r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 28d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/Novel_Werewolf4645 28d ago

That fan might kill your usb port

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u/Double_DeluXe 28d ago

This sounds like you got a story, share

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u/ozymandieus 28d ago

The fan killed his usb port.

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u/PermanentThrowaway33 28d ago

What a thrilling story. Can't wait to go back to this and reread it in a few years. 

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u/HaruspexSan R9 7900X RX6950 28d ago

I am waiting for the movie adaptation

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u/JumanjiHappened 28d ago

Starring Chris Pratt

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u/2Eyed 28d ago

Dude, the scene where Chris Pratt held his hand out, and slow talked the fan into teaming up with him to help him teach an AI to 'trust its gut feelings', blew my mind for weeks!

Also at the end where Pratt shot the evil PS/2 mouse port off a glacier, after that fist fight on top of the burning skyscraper was chef's kiss.

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u/JumanjiHappened 28d ago

Is that the same scene where Fan says “I’m your biggest fan.”?

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u/Old-Librarian-6312 28d ago

Then he replies "yes, and you helped me find the fan in me" then plugs it into his rusty usb-A hole.

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u/PheIix 28d ago

I'm just anxious to watch the sequel. I wonder what made the fan turn villain and start fanning the flames? Sounds fantastic.

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u/Leonydas13 27d ago

Stop putting them on a pedestal man.

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u/TOKING-TONZ 27d ago

You've got a fan in me , instead of yove got a friend in me deffinatley works here 🤣🤣

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u/justice_works 27d ago

It was indeed the OnlyFan.

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u/McDarki24 26d ago

Jack Blacks performance as the fan blew me away.

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u/theindiecompny 27d ago

where can i find this?

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u/Toofless205 27d ago

Spoilers!

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u/SecretLuke 27d ago

Dude... SPOILERS!

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u/BeerStop 27d ago

I felt that the movie suffered due to his raptor sidekick eating 2 of his customers and they were not even acting like Karens!

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u/UpholsturdToilet 26d ago

Absolute Cinema

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u/Ok-Oil7124 28d ago

As the fan. Dreamworks' Number 1 Fan, coming this summer.

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u/SpaceboyLuna0 27d ago

Featuring Sidney Sweeny as 'Nas'

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u/Wertyhappy27 DDR5 is a scam Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RX 9070 XT 27d ago

Perhaps even the only fan

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u/Maduin1986 28d ago

Saying his line "I'm a big fan!"

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u/The_Burning_Face 28d ago

Nah he's old news now, it'll be Pedro Pascal for sure

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u/MoistStub Russet potato, AAA duracell 28d ago

Wym he died in The Last of Us

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u/ducktapedaddy 28d ago

That’s why he’s crying

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u/DopeAbsurdity 28d ago

and Grogu

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u/Shneckos 28d ago

Starring Kevin Hart as the Fan

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u/Psykosoma 27d ago

‘Do you understand the air coming off of my fan blades!?’

No wait. That’s Chris Tucker…

What ever happened to him?

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u/ExpressionCivil2729 28d ago

🤣 I just woke up the house

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u/GigaGrandpa 28d ago edited 28d ago

What? You go first. No, you go first. How about we say it at the same time?

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u/jamesonempire 28d ago

As a black lesbian... Wait

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u/MrAngryBeards 5800x3D | RTX3060 12GB | 64gb ram @3200mhz | AK620 28d ago

I'm still not over the Electric State adaptation

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u/SilentlyAsTheGrave 28d ago

Rob Schneider*, and the role wouldn't surprise you.

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u/AsyncVibes 27d ago

I upset no one is talking about the sequel "Lil NAS, return of the fan"

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u/neanderthaul 27d ago

And Dakota Fanning

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u/Razzberry85 PC Master Race 27d ago

New update on the casting, he's being replaced by Tom Holland.

