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Old Mar 16, 2012, 08:39 AM   #126
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This Gateway came in the shop the other day:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-19-50_573.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-20-33_993.jpg

I didn't open it, I didn't even want to touch it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-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/v2...3-20-03_10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-20-22_546.jpg

WTF?!? Did they just spit on it?! God I hope that is spit at least...:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-20-09_843.jpg
This makes me wonder what the inside of the case is like.
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Old Mar 16, 2012, 04:10 PM   #127
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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.
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Old Apr 1, 2012, 10:17 PM   #128
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...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...
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8800GTS ?
Kinda looks like one.. the older G80
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I assume you cleaned it out by now. Is it behaving any better?
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Old Apr 2, 2012, 04:45 AM   #131
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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]"
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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.
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Old Apr 2, 2012, 05:30 AM   #133
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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...
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8800GTS ?
Kinda looks like one.. the older G80
Yes, sir. 640MB.
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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:

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Yes, sir. 640MB.

Yes and yes, after a baking session.

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You know it's bad when you can pick it all up with tweezers:
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looks like carpet!
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Old Apr 2, 2012, 04:13 PM   #136
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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
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sucks living in one of the most busiest cities in the world

and then there is this metro construction going on now :@
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Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...



Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone
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Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/1.jpg
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Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone
Rip out the fan, and put in another VIA molex
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Not filthy, but nasty. And a bit unexplainable...
http://img.techpowerup.org/120402/1.jpg
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Fan still works, but the whole tower now vibrates like a cellphone
I bet that thing cracking apart scared the hell out of you!
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Rip out the fan, and put in another VIA molex
Good idea!

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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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?
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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
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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.
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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

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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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