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Mussels · Feb 17, 2016

AsRock said:
Sorry but that looks more like dust than tar, although i bet the tar helped it all to stick to it lol. Cleaning tar from smoking is different over here just don't blow of like that HAHA.

Real problem is people don't clean there computers.

the tar was more over the external peripherals, which are in the bin. bad wording on my part.

the dust bunnies floated away freely - but only because this PC has been in storage for about 3 years. the dust itself was formed into sticky clumps, which are now joyously rolling around my backyard like little tumbleweeds.

Frick · Feb 17, 2016

Mussels said:
never trust a woman to record a video (she stopped it early), but it came out well enough:

(FYI, that's not dust - its cigarette ash, tar, cat hair, and dust. the stench was incredible)

Went through something similar years ago, but with beer too.

silentbogo · Feb 17, 2016

Wow, that's quite extreme.

The worst I've seen was my friend's PC. He used to work as a DJ in a club/restaurant and, as with most entertainment places, smoking was allowed inside.
His Sempron got stuck to a heatsink due to excessive tar buildup in a gap between HS and CPU (Socket A).

R-T-B · Feb 17, 2016

Sasqui said:
Why is my PC not booting?

(apologies if this is a re-tread picture)...

Needs more lube. How can the cogs turn with all that dirt man? Every computer has gears. Just ask C3PO...

Sasqui · Feb 17, 2016

silentbogo said:
Wow, that's quite extreme.

The worst I've seen was my friend's PC. He used to work as a DJ in a club/restaurant and, as with most entertainment places, smoking was allowed inside.
His Sempron got stuck to a heatsink due to excessive tar buildup in a gap between HS and CPU (Socket A).

How did tar get into a gap like that and what the hell do his lungs look like! :fear:

R-T-B · Feb 17, 2016

Sasqui said:
How did tar get into a gap like that and what the hell do his lungs look like!

My guess is they have a lot in common with the lungs of King Tut at this point.

silentbogo · Feb 17, 2016

Sasqui said:
How did tar get into a gap like that and what the hell do his lungs look like!

It was a Socket A sempron - they did not have a heatspreader, just a small die and a 2mm gap between textolite and heatsink. But most the components also get dust and other nasty stuff in a mix (gross but easier to clean up)... his CPU was covered in brown goo and needed a thorough isopropyl bath just to come off the heatsink.

Nasty, but still does not beat cockroaches and spiders in my friend's stereo from 18 years ago. Every time my grandma visits me and sees a pile of disassembled electronics - she always gives me shit about that incident. :fear:

silentbogo · Feb 18, 2016

So, I finally got tired of playing around with MacBook Pro, and got another project laptop to fix.
I found a Lenovo G580 in super beat-up shape, but specs and price were too good to pass on it (~$50 for the whole thing with charger, original box etc.).
Fortunately for me, it was the first-ever online transaction that this guy did, so he was honest and straightforward about laptop's shape:
- It has a broken display
- It had some liquid spillage
- there is some cosmetic damage
- It kinda still boots!

In my economically retarded country I usually expect people to take care of their expensive electronics, but apparently all of this shit was done by stupidity, rather than by accident (at least never at the same time):

1) The spilled liquid was beer, and there was a lot of it! the whole screen and top housing is covered in sticky residue, which will require a bucket of isopropyl to clean up
2) In addition to frame and display damage, both hinges were ripped out of their sockets. Gotta get some superglue
3) The owner is a smoker, so this thing on the fan is not just dust - it is that crusty nicotine/tar stuff I was talking about. Air can or my faithful duster won't do - gotta get a toothbrush or a giant plasma cannon.

R-T-B · Feb 18, 2016

silentbogo said:
So, I finally got tired of playing around with MacBook Pro, and got another project laptop to fix.
I found a Lenovo G580 in super beat-up shape, but specs and price were too good to pass on it (~$50 for the whole thing with charger, original box etc.).
Fortunately for me, it was the first-ever online transaction that this guy did, so he was honest and straightforward about laptop's shape:
- It has a broken display
- It had some liquid spillage
- there is some cosmetic damage
- It kinda still boots!

In my economically retarded country I usually expect people to take care of their expensive electronics, but apparently all of this shit was done by stupidity, rather than by accident (at least never at the same time):
View attachment 72220 View attachment 72221 View attachment 72222

1) The spilled liquid was beer, and there was a lot of it! the whole screen and top housing is covered in sticky residue, which will require a bucket of isopropyl to clean up
2) In addition to frame and display damage, both hinges were ripped out of their sockets. Gotta get some superglue
3) The owner is a smoker, so this thing on the fan is not just dust - it is that crusty nicotine/tar stuff I was talking about. Air can or my faithful duster won't do - gotta get a toothbrush or a giant plasma cannon.

That's the laptop I would be forced to use in my personal hell, I think.

I'd better stop being such a nuisance...

silentbogo · Feb 18, 2016

R-T-B said:
That's the laptop I would be forced to use in my personal hell, I think.

