My PS4 kept overheating and shutting off after 20 minutes of gaming. Took it to a shop near me in Portland and they wanted $80 just to clean the fan. Tried blowing it out with compressed air myself but it still crashed. Then I saw a Reddit post about stacking a penny under the rubber feet to lift the console up a bit. Turns out the vents on the bottom were sitting too close to my TV stand and blocking airflow. Put a penny under each corner and now it runs cool for hours. Anyone else use weird household stuff to fix their consoles?
Got an old Dell from 2019 that I use for my flooring invoices and estimates. Last Tuesday it started making this noise like a dying cat every time I opened a PDF. Pulled the bottom cover off and found a clump of dust and cat hair the size of a grape blocking the fan. Spent maybe 20 minutes with a can of compressed air and a little brush to clean it out. It still works fine now and saved me probably $80 at a repair shop. Has anyone else found way more gunk inside their laptop than they expected?