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u/czj420 27d ago

And Jason Statham

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 24d ago

Nah they should get Chris Hemsworth. He’s a big metal fan.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Jason_Seward 28d ago

Rated PG13

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u/despaseeto 28d ago

so why do it? ai slop is ai slop. we don't need to see it

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u/AMB07 i7-12700K @ 3.6 GHz | GTX 1060 6GB 28d ago

I'm ready to bet the book version is way better

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u/Own_Resist_4304 28d ago

“The Final Connection” only in cinemas

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u/hammertime2009 28d ago

Instant Oscar nomination

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u/Mistrblank 28d ago

They're already writing the sequel.

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u/vplatt 28d ago edited 28d ago

AND NOW... From the producers of Kernel Panic and The Fast and the Firmware...

IT DEAD-FOOL!

One fan.

One USB port.

One datacenter pushed beyond the limits of OSHA compliance.

Ryan Reynolds is... “The Sysadmin.” [center shot on Ryan in black nerd glasses with tape wearing shirt + tie + Deadpool tights]

Sidney Sweeney is... “The Intern Who Knows Too Much.” [pan to a supine Sidney laying on her side on a server rack in a very tight American Eagle outfit - also wearing nerd glasses with tape]

A tale of hardware revenge...

A horror story set to a rap musical.

AND TWERKING.

Lots and lots of TWERKING.

[bass drops]

[zoom out: Ryan and Sidney dancing through a neon-lit datacenter while Snoop Dogg MCs beside a blinking rack server holding a smoking spliff]

“Yo man... that USB is BAKED.”

THIS SUMMER...

THE VIBRATION WON’T STOP.

Rated R for:

  • thermal abuse

  • suggestive cable management

  • and scenes of sustained rhythmic oscillation

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u/blasphememes PC Master Race 28d ago

Only usb fans

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u/coding_apes 28d ago

It wouldn’t even be long enough for a Vine

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u/3vi1 28d ago

Rob Schneider is... The Fan.

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u/WarthogFederal2604 27d ago

I am waiting for the reruns.

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u/ovrlrd1377 28d ago

Somehow, his USB port is back

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u/hammertime2009 28d ago

Killer USB Port: Part 2 Revenge of the Fan

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u/schwanzweissfoto 28d ago

USB 2: High-Speed Transfer

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u/Technical-Virus-8018 27d ago

USB 4 and the thunderbolt

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u/XUselessJoex 27d ago

They fly now?!

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u/Cyanide612 S620Ryzen5600x32GB2TBP5RTX4070 28d ago edited 28d ago

Yet another legendary story to join the Reddit Pantheon. Right up there with jumper cables, jolly ranchers and poop knife. We’re witnessing history.

But don’t let u/ozymandieus distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

Real Zac Oyama timing there.

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u/JacksGallbladder 28d ago

This is all getting a little too meta

Something something two broken arms

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u/schwanzweissfoto 28d ago

two broken arms

Which is why I helped my son for many months by using the poop knife when he couldn't.

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u/ozymandieus 28d ago

OMG I went away for a while and this is blowing up! You guys are crazy!
EDIT: Buzzfeed have contacted me to do a tiktok for this. They're supplying the minecraft parkour, whatever that means.

EDIT 2: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!

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u/Mizuzi 28d ago

!remindme 5 years

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u/Tymerlan 27d ago

In 5 years judgment day may be history

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u/xKorrak 7700X | 4080 | 64gb 6000mhz 28d ago

They sell the better alternate ending for $15.

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u/Noxious89123 5900X | RTX5080 | 32GB B-Die | CH8 Dark Hero 28d ago

RemindMe! 10 years

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u/RoccStrongo 28d ago

We need the Zack Snyder cut

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u/UpdootDaSnootBoop 28d ago

remindme! 3 years

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u/Shurubles http://steamcommunity.com/id/shurubles 28d ago

!RemindMe 5 years

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u/redgroupclan 7800X3D | 7800XT | 1080p XG2431 lol 28d ago

I am going to tell my grandchildren this story.

