The official "dirtiest computer" post.

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SarverSystems

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I'll start things off.

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Holy hell, I wouldn't discharge a can of compressed air within twenty feet of those without wearing a positive pressure breathing apparatus.
 
PliotronX said:
Holy hell, I wouldn't discharge a can of compressed air within twenty feet of those without wearing a positive pressure breathing apparatus.
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I would start by vaccuming with a technicians vaccum. It would take probally 2 canisters just to get one of those damn things clean.

God I'm anal about keeping electronics clean. I dust out my computers at least once a month.
 
you can make sweaters out of that shit.

By the way, how'd this thread become official? lol.

I'd post something if I actually let shit go like that. To me, and this is just MO, whats inside your computer is outside your computer--thus you are fucking nasty.

I feel the need for some promethazine now. /dry heeves
 
Damn Sarver, looks to be a new candidate for the "dust bunny hutch".

That's worse than the Gateway system I rebuilt for some friends. Hadn't been cleaned
since it was new over 4 years prior. Good thing they didn't have pets or smoke.




Looks almost new now ....



.... amazing what a small shop vac and some paint brushes will do. Knew it was bad from the
get-go so wrapped the PC tightly in a garbage bag before transport in my car.

BTW .... their idle temps dropped about 20C after the cleaning & replacing the old thermal
pad with Shin Etsu. I'd imagine the load temps would be even more significant.

Should also mention that the only fan which provided any external air was the single bottom
mounted PSU fan. Which was drawing air through the back mesh you see in the 1st image.
Great design Gateway :rolleyes: Naturally I cut that out & placed a rear 80mm intake fan there
right by the CPU.
 
whatsisname that is a fear-factor worthy keyboard. I shudder to think what would come out if that thing was turned upside down and shaken.
 
General Crespin said:
Jesus fucking wept... what happened to that keyboard!?
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see that cigarette in between the Fkeys? lol

I should have taken pics of my 8 year old dell b4 i threw it out. I guess i will have to open the current one and take pics of it, though it can't compare to any of these.
 
Fucking Christ!!! are those all burn marks? I love the pack of Lucky's with the Pepcid-AC box next to it. I really think you need an ashtray dude.

The first thing I would do with the 1st pic is take the PC out in the garage and have at it with an air compressor. I wouldn't let that think near my office.
 
I've had computers that had never been cleaned in the 8 years I've owned them and they're still pretty clean. Those pics, SarverSystems, are outrageous. Where on earth was that machine placed? (Picture 3 is the worst I think)
 
I worked on a friend's family Gateway a few years ago. It was a budget Celeron based system, so it had no system fan (like the poster mentioned above, only the PSU drew air). Most of the family members smoked, so the only air intake/exhauts on the back were completely covered in a thick mat of dust and tobacco. Very, very little air could possibly be flowing in.
 
I've see the guts of PC's used on a manufacturing floor for process control / inventory / etc. Holy mother of all things....they were nasty. Most often, we'd just throw 'em away every four years or so.

Regards - B.B.S.
 
Omfg... that first picture sarvar... I thought I was just going to see some lil dusty ass computer... Instead what I see is alot of gunk with maybe a little bit of computer in it :eek:
 
Susquehannock said:
That keyboard picture is OLD. Was passed around the forums some time ago. :p
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Yes it is.......I have been guilty of posting it here and elsewhere for a longtime.
 
Those are all computers that I've built for customers, except for the Dell. They're all less than a year old. Most come from very dirty homes. In fact, the one pic that has my service tag shown, came from a house that had 6 rotting bags of garbage SITTING ON THE DININGROOM TABLE!!! It smelled so gross when I was there. I vowed to never return. Now they must bring the computer to ME for repair.
 
What's in the case in that last picture? Hair? Spider webs?
 
Could you blame the poor arachnids? I wouldn't want to lay egg sacs and raise kids in those conditions.
 
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