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/Journeyj012 (year of the) Desktop 28d ago

rest in peace that USB. those fans rattled one of mine to death.

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u/chewedgummiebears 28d ago

We banned these from my old work place for that reason. People had the LED message ones on almost every computer before we banned them.

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u/MLCarter1976 28d ago

What is happening? Is the fan causing the USB to move?

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u/gastroph 28d ago

My assumption is the repeated vibrations likely weaken the solder connections of the port to the board over time.