Jet engine sound" seems like a bit much. My old office PC sat on carpet for years and it was just a little hum. Maybe some models are worse but most people probably don't need to worry this much.

Honestly sounds like a bit of a made up crisis. I mean you got the work done on your phone, right? The client probably never knew. Maybe it's just me but calling that a gear failure disaster feels dramatic. It's just a slow upload, not like your phone died too. People work from phones all the time now.

I saw a truck that got fixed with that method and the rust came back in like six months. @william_garcia your uncle might get lucky but it's just covering up the problem. Gotta cut it out and weld new metal or it never really stops.

Hey, I read an article about this exact burnout trap last week.

Man, same here! I was so quick to write them off. Had a nearly identical thing happen with an old GE, slapped a 3-in-1 on it as a last ditch thing and it kicked right on. Felt like a genius for a week.