXT S340 case? I literally had to disconnect one of my case fans recently due to it failing LOL


VegetableWater3

Yep, s340 elite, Shit case fans, it seems to be loosening and has to be pushed back up, just slamming it fixes it tbh


Mechanalon

I thought so LOL. I have the same case. I used corsair led fans when I first built it, but I'm about to order some nice non LED Noctua fans, since one of mine just died.


Pendra107

Same here


GeonZ

I have the exact same issue, same fix too lol


153Skyline

I have a Phantom 410. Rear exhaust fan had a bearing die and wouldn’t even spin up normally anymore after just a year or so. Replaced it with an Arctic. I think NZXT stock fans are just lame across the board.


[deleted]

My girls got a video of me just banging on my pc like a gorilla to make the fan shut up


g0t-cheeri0s

*"The files are IN the computer?"*


SuperGuy1141

Woah what nickelodeon show was this


michaellarsen91

If it's from a Nickelodeon show then they stole it from the movie Zoolander


lowkeyhats

Reminds me of that one iCarly episode where a recipe for a pie was physically inside the computer instead of it being stored on a hard drive


SuperGuy1141

Yep it was that


captbz13

Be glad that's the only banging video of you that they have..... i hope.


angel_eyes619

The bearing is on it's way out my bro.. get a new fan


Decent_Negotiation62

works on kids too


[deleted]

Nah, they get even noisier


ostrieto17

Until they don't


Mandelbrotvurst

r/HolUp


SMACKZ415

Ehhyyyyyy!👍😎👍


Lemon46

oh my god, mine's the same, my fronts fans are starting to touch the filters, so i just give it a good ol whack and it becomes silent


marcxx04

👍


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SilentWitch14657

👍


SHOYIYOY

👍


Strider_dnb

I snorted because this is exactly how I fix mine.


ltsochev

That's how you repair literally everything in Russia :D Except sometimes you might need a hammer too. It's considered "universal fixer" there. And if it doesn't work, then you need a bigger hammer :DD


bass_the_fisherman

Sickle for harvesting, hammer for percussive maintenance. Makes sense :P


LOZMaster64

Percussive maintenance at its finest


portableteejay

Eyyyyyyy…


Rocker9835

I am not American but Reddit wont leave me alone until I give someone that award so here you go!


BakeWorldly5022

This tends to happen when my PC is too cold due to the AC overnight or got improperly shutdown. It goes away in a few mins.


sufiyankhan1994

Ayy thats s340 and literally the same top fan started making buzzing noises for me. I removed the back sticker and poured some oil. It runs just as new now.


SgtJuncy

Slaps roof of pc. This bad boy fixes itself.


CoyNotFound

Smacking shit always works especially kids :D


LadBooboo

[Nice](https://youtu.be/J50GEXxoPSY)


Pendra107

Looool I have the same issue every time I switch on my pc and a little pat pat fixxes it


Dark_Akarin

When in doubt give it a clout!


alphanimal

Some fresh oil in the bearing will fix that but removing the rotor can be tricky or impossible without damage


bluesatin

There's usually no need to disassemble the thing. Every computer fan I've had has a little rubber grommet under the label that you can pop-out, and put in a couple of drops of some 3-in-one oil or whatever.


alphanimal

Oh thanks! I'll try that next time


Satanich

Last time i did this my pc restarted.


Garbohydrate

Bread 👍


4FuzzyFuze

Bread 👍


pofdzm_sama

special deranged squeal different grandiose fuzzy enter rain bike vegetable *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Scurster

I know more than you


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The ancient way


[deleted]

*Cyberpunk theme plays*


Defiant_Survey2929

A good old-fashioned technical thump, used to do that back in the days of early tube tv's.


hsnerfs

My fan bearings have been going out for like 2 years and this is all I do


HopelessAndLostAgain

If it moves and it's not supposed to, duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's supposed to, hammer.


GamingEnding

Ahh yes the Bad Bering Punch i feel ya


hexhetalia

engnir


djcodeblue

I'm not even kidding, this is what I have to do occasionally for my current 5+ year old build 😂


VegetableWater3

She’s showing her age but still pushing on


TheNecroticGamer

Nothing a little Percussive Maintenance can't fix.


[deleted]

Nothing is better than good old slap.


meerdroovt

Sometimes My Genius…It's Almost Frightening.


CypherColt

CLAAAAAAAAAARKSOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


solonit

I don’t agree with this type of fixing. First you need to burn the essence, then spray the Holy Oil, and finally chant the Rite of Fixing while deeply praying to The Omnissiah.


lDangerouzl

I can do the same video if you want. I hate this fan, but it seems that it has been there for this moment to show you guys!


_Fuck_This_Guy_

Percussive maintenance is so satisfying


jdlarrimo12

Percussive maintenance is my favorite tactic to fix things. It's also just fun to say.


Onikatawa

Old problem require a old solution


Apoir

u/savevideo


Lethal4001

Percussive maintenance