I hear ya. Pet dander, smoke residue, saw dust, animal undercoat (the fluffy stuff not the guard hair) and caked on plain ole dirt. I've seen it all unfortunately. I have two areas for repairs. The indoor workbench and the backporch workbench...
I think it’s ironic that people aren’t concerned that the same garbage that’s gumming up their PC is also gumming their lungs, and only one of these things is easily replaceable.
I used to smoke, and my pc was gross. Especialy with pets, carpet, etc.. Now I just smoke pot and my PC is fine. I blow it out once a month or two or three and its fine. Tidy house keeping habits make more of a diffference imo.
Tar will gum up a PC, and can, in rare cases, cause shorts. Mostly it will cause fan bearings to break, and reduce the efficiency of the cooling systems.
Smoke outside, go for walks, it's good exercise.
If you like yellow computer parts, go ahead! My parents have tried quitting multiple times. They've been in their house for nearly 30 years now, and you can tell. The cabinets are all yellow, the paint is yellowing in areas they smoke, it smells...
I've worked in shops repairing PC's back in the day and I hated it when some smoker would bring their systems in. Even under the best scenarios, you'd have a thin sticky coating on everything and the computer would stink. More extreme cases it...
I remember what some folks at work used to say fairly often:
"You smoke, you die"
"You smoke near your pc, it dies, then you die too"
If you must smoke while using your pc, then do it a favor & go outside, or at least go into a different room &...
Your right.
She had the pc in a back room where she raised Grate Danes that had open access to a dirt backyard. Made me wanna puke everytime I went over there.
I've seen a few that made me want to quit right off the bat.
Here is a old Gateway that was so bad I did a before and after for the owner. I only work on those outside on the porch so no stench.
He was trying to get us to tell him what apartment to buy like a week or so ago.
Also I wont work on a smokers pc, its freaking nasty and stinks up the room i open it in. And the brown paste on the inside of the case is awful. I know not all...
Yes it creates a sticky tar like substance in between everything. It wreaks havoc on your rig and your body it is full of chemicals. It's always a good time to quit always and it is also always the worst idea to smoke.
Yes it will damage the computer. Your phone too. And tv and anything with a microprocessor which is well everything but my toilet these days. Best to stop smoking. Outdoors no good either, might harm neighbors computer and be sued for damages
An ex smoker (thankfully only a short time) who almost burnt his shirt while playing CS and smoking at the same time (20 years ago in a college dorm where smoking wasn't allowed lol), take it from me that you need to quit, first for yourself...
not sure how harmful but it leaves a residue and smell on the parts.
A fire in your house and your PC sucking up all the smoke and soot makes the PC really filthy though.
this is a machine I sold to a friend who had a kitchen fire. I fully...