Today my free HP laserjer 1200 started making what sounded like a short quack sound near the end of each page that was printed. I was concerned, but realized there likely wasn't going to be much that I could do even if it was dying. I thought for a while maybe it was just a quirk. Then as Kala printed another recipe for her folder the quack type sound was more of a endless squeal. High pitched, mechanical, not unlike a slipping belt in a car just from a printer. I changed the toner cartridge, punched it, smacked it, spun and moved every thing I could in, tested and repeated. Eventually I pointed the WD-40 in there and just sprayed towards anything I thought that moved. Tried again and saw a bit of smoke rise from the top of it. I decided to call its dead, unplugged and drug it out to the trash...

Just one more thing on my long list of things to replace or get.