I'd better stop being such a nuisance...

I had worse. This one is very promising, though. Most laptops from the same lineup share some parts and design which can make my life a lot easier.
I have another dead lenovo with the exact same screen and hinge placement, which means I can probably transplant the whole thing and throw away the beer-covered madness altogether.
If I stay within the budget on other parts, and given that HDD is working and has no bad sectors, I can probably throw in another $30 on an i3-3110M, or $50 on an i5-3230M (it came with Celeron 1000M).
Top it all off with an 8GB stick of RAM and you get a decent workhorse.

The laptop is barely 2.5 years old and has a fully operational battery: for that kind of money (including upgrades) I can only get some beat-up 2nd gen EEE PC with cookie crumbs under the keyboard :banghead:

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R-T-B · Feb 18, 2016

silentbogo said:
I had worse. This one is very promising, though. Most laptops from the same lineup share some parts and design which can make my life a lot easier.
I have another dead lenovo with the exact same screen and hinge placement, which means I can probably transplant the whole thing and throw away the beer-covered madness altogether.
If I stay within the budget on other parts, and given that HDD is working and has no bad sectors, I can probably throw in another $30 on an i3-3110M, or $50 on an i5-3230M (it came with Celeron 1000M).
Top it all off with an 8GB stick of RAM and you get a decent workhorse.

The laptop is barely 2.5 years old and has a fully operational battery: for that kind of money (including upgrades) I can only get some beat-up 2nd gen EEE PC with cookie crumbs under the keyboard .

It's true, I've had worse as well. I used to refurb toughbooks and flip them... as you can imagine, they get some extra special level of abuse...

I once had one that I'm pretty sure had vomit in the keyboard, as well as obvious signs of cat urine. I really don't know what they were doing with it...

silentbogo · Feb 18, 2016

Always wanted to get one. I know a place nearby that sells refurb. units from Germany, but the price on CF-19 is like $200... and newer i5-powered models are way out of my budget.

Sasqui · Feb 18, 2016

silentbogo said:
So, I finally got tired of playing around with MacBook Pro, and got another project laptop to fix.
I found a Lenovo G580 in super beat-up shape, but specs and price were too good to pass on it (~$50 for the whole thing with charger, original box etc.).
Fortunately for me, it was the first-ever online transaction that this guy did, so he was honest and straightforward about laptop's shape:
- It has a broken display
- It had some liquid spillage
- there is some cosmetic damage
- It kinda still boots!

In my economically retarded country I usually expect people to take care of their expensive electronics, but apparently all of this shit was done by stupidity, rather than by accident (at least never at the same time):
View attachment 72220 View attachment 72221 View attachment 72222

1) The spilled liquid was beer, and there was a lot of it! the whole screen and top housing is covered in sticky residue, which will require a bucket of isopropyl to clean up
2) In addition to frame and display damage, both hinges were ripped out of their sockets. Gotta get some superglue
3) The owner is a smoker, so this thing on the fan is not just dust - it is that crusty nicotine/tar stuff I was talking about. Air can or my faithful duster won't do - gotta get a toothbrush or a giant plasma cannon.

Ick... I'm fine with dust bunnies but nicotine and tar accumulation not as much!

Octopuss · Feb 19, 2016

How could I miss this thread for almost five years?

stinger608 · Feb 19, 2016

Octopuss said:
How could I miss this thread for almost five years?

Because you been smoking your breakfast for 5 years? :roll:

Na man, just kidding bro. Hell, it happens.

Sir B. Fannybottom · Feb 19, 2016

Going through all the posts are ya octopuss?

Octopuss · Feb 20, 2016

I actually gave up around page 30 when I got too bored

Nosada · Feb 20, 2016

silentbogo said:
giant plasma cannon

Can't wait for those pics ... :eek:

R-T-B · Feb 20, 2016

silentbogo said:
Always wanted to get one. I know a place nearby that sells refurb. units from Germany, but the price on CF-19 is like $200... and newer i5-powered models are way out of my budget.

You need a good supply of junker ones (electrically wrecked somehow but cosmetically good). Then, the second part you need is pretty easy to find in toughbook land: Ones that look like they got used in the sewage treatment plant but still boot and run ok. Clean, swap innards, make a grand.

It used to be profitable before everyone got the same darn idea and drove me out of business...

silentbogo · Feb 23, 2016

It's alive!

dorsetknob · Feb 23, 2016

Dr Bogostien i presume

ruff0r · Mar 10, 2016

Still speechless.
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silentbogo · Mar 10, 2016

ruff0r said:
Still speechless.

User error... No compute....
I think I've never-ever in my life seen anything like that. :fear:

dorsetknob · Mar 10, 2016

what is it
""Gremlin jizz " ?????

( probably cheap commercial heat grease )

Sasqui · Mar 10, 2016

silentbogo said:
User error... No compute....
I think I've never-ever in my life seen anything like that.

No kidding, same here... I'm guessing the RMA department at ASUS has seen everything! lol

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