The problem was compounded because many Google engineers use Gmail themselves to communicate.
You have to like that they eat their own dogfood though.
Yeah. But they should have a backup email system. Hmail? GmailPrime?
Ha. That is kinda funny.
In boneheaded move of the, well, week or so, the jack where my laptop's power plugs in has been giving me trouble for some time. Before vacation, I looked up the repair info so I could send it in. Then I decided I'd wait until after vacation so I could have it with me to surf.
Thereby waiting until three days after the warranty expired.
I == idiot.
Particularly since I have a second laptop that would have worked just fine just for surfing over the holiday. This, otoh, is my main work laptop which I need, for, you know, working.
Now I have to dig out and see if I bought any extra coverage from the dealer. But it's ridiculous to me because my previous repair was done so well and easily by Sony, and now I have to wrestle.
Or possibly pay about $300.
I dusted out my computer.
When I turned it on, the noise started up again, but after ten or twenty seconds, it's disappeared. Must have been shaking off the last bits of dust. I think my computer is normal-quiet now. Which is nice.
Except now I'm all dusty.
Anyone else picturing P-C walking in the saloon, the flippy 1/4 doors flippy shut behind him. Spurs a jangling.
Maybe I've been in TX too long.
"I'm looking for—*cough*—the man who—*cough*—shot my—*cough*—oh, forget it."
Aargh. I spoke too soon. There's still a noise, but it's not as loud. And it's very repetitive. It may be getting louder as time goes on; I think it was fainter yesterday. I guess I have to dust the fans even better? Would oil help? I read that a drop of the right oil can improve fan performance and noise.
I would just isolate and replace the fan. Typically it's like a $5.00 part.
