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Put a HEPA in your server room. Don't smoke in there, either.
Jan 11, 2025 12:03 AM
MayMyEnemiesLiveLong
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Put a HEPA in your server room. Don't smoke in there, either.
slipmagt
A friend was having computer problems when I was in high school, it kept shutting off, thats what the entire inside of the pc looked like.
nosilazurc11
My husband's in HVAC, a lot of the time the AC stops working because.... the person forgot to change the batteries in the thermostat.
nizbit
Did I see some connection details etched in the chassis? Was that IP and user/pass?
criggie
It's a Verizon-provided router for terminating "business" grade fibre connections, so probably an IPv4 address but these things are generally static, no user/pass needed. Souce, I had one in a Texas DC about 7 years ago.
jamesx
That will be $300 please
scoutMoonDiver
They are paying for his knowledge, not his labor.
sfbiker
That's the first one of those I've seen with a filter, usually they are completely unfiltered so the dust can cover all of the components inside. It does make for a great dust cloud when you open up the case and blow it off (preferably outside)
mohavewolfpup
Still may not be a bad idea to do that
nord54
All the server rooms I worked in had positive pressure to help blow dust out of the room, I thought that that was a common practice. Does anyone know otherwise?
SilverFish0
Heat monitoring and basic cleaning.....
Columbus43219
Back in the 90s, my state office got a bunch of PCs from the lowest bidder. No two the same. Friend's heat alarm kept going off because the CPU fan was cutting out. After a week, the bidder came around and fixed it. They turned off the alarm. Yes, the PC overheated in a few days, and the bidder had to replace the CPU instead of the much cheaper fan.
DoingItWrongSince1980
Server like
akshually
I felt that in my bones
bingle19
Unmute it's worth it
cousteau
Like hearing someone breathe again after they declog their nose
jeremiahblatz
Why would they need a HEPA, they built an air filter right into their server!
KrisYadao
#1 mmmm. The PowerPint. I work in networking and this is the best tool to have in your pocket for so many things. In addition a pocket screwdriver that takes full size 1/4" bits.
Johnsky
You put that back right now! That was the IT guys chance for a break!
slamEVIL
Found the IT guy.
SeeJenJen
He is the IT guy!
Johnsky
Well, then it's break time!
Denvercoder09
Look at me, I'm the IT guy now.
slyvic
Easy money.
Dapperworth
Who the fuck is smoking in the server room?!
YouTubeRed
It tends to be fibers from clothing, hair and a considerable amount of skin. XD
JoeMangoJello
That's like the IT version of a Noxzema strip.
BallSoupHumidity
I love the sound of relief the fan makes after it's removed.
CowboyRooster
This thing could be such good pr0n if it showed the temps starting to drop, and the fan pitching lower as the system was cleansed, purged, lavaged by good, cool air.
Also high-resolution, high-FPS of someone going through and air blasting the machines, showing the dust being blasted outside, and then the machines purring oh-so-quietly afterwards, cool and efficient.
DinosaursCameFromSpace
A customer was installing fans and air filters in their server room, to protect it during the construction they put a tarp over it and wondered why it crashed
VaultGirl69
Yike!
NaughtButOne
I used to work for a hotel chain where owners would, with some regularity, renovate their lobby / reception and choose to build the check-in / POS computers *into* the cabinets so they're "out of the way". Totally closed off with millimeters of clearance. Yeah can't imagine why you're having trouble.
flashums
I was responsible for protecting a server during a construction project. " Please keep your plastic closed, I'm so boned if you break this"
alwaysupvotethegoat
TeofiloPaolucci
Worked on a job where a server rack that was on got covered by a plastic tarp by painters, totally sealed in. I tore a hole in the top and bottom and called my boss and the owners were able to shut it down remotely.
BrdCdn
Hey the painters were just trying to not fuck shit up. Not their job to understand thermal management. Should have been discussed and planned for ahead of time by whomever is managing the facility/IT.
canadmos
Plan ahead?? LOL
UpstandingGoose
Had a job where we did the same thing
We just also ran a duct hose into there too
Legrooveth
What should you do in that situation? Is the correct answer that you need to renovate during downtime?
onecowboytoo
You took the filter off. Now it is going to get dirty inside.
MrStealYourGiF
"I was collecting that for felting, to make little Tux the penguins"
johneventually1
All hail the new king of the nerds!
