http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

GMAN wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

They talked of mice and spiders in the computers but not one mention of
a 10 foot boa constrictor. One of the vice presidents brought me one of
his computers that quit working. I asked what had happened and he said
that his boa constrictor had got loose and after snacking on some baby
chicks slithered into the case for a nap while the computer was running.
Evidently all of him fit in the case. Fortunately I only had to
reconnect a loose cable for the computer to work again.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>Yeah but this is more fun. Almost makes you want to have the comp fail...
>It's good to live in the US of A. :-)
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzRF-5IWrm0
>

More 50 Cal video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZoYIoyjuM

GMAN wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

Ugh, some people are just disgusting. How anyone can let their PC get to
the state of those pics is beyond me. One of my PCs has a case that is
almost ten years old and it looks better now than it did new. Started
out beige but has a cool gun metal oxide paint finish now.

Cronos wrote:
> GMAN wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/
>
> Ugh, some people are just disgusting. How anyone can let their PC get to
> the state of those pics is beyond me. One of my PCs has a case that is
> almost ten years old and it looks better now than it did new. Started
> out beige but has a cool gun metal oxide paint finish now.

I guess that you are not surrounded by desert. I am constantly cleaning
computers from one of our offices. The office building is surrounded by
open desert with very fine dirt and the back doors open directly onto
that dirt. Heat sinks often fail after a couple of years of this and I
have replaced a couple of heat sink fans where the bearings started failing.

In article <q5d_m.8812$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Michael W. Ryder" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Cronos wrote:
>> GMAN wrote:
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/
>>
>> Ugh, some people are just disgusting. How anyone can let their PC get to
>> the state of those pics is beyond me. One of my PCs has a case that is
>> almost ten years old and it looks better now than it did new. Started
>> out beige but has a cool gun metal oxide paint finish now.
>
>I guess that you are not surrounded by desert. I am constantly cleaning
>computers from one of our offices. The office building is surrounded by
>open desert with very fine dirt and the back doors open directly onto
>that dirt. Heat sinks often fail after a couple of years of this and I
>have replaced a couple of heat sink fans where the bearings started failing.
Living in Utah , I am definately surrounded by desert, and mountains etc....

Michael W. Ryder wrote:

> I guess that you are not surrounded by desert. I am constantly cleaning
> computers from one of our offices. The office building is surrounded by
> open desert with very fine dirt and the back doors open directly onto
> that dirt. Heat sinks often fail after a couple of years of this and I
> have replaced a couple of heat sink fans where the bearings started
> failing.

I live in a semi-arid area and in the summer my car always gets a layer
of yellow dust on it but those PCs in the pics are due to gross neglect
and not desert dust. I clean the inside of my PCs about every three
months and those PCs haven't been cleaned ever.

In article <hhe00p$b34$(E-Mail Removed)>, Cronos <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Michael W. Ryder wrote:
>
>> I guess that you are not surrounded by desert. I am constantly cleaning
>> computers from one of our offices. The office building is surrounded by
>> open desert with very fine dirt and the back doors open directly onto
>> that dirt. Heat sinks often fail after a couple of years of this and I
>> have replaced a couple of heat sink fans where the bearings started
>> failing.
>
>I live in a semi-arid area and in the summer my car always gets a layer
>of yellow dust on it but those PCs in the pics are due to gross neglect
>and not desert dust. I clean the inside of my PCs about every three
>months and those PCs haven't been cleaned ever.
Looks like a lot of tar and nicotine from smokers.

GMAN wrote:

> Looks like a lot of tar and nicotine from smokers.

Yes, and I do smoke too. A long time ago a case fan I neglected to keep
clean started to look pretty nasty from smoke and dust but some 99%
isopropyl(sp?) alcohol cleaned it right up and then gave it a squirt of
silicon lubricant inside the sleeve. Good as new.

In article <hhea9k$a37$(E-Mail Removed)>, Cronos <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>GMAN wrote:
>
>> Looks like a lot of tar and nicotine from smokers.
>
>Yes, and I do smoke too. A long time ago a case fan I neglected to keep
>clean started to look pretty nasty from smoke and dust but some 99%
>isopropyl(sp?) alcohol cleaned it right up and then gave it a squirt of
>silicon lubricant inside the sleeve. Good as new.
Too bad you cant do that to your lungs.