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A buddy told me to use isopropyl alcohol to clean my laptop fan
My friend swore by using isopropyl alcohol to clean out a dusty laptop fan, said it dries fast and won't short anything. I did it and now the fan is rattling like crazy even though I let it dry for two hours. Did I mess up by not using a different cleaner or is there a trick to getting it to spin quiet again?
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adam6754mo ago
Sorry to hear that man, that rattling sound would drive me crazy.
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riley_price4mo ago
@adam675 Rattling sounds are part of the deal with older cars. That's just character. You learn to read them, know which ones mean trouble and which ones are just the car breathing. A consistent rattle that doesn't change pitch or get worse? That's just vibration, find the loose screw or the plastic trim and move on. The real scary sounds are the grinding ones, the knocking ones, the ones that come with a new smell. Rattling is just the car saying hello.
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robert_smith363mo ago
the real issue with rattling isnt just the sound itself, its the mental game. every time you hear it you gotta wonder if today its just a loose screw or if that screw worked itself out and now somethings about to fall off. its like having a phantom limb but with noise. i had a car once that rattled for two years straight and it was just a broken glove box latch the whole time. drove me insane until i figured it out and then felt like an idiot. so yeah its character but its also a constant test of your patience and wallet.
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