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Thread ID: 105466 2009-12-03 04:17:00 No Wonder They Void Smoker's Computer Warranties SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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836073 2009-12-03 09:07:00 you should see the bad things that happen to LCD screens at Mac Donalds...

ever seen the screen the hang just above the chip fry?
they need replacing every 6 months...
the insides look like they need an oil change.
robsonde (120)
836074 2009-12-03 10:59:00 Inside a smokers computer www.topix.com robbyp (2751)
836075 2009-12-03 20:10:00 Smoking does not cause fluff. Or rodents.
Nor do rodents fit through teeny weeny gaps in a closed computer. Someone ring the SPCA for them forcing them into it.
pctek (84)
836076 2009-12-03 20:46:00 Perhaps, as skin cells make up the bulk of household dust, Apple could
void the warranty on computers owned by all those with skin!:D
KarameaDave (15222)
836077 2009-12-03 21:06:00 Yeah that's not super bad, it's not 'bad' dust either, eg it would just blow off. When you see a PC like that in a damp place, then it gets annoying. Got a couple of PCs around here that live in mills and the like, quite amusing to work on sometimes.

Don't know about the mice though, there's no way even the most anorexic mouse could squeeze into a normal PSU.
wratterus (105)
836078 2009-12-03 21:26:00 Most of those would just be normal dust buildup. The smokers version would be far worse, as the dust buildup would be more solid and tar like It is also partly caused by poorly designed cases.

I concur, none of those showed smoking as a ventblocker!
SolMiester (139)
836079 2009-12-03 22:16:00 Inside a smokers computer www.topix.com

No.
It's still fluff.
Might be brown fluff but if he cleaned out the fluff then it would be more to the point.

I smoke. My PC has neither dust nor residue nor anything, and the worst filth I saw, as I have said before, was the coal dust guys one. And he was one of those disgusting never cleaned house people too.
pctek (84)
836080 2009-12-03 22:17:00 Inside a smokers computer www.topix.com

:yuck: thats digusting. I'm sure thats something else.
convair (13650)
836081 2009-12-03 22:32:00 Inside a smokers computer www.topix.com
the color is more like a smokers. the smell is the big give away. but still the dust is not from smoking. the smoke just helps stick the dust together.
the worse ones is where it soaks into the paint and coats the electronic boards. mind you where talking houses where you could scrape tar off the walls ;)


Smoking does not cause fluff. Or rodents.
Nor do rodents fit through teeny weeny gaps in a closed computer. Someone ring the SPCA for them forcing them into it.

actually rodents can get the small gaps. worse one i had was a mouse in the vents of a microwave. fortunately for them it was the exhaust vent. it would have gone in as a baby and grown up on all the fat in the vent.
i run into lots at work. 10-15 mm gap for them to get in, nice warm shelter with a fair bit of food.
tweak'e (69)
836082 2009-12-03 23:54:00 Im a smoker and my computer is spotless hueybot3000 (3646)
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