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I expected a HowToBasic on computer cleaning

The instructions weren't clear enough. So now I have an eldritch abomination coming out of my computer. Even as I type this down I feel my very sanity dripping down from my head as this cosmic horror reaches towards me an

You just need to delete System32.

Don't worry guys, it's only an HP. Probably deserved that treatment.

But seriously, that's pretty cool to see the limits of PC's tested. I'm amazed the fans weren't completely destroyed from all that dirt and dust

You know water does not do serious damage to electronics by itself, so long as they are not turned on with water.

I know. That's why I was more worried about the dirt.

Even after all that washing, it sounded like the fans were still pretty gritty and the HDD probably got sand in it which would explain why it couldn't boot. But it could have been much worse. If he tried to boot the PC without bathing it first and letting it dry for a month, then those fans would have never even budged and the processor would have quickly overheated

I bet if the guy actually did put the case through a dryer spin cycle then that would have killed it dead. The dryer would have generated a ton of static. Not to mention it could have fractured the mobo

Fuck you, I can fix my own damn computer.