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The Von Matrices · Mar 16, 2012

newtekie1 said:
This Gateway came in the shop the other day:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-19-50_573.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-20-33_993.jpg

I didn't open it, I didn't even want to touch it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-19-57_358.jpg

Notice how the dust is grey, but the stuff in the memory card slots is brown? Yeah, thats mold.:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-20-03_10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-20-22_546.jpg

WTF?!? Did they just spit on it?! God I hope that is spit at least...:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtekie1/2012-02-14_13-20-09_843.jpg

This makes me wonder what the inside of the case is like.

newtekie1 · Mar 16, 2012

t_ski said:
That's where I was going to go. This was under the desk, right?

I have no idea where it was at, they brought it into my shop. Either way, I used gloves to handle this nasty POS.

_JP_ · Apr 1, 2012

...it showed lines on the screen and ran games like crap...

That's what I got from who gave me the card (not the original owner)...translation (and after testing):
- Artifacts;
- Not recognized by the driver.

There were dead bugs in the shroud and on the side of the heatsink...

By now you should recognize what kind of card this is...

Bambooz · Apr 2, 2012

8800GTS ?
Kinda looks like one.. the older G80

t_ski · Apr 2, 2012

I assume you cleaned it out by now. Is it behaving any better?

makwy2 · Apr 2, 2012

Dirty computers always make me a little sad on the inside.

As a tech it does give me a chance to look up at the client and in my best imitation voice say:

"Dammit [Insert Client's name here], I'm a computer technician not a [Janitor/Maid/Swiffer/Dust Bunny Herder]"

t_ski · Apr 2, 2012

I was swapping parts out in my home server and the kids rig and found both to be dusty. I know may rad on my rig is dusty, too. Sounds like I'm going to be doing some spring cleaning this week.

Rhyseh · Apr 2, 2012

I wish I had taken pictures of some of the nastier rigs I have seen over the years. I used to work for a local council and the machines that used to operate at the tips used to accumulate some horrible stuff, although it had nothing on the machines that I used to pull out of this saw mill I used to support...... I'm surprised none of those things ever caught fire!

While these were dirty it was nothing a good can of compressed air couldn't fix in short order. The worst machines I have ever seen are those owned by smokers... The dust/tar mix just adheres to everything making it a nightmare to try and clean.

I had a mate who was a field services tech. He went onsite to change a PSU at a customers house, arrived onsite and her house was filthy as all hell. He opens up the side of the tower and dozens of cockroaches come pouring out. He then told her it's not covered by the warranty and made a quick escape.

Some nasty shit out there...

_JP_ · Apr 2, 2012

Bambooz said:
8800GTS ?
Kinda looks like one.. the older G80

Yes, sir. 640MB.

t_ski said:
I assume you cleaned it out by now. Is it behaving any better?

Yes and yes, after a baking session.

EDIT (MOAR FILTH!):
Bug graveyard:

You know it's bad when you can pick it all up with tweezers:

NAVI_Z · Apr 2, 2012

_JP_ said:
Yes, sir. 640MB.

Yes and yes, after a baking session.

EDIT (MOAR FILTH!):
Bug graveyard:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/553/sany0212.jpg
You know it's bad when you can pick it all up with tweezers:
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6929/sany0215.jpg

looks like carpet! :confused:

de.das.dude · Apr 2, 2012

ahh.. a thread of my liking

a week after cleaning.....

a month after cleaning...
full system ignore my knee

a better pic
look carefully at the CPU HSF, inbetween the fan blades

and this is after 2 weeks

de.das.dude · Apr 2, 2012

sucks living in one of the most busiest cities in the world

and then there is this metro construction going on now :mad:

Black Panther · Apr 2, 2012

Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...

Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone :laugh:

Sir B. Fannybottom · Apr 2, 2012

Black Panther said:
Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/1.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/2.jpg

Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone

Rip out the fan, and put in another VIA molex

TheMailMan78 · Apr 2, 2012

Black Panther said:
Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/1.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/2.jpg

Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone

I bet that thing cracking apart scared the hell out of you!

Black Panther · Apr 2, 2012

Kevinheraiz said:
Rip out the fan, and put in another VIA molex

Good idea!

TheMailMan78 said:
I bet that thing cracking apart scared the hell out of you!

It's my brother's pc not mine.

I still have to ask him what happened.

Bambooz · Apr 2, 2012

Kevinheraiz said:
Rip out the fan, and put in another VIA molex

A new fan would be worth more than the whole LC-Power junk PSU lol :roll:

TheMailMan78 · Apr 2, 2012

Black Panther said:
Good idea!

It's my brother's pc not mine.

I still have to ask him what happened.

I would replace the PSU. That fan was thermal controlled I am willing to bet.

WhiteLotus · Apr 2, 2012

de.das.dude said:
sucks living in one of the most busiest cities in the world

and then there is this metro construction going on now

Go buy some cheap womans tights, and wrap them around your fans. Amount of dust being sucked into the computer drastically reduced, and you only have to clean/vacuum/wash the tights.

Rhyseh · Apr 3, 2012

WhiteLotus said:
Go buy some cheap womans tights, and wrap them around your fans. Amount of dust being sucked into the computer drastically reduced, and you only have to clean/vacuum/wash the tights.

This is a really good idea! Thanks!

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Apr 3, 2012

WhiteLotus said:
Go buy some cheap womans tights, and wrap them around your fans. Amount of dust being sucked into the computer drastically reduced, and you only have to clean/vacuum/wash the tights.

That is a great Ideal. Any ideal how much airflow is reduced by using them?

m1dg3t · Apr 3, 2012

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
That is a great Ideal. Any ideal how much airflow is reduced by using them?

Pretty much 0 negative impact, one of the oldest "tricks" in the book

Radical_Edward · Apr 3, 2012

WhiteLotus said:
Go buy some cheap womans tights, and wrap them around your fans. Amount of dust being sucked into the computer drastically reduced, and you only have to clean/vacuum/wash the tights.

THIS. I use to do this before I started buying cases with filters.

m1dg3t · Apr 3, 2012

Radical_Edward said:
THIS. I use to do this before I started buying cases with filters.

I pull the filter's out and stick with my trusty lady garment's :eek:

lol

assaulter_99 · Apr 3, 2012

I too use the ladies stuff to block dust from going in. The only downside is that the sellers look at you in a strange way when you go purchase em...

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_JP_

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_JP_

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de.das.dude

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