MightyIink
That's the dust filter, the filter made out of dust.
johneventually1
mcglirkymeow
For Kuzoco, Kuzco’s dust filter, the dust filter made especially for Kuzco.
Jewdakris
Kuzco's filter
aThingWithAKeyboard
Self assembling dust filter tech, latest and greatest. AI included!
FermentTheRich3000
Took over support at a plastic thread factory. Found an IBM ps1 controlling a machine. It has a good inch of plastic dust on the motherboard. When I peeled it off, I had a mold of the motherboard. Crazy that thing still worked.
LowKey2000
As a school custodian, I got the bright idea to use a leaf blower to clean out the tech closet of dust.
So..much..dust. Set off the fire alarm. Lol
InfocalypseRising
Big fan of the audible change as soon as it's removed
Kigliwoth
It still doesnt sound great..
Ryebread91
It's like it suddenly took a puff of an inhaler.
AriPlanetLord
You made me unmute. Thank you. Poor thing was in agony.
B0g4r7
It's a small fan.
Sechran
Sound is diegetic, but much louder than you might think. It serves to highlight the effects of what's going on, but you still might not care for loud whirring fan noises.
Columbus43219
diegetic
/ˌdīəˈjedik/
adjective
adjective: diegetic
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters.
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Sechran
Background noise can be 100% diegetic, but incidental to the content as shown. The sound of an idling truck, for instance, can be both completely realistic to what's being recorded, but nothing more than an annoyance to the point of the video.
Here the sound doesn't just showcase what a server room sounds like, but how unplugging a vent has an audible impact on that sound. If there wasn't a fan behind that vent, then the sound would go unchanged. In short, you can see 𝙖𝙣𝙙 hear the difference.
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Sechran
In this instance...? Eh... No one markets their cooling fans as, "louder! more shrill than the competitors!" In this case, it's pretty normal to find blaring industrial humming unpleasant.
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Sechran
The point is the sound plays a direct role in the video that the video alone couldn't achieve. In silence, that may as well just be a passive vent that's blocked, not a fan exhaust. With the sound, you can hear the difference, resulting in greater clarity and impact than the video on mute.
The sound isn't just "what's happening" - it's necessary to fully appreciate what's happening. You get more of the video's point by listening to it than by not.
Exyr
You took off the muffler
fititallinyourmouth
Air filter, not muffler.
ballsoutflyer
It deadened the sound. Went from air filter to muffler.
75townecoupe
Structural noise deadening
amp99
scoutMoonDiver
Ewwwww!
JCBeastie
Antec P180 series! Blast from the past. Seemed like a cool case until you had to work in after the intial install... urgh, nightmarish.
amp99
Indeed!
PixelSprite64
Equitaur
Wouldn't it be good to have a vacuum near there?
MapleSyrupMafia
You'd think an exhaust fan would be a good idea if you do this inside...
Oberoni
This is likely from a fire.
You should also disconnect fans when doing this. Spinning them makes a voltage that can damage other components.
BadBoyBoris
Damn.. all these years I kept making them spin fast with my air flow just for fun... I might have generated enough voltage to actually power my entire building for a week or two. Shame on me.
Svartsinn
Why is a PC worth repairing when it requires a full-face respirator mask in order to safely clean the dried cat urea powder without inhaling? Why not just throw it in the trash and buy a new one? Seems easier.
shadowwolf0357
A few reasons, data recovery, parts reuse, cleaning after a fire, or because it costs a lot of money, some PC can be upwards of five thousand £/€/$ whatever, so a mask is cheaper than it. Also that appears to be a machine shop judging by the wall mounted thing, so very likely that's set up specifically to run some machine, possibly using control software that can't run on modern hardware and/or software, making this a minor hassle vs making a new rig for one job. That would also explain the dust
sysgoddess
I've literally removed enough cat fur from some home PCs to make another cat. Big, wads of it. Made me wonder if a cat died in there & fur was all that was left.
Kotarisu
I have removed enough cat fur to make another cat just by brushing one.
dunkum09
make sure to clean your server's lint trap
smashole
Before each cycle.
amyrose
*switch's lint trap
Harm
The server IS the washing machine lint trap.
gilliamv
When one server's power supply releases the magic smoke, all the other servers ARE the filter.
Haurus
Cops were called, and now i'm banned from the restaurant.
brownribbon
Before or after they bring me the check?