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| Thread ID: 120641 | 2011-09-18 23:04:00 | Dirty PCs | Gobe1 (6290) | PC World Chat |
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| 1232120 | 2011-09-18 23:04:00 | After following Fred Fishes drug mule link this link was there. Some good pictures:rolleyes: www.theregister.co.uk |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1232121 | 2011-09-18 23:50:00 | I've repaired a few that have been bad. I have found that a domestic computer in a bedroom is normally the worst for heavy dust. Fixed one once that belonged to a heavy smoker, the whole inside was a thick yellow layer, it was discusting and stunk bad. Found mouse poo in a few that have had a back PCI plate/cover missing. Cat and dog hair are also common, GPU/case/PSU/cooling fans tend to start getting noisy pretty fast lol. An air compressor works wonders :) |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1232122 | 2011-09-19 00:22:00 | Ah, I'm not the only one that spotted that article! | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1232123 | 2011-09-19 00:50:00 | pfft, nothing unusual. PC techs have seen it all, dirt, dust , dead mice, rat pooh (& wee's), rubbish left inside the PC by the previous repair company !! The worst Ive had was a lappy infested with small cockroaches, lots of em. Pulled the HD out the side & 20++ roaches came running out of it. Couldnt kill the ones still in the lappy. They just kept crawling out of every orrifice in that lappy over the next 4 days. We ended up with a roach infestation at work. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1232124 | 2011-09-19 01:01:00 | pfft, nothing unusual. PC techs have seen it all, dirt, dust , dead mice, rat pooh (& wee's), rubbish left inside the PC by the previous repair company !! The worst Ive had was a lappy infested with small cockroaches, lots of em. Pulled the HD out the side & 20++ roaches came running out of it. Couldnt kill the ones still in the lappy. They just kept crawling out of every orrifice in that lappy over the next 4 days. We ended up with a roach infestation at work. Isn't Nortons supposed to prevent/remove bugs? |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1232125 | 2011-09-19 01:15:00 | pfft, nothing unusual. PC techs have seen it all, dirt, dust , dead mice, rat pooh (& wee's), rubbish left inside the PC by the previous repair company !! The worst Ive had was a lappy infested with small cockroaches, lots of em. Pulled the HD out the side & 20++ roaches came running out of it. Couldnt kill the ones still in the lappy. They just kept crawling out of every orrifice in that lappy over the next 4 days. We ended up with a roach infestation at work. OMG, luckily Chch is a bit cold for cockroaches I think (and hope), but that really sounds discusting!! Hmmm, I havent found any rubbish left from previous repair co.s either. You must be one of the lucky ones lol |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1232126 | 2011-09-19 01:23:00 | Isn't Nortons supposed to prevent/remove bugs? we all know Nortons doesnt work :-) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1232127 | 2011-09-19 01:29:00 | I once opened up a PC when I was working for Reuters in Singapore that had out in the field, and it was full of chicken feathers! | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1232128 | 2011-09-19 01:48:00 | Cleaned out a PSU once that had quite a lot of dust in it.. that wasn't the worst part though, it was the fact that the dust smelled awful. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1232129 | 2011-09-19 01:56:00 | Sigh. Really should have taken a pic of the Enermax. It would win filthest thing easily. It wasn't just that you couldn't see any components for dust and fluff - it was the glued on gunk too. |
pctek (84) | ||
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