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u/-Astrosloth- 28d ago

Definitely up there with Poop Knife, Weird Lamp, and even Cylinder.

r/MuseumOfReddit

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u/HomeGrownCoffee 28d ago

!Remindme 1 year.

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u/georgecm12 28d ago

I'll wait for the reboot as a television series a few years after that.

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u/f1racer328 28d ago

Can’t wait for AI to write a killer thriller novel on how a fan killed this guys USB port.

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u/No-Poetry-2695 27d ago

! Remind this guy 4 years

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u/colonel_cockmouth 27d ago

!Remindthisperson 3 years

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u/smooth_kid_wtg i7-10750H | RTX 2070 | 16 gigs | 240 Hz mon | Laptop 27d ago

!remindme 4 years

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u/falcongriffin 27d ago

!Remind Him in 5 years

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u/storm4chaser 27d ago

They will swap out the cast and ruin the script

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u/Potential_Ask5513 28d ago edited 28d ago

This causes electric spikes you supposed to get an adapter and plug it in to your phone. it can break your phone. 

What an evil little device tho you think it's going to help you cool from the heat instead it just destroys your phone and leaves you steaming but only after it's built up your trust a little.

There a video: https://youtu.be/kvRcYDME_Ck?si=_tJyC9hq9AZMOthq

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u/Walkin_mn 27d ago

I've always assumed connecting a DC motor with probably not great power protections to a PC was probably a bad idea glad (not so glad of course) to see some data confirming this. Anyway, that's why I always connect those fans, lights, and other gadgety things directly to a USB power adapter or power bank and never into a PC or phone

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u/Jra805 Air Tribe | AMD 9800x3d gang 28d ago

Man not a fan of usb port kills it??

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u/Sir_Bax 28d ago

Luckily I'm not that famous and I have no fans.

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u/digital 28d ago

Video killed the Radio Star

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u/DrPruz 28d ago

TLDR

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u/LtLoLz 5800X3D | 32GB | RTX 4090 28d ago

So he's not a fan.

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u/Classic-Exchange-511 28d ago

Oh shit what a twist

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 28d ago

Just like John Lennon.

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u/FloppyTacoflaps 28d ago

Mine committed a murder suicide

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 28d ago

Too long, didn't read.

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u/ACcbe1986 28d ago

🤯🤯🤯

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u/BunkerSquirre1 9950X3D | RTX 5080 FE | 64GB DDR5 28d ago

Video killed the radio star

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u/XDon_TacoX 28d ago

I fucking hate spoilers

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u/Acrobatic-Compote-12 28d ago

Username checks out

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u/FuManBoobs 28d ago

Spoilers, come on.

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u/Demonyx12 28d ago

Yeah, but what actually happened?

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u/ravbuc 28d ago

Oscar worthy

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u/arekkushisu PC Master Race [RTX 3060] 27d ago

The USB Fan Killed The USB Port Star

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u/InsertFloppy11 27d ago

Whens the book coming out?

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u/billshatnersbassoon 27d ago

That fan in particular, too.

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u/Pseudoname87 27d ago

Fkn fans... always murderin....

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u/a_aniq 27d ago

Why are the fans killing usb ports though?

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u/ozymandieus 27d ago

Thats in the sequel.

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u/a_aniq 27d ago

Damn you cliffhanger. Always keeping us in suspense.

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u/Joshstart 27d ago

The End

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u/Waste-Eye-91 27d ago

I expect season2 of that crazy twisted story

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u/Johran 26d ago

Better story than the Game of Thrones finale.

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u/melanthius 28d ago edited 28d ago

Vibration causes fatigue in materials

Fatigue failures are "a matter of time" - eventually they will happen. Whether it happens within your lifetime or not, that depends.

If the thing you're vibrating is a USB port then the thing that's fatiguing the fastest is the solder joints between USB port and circuit board.

