The Filthy, Rotten, Nasty, Helpdesk-Nightmare picture clubhouse

micropage7 · Jan 19, 2019

lexluthermiester said:
Dried out thermal paste.

Haha... I expect any wrong answers

hat · Jan 19, 2019

_JP_ said:
Not to brag, but I've seen way worse fron computers returning from trips to Africa...so many I forget to take pictures But let's say that's the usual for a month.
Anyway, this caught me by surprise:

This is my old board, stored as it should, for a year....and thaaaat's mold.
Which is curious since I used all 4 sata ports, only those have mold. I haven't inspected the cables...

...mold? How?

biffzinker · Jan 19, 2019

hat said:
...mold? How?

Humidity plus mold spores?

lexluthermiester · Jan 19, 2019

micropage7 said:
Haha... I expect any wrong answers

I've seen enough dried out TIM to know what we're looking at in that picture.

micropage7 · Jan 23, 2019

Another nasty keyboard
How come they could type on that

lexluthermiester · Jan 23, 2019

micropage7 said:
Another nasty keyboard
How come they could type on that

View attachment 114951

Seen worse, but that is nasty and in desperate need of a solid cleaning!

Athlonite · Jan 24, 2019

kinda looks like mine at the moment LOL it's getting a good cleaning this weekend

micropage7 · Feb 15, 2019

Just look at the pic

Prince Valiant · Feb 15, 2019

How do people abuse their phones that badly :fear:

?

lexluthermiester · Feb 15, 2019

Prince Valiant said:
How do people abuse their phones that badly ?

Right?

phill · Feb 18, 2019

It's a shame that rather than a like button, we don't have a sad button

silentbogo · Feb 19, 2019

The following program contains disturbing pictures. If you have children, please remove them as far from the monitor as possible, and if you are faint-hearted - you shouldn't touch the following spoiler

This tiny HP SFF was brought by a regular client of mine. He said it was in his friend's garage chugging away as a mini-server.
"Just needs a little bit of cleaning and a new power brick" he said...
...filthy lying fucker...

The whole thing is filled with dead roaches, spiders and bug shit. Somehow there was no dust there at all.
Left it in a trash bag for pickup. Had to wash my hands 10 times and I think I've cleaned my office better than ever before))) Even gave my work desk 2 scrubs with alcohol.

Splinterdog · Feb 19, 2019

About four years ago, a customer phoned me to say his PC had stopped working, so I went to his house and found this:

My first question to him was, why?

Rahnak · Feb 19, 2019

@Splinterdog A Miracle that it ever did. But kudos for the original cooler placement. :laugh:

E-Bear · Feb 19, 2019

Splinterdog said:
About four years ago, a customer phoned me to say his PC had stopped working, so I went to his house and found this:
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View attachment 116884

My first question to him was, why?

That cooler placement should be in Ghetto mods thread

Splinterdog · Feb 19, 2019

Rahnak said:
@Splinterdog A Miracle that it ever did. But kudos for the original cooler placement.

He'd actually managed to prize the cooler from the m/b and then superglued it to the rear vent holes, as can be seen in the pics.
I asked him how long it had been running like that and he said "It's been fine for months since my cooling modification..."
Long story short - the CPU survived but the mobo didn't. Actually, this is a part of my job that I really enjoy. You never know what you're going to find

hat · Feb 19, 2019

silentbogo said:
The following program contains disturbing pictures. If you have children, please remove them as far from the monitor as possible, and if you are faint-hearted - you shouldn't touch the following spoiler

This tiny HP SFF was brought by a regular client of mine. He said it was in his friend's garage chugging away as a mini-server.
"Just needs a little bit of cleaning and a new power brick" he said...
...filthy lying fucker...

View attachment 116877 View attachment 116878 View attachment 116879 View attachment 116880

The whole thing is filled with dead roaches, spiders and bug shit. Somehow there was no dust there at all.
Left it in a trash bag for pickup. Had to wash my hands 10 times and I think I've cleaned my office better than ever before))) Even gave my work desk 2 scrubs with alcohol.

I have no words.

Bones · Feb 19, 2019

silentbogo said:
The following program contains disturbing pictures. If you have children, please remove them as far from the monitor as possible, and if you are faint-hearted - you shouldn't touch the following spoiler

This tiny HP SFF was brought by a regular client of mine. He said it was in his friend's garage chugging away as a mini-server.
"Just needs a little bit of cleaning and a new power brick" he said...
...filthy lying fucker...

View attachment 116877 View attachment 116878 View attachment 116879 View attachment 116880

The whole thing is filled with dead roaches, spiders and bug shit. Somehow there was no dust there at all.
Left it in a trash bag for pickup. Had to wash my hands 10 times and I think I've cleaned my office better than ever before))) Even gave my work desk 2 scrubs with alcohol.

If he had told you the system had been acting buggy as of late, Well....... Now you know why.

phill · Feb 19, 2019

hat said:
I have no words.

I think we need a sad or crying 'like' button....

Where the heck was it to be having bugs in the PC?? I mean wow.....

hat · Feb 19, 2019

He said garage... something to remember if I ever have a house with a garage. I will be painting it with Ortho.

lexluthermiester · Feb 20, 2019

silentbogo said:
The following program contains disturbing pictures. If you have children, please remove them as far from the monitor as possible, and if you are faint-hearted - you shouldn't touch the following spoiler

You weren't kidding, that is messed up!

E-Bear · Feb 20, 2019

hat said:
He said garage... something to remember if I ever have a house with a garage. I will be painting it with Ortho.

Ortho? Is it insect repellent like Raid in Canada?

Ahhzz · Feb 20, 2019

Splinterdog said:
About four years ago, a customer phoned me to say his PC had stopped working, so I went to his house and found this:
View attachment 116883

View attachment 116884

My first question to him was, why?

I was looking for a dead mouse, a snake... rat droppings... and then I saw what I (and it) was missing :roll:

P4-630 · Feb 27, 2019

Splinterdog · Feb 27, 2019

P4-630 said:
View attachment 117542

Did it survive?

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