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Showerthought: I used to think compressed air for cleaning PCs was a gimmick until a dusty server in Tampa proved me wrong.
I saw a senior tech clear a thermal shutdown on a Dell PowerEdge with just a can of air, saving a full tear-down. Has anyone else had a simple tool fix a problem you thought was complex?
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kai4457mo ago
Yeah, it's wild how often the simple fix works. I once spent an hour trying to diagnose a weird network drop on a switch, only to find a spiderweb had built up inside an open SFP port. A quick blast of air and it was back online.
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elliot_gibson277mo ago
Spiderwebs, seriously? @avery_jackson gets it.
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mia7006mo ago
Classic case of overthinking it. Happens all the time with dusty ports or a loose cable. You go straight for the complex software logs when the fix is just physical.
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