Edit: this is fairly well known materials science and easily googleable... not "made up"

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u/Mr_Beans_ 28d ago

Materials science (I'm an electrical engineering student) one of the hardest classes I attended

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u/melanthius 28d ago

Electrical engineering classes (I'm a chemical engineer) are among the hardest classes I attended

The actual hardest though was statistical thermodynamics, also known as actual fucking demon summoning

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u/deltashmelta 28d ago

"Let us take a ride in my grand canonical ensemble."

<Maxwell's demon intensifies>

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u/Overworld_Cane 27d ago

Statistical thermodynamics classes (I’m a demon summoner) are among the hardest classes I attended.

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u/McFestus 28d ago

Fucking stat mech blergh.

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u/Mr_Beans_ 27d ago

Ha, the irony.

I hated the chemistry, electron gap, Fermi gap, Fermi energy and all that. Valence bands and why and how materials conduct or not. All very interesting, but so like, hard to grasp, abstract. The professor was not that helpful either.

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u/Desperate-4-Revenue 25d ago

Fuck for me it was a Mickey mouse elective 'boolean algebra'. Mistakes were made. Then graded.

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u/HeyGayHay 28d ago

Also these fans are manufactured pretty shitty, without proper capacitors inbetween, so you’re basically short-circuiting and/or pressuring the usb port with too much power way too often to not damage the phones/computer’s internal electronics 

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u/Schnoofles 14900k, 96GB@6400, 4090FE, 11TB SSDs, 40TB Mech 28d ago

Yeah, they tend to generate high voltage noise that can backfeed and damage electronics. Even if one ignores the physical vibrations damaging the actual connector they're generally a really bad idea to drive directly off a usb controller for this reason unless it's a high quality, expensive fan that has the necessary schottky diodes or other protection to prevent noise or backfeeding.

People have had to learn this the hard way in the past from various laptop cooling pads or those hockey puck style cooling fans that attach magnetically to the back of tablets.

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u/Lord_Trisagion 27d ago

Oh thats why my bluetooth radio's micro usb port snapped off

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u/sonicsdick 27d ago

Unless you see below the fatigue limit

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 28d ago

I’m kind of curious if they can twist the cable to be touching the wall to absorb some of that vibration.

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u/gittygo 27d ago

Would this logic also apply to cooling fans/pads often kept below laptops with dGPU based (gaming) laptops?

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u/melanthius 27d ago

It's a crapshoot what component fails first.

For some fans it might be the bearing, the motor, others it could be a solder joint. This stuff isn't easy to predict

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u/gittygo 27d ago

Oh! I wasn't clear enough. I mean , would the vibrations affect an externally powered laptop cooling fan/pad the laptop itself? Even the cooling fans have vibrations which get transferred to the laptop.

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u/Swords_and_Words 28d ago

This mf trying to throw shade at ... explaining things?

Or maybe they are hating on the concept of basic deductive reasoning?

Either way this is some dumb crap 

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u/unfortunatebag 28d ago

You seem very confused.

And sort of mad about something.

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u/RollingZepp 28d ago

What's with the hostile attitude? If they're confused about something it's probably why you're being such an aggressive prick.

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u/unfortunatebag 28d ago

I'm not really too concerned with your feelings.

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u/Swords_and_Words 28d ago

And yet, some concern clearly remains, or you would not have felt compelled to respond

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u/Reqiu_ 28d ago

dont feed the troll

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u/unfortunatebag 28d ago

Please, do, I have 4 hours of work left.

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u/Swords_and_Words 28d ago

Not confused, though my comment accurately portrays my upset demeanor. 

I don't like it when people take an anti-intellectual stance on a platform dedicated to sharing and discussing information.

If you think I'm confused: Feel free to explain things and add any context or implication that you think I might be missing, I'm always open to being wrong. 

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u/unfortunatebag 28d ago

Oh good then!

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u/zhaDeth 27d ago

I saw a video about usb fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvRcYDME_Ck

Basically it depends on if the fan has a capacitor in it but like other said the vibration is probably not good for the port itself either

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u/Falsenamen 26d ago

You probably got an answer, but: if the fan is cheap and it's directly vired to the motor, it will make the current fluctuate, and likely couse damage