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Them: "Well I knew about the cat urine on the outside of the machine, but I didn't think it was a problem. It didn't get inside the machine."
Hey, I cleaned most of the semen off my laptop before I took it in for service. Because I'm a gentleman.
Anybody else remember Apple's policy about computers in this condition? Something about not working on them because they were hazardous to the health of the tech? Or was it just an extra charge?
Amazing that people can see shit like that and still smoke!
It is hard to believe how some people live (roaches, cat urine, etc.).
If I worked in a shop, one of my purchases would be a 3M toner / service vacuum with appropriate filters, it's static grounded / EMI/RFI filtered / toner safe. Over the long term it's cheaper than canned air, and much more environmentally friendly and human friendly.I've seen worse machines myself. One of which was an old Macintosh that was filled with fried roach parts and some live roaches. Yeah he took the compressed air to it and didn't think about it before hand. The end result was flying live and dead roaches all over the tech shop. This was along with roach feces, nicotine deposits, dust bunnies the size of golf balls, and crap we couldn't identify.
I've also found earwax in an Epson printer before. (Just a little side note.)
If I worked in a shop, one of my purchases would be a 3M toner / service vacuum with appropriate filters, it's static grounded / EMI/RFI filtered / toner safe. Over the long term it's cheaper than canned air, and much more environmentally friendly and human friendly.
]Hey, I cleaned most of the semen off my laptop before I took it in for service. Because I'm a gentleman.
I've seen worse machines myself.
If I worked in a shop, one of my purchases would be a 3M toner / service vacuum with appropriate filters, it's static grounded / EMI/RFI filtered / toner safe. Over the long term it's cheaper than canned air, and much more environmentally friendly and human friendly.
No, I haven't. Notice the part where I said "IF I worked in a shop".You obviously haven't tried to clean a smoker's PC. No amount of blowing or sucking will get the surface residue off (barely gets the caked on stuff). The only way is a solvent & brush/rag.
The worst part is there is no way to get rid of that nasty stench in the case. Its litterally tarnished forever unless you give the entire thing a full submersion alcohol bath.
I dont have pictures, but my disgusting computer horror story is much worse than that
Working for a local walk-in computer repair shop, guy brings in a desktop chassis which is very very grimy, obviously smoked next to his computer
... however that wasnt the worst of it
Got it back to our bench (had to wear gloves to even though it, popped the case on it and no less than 40 roaches exited the case
We made the guy come back to our bench area, get his system and leave, then sent him the pest control bill
Guys just because you smoke doesn't mean you never clean out your computer. I am a smoker still. I hope to be quit soon, but it's not easy. Anyways, My PCs never look like that. I find that dawn dish soap and water will clean the tar easily with just a soaking if it is something that can be soaked. Otherwise, electronics parts cleaner will handle things that cant get wet.
Sure smoking is bad, but that is a PC that has probably never been cleaned. Like others have stated, I have certainly seen worse. Nasty old tobacco tar is not that big of a deal when you have seen the things I have seen. I'm sure cat piss is pretty bad but I have cleaned PC's that had roaches! Then mice moved in to eat the roaches, and then, of course, one of them didn't make it out. That PC was in the managers office of a restaurant by the way.
Guys just because you smoke doesn't mean you never clean out your computer. I am a smoker still. I hope to be quit soon, but it's not easy.
I really hate it when I buy something off of FS/FT and it smells like a damn ashtray.
And the award for the most disgusting computer of the week goes to this guy. I wouldnt recommend viewing these picture if you just ate. Youve been warned. Blame Izzy R. for this one.
Yes, the guy smoked, but the real problem is that he clearly didn't clean during the 5 years he owned the PC. I haven't smoked in years, but I clean my fans and dust the case several times/year.
If that guy hadn't smoked a day in his life, that case still would have been disgusting.....but smoking does make it worse.
That model case is a dustsucker anyway. Cat hair and dust with a little(alot) of tar and nicotine glue. If it wasn't for the smoke it'd blow out easy. The smoke makes it near impossible to clean.
2nd hand smoke kills...