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

[lexluthermiester]

I wonder if I ever posted these photos from a job I had about 14 years ago. It was, among other things, IT support for a chain of mobile phone stores in big shopping malls.

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Can't count how many times I've seen horror shows like this..

 

[Leooooo1061]

The owner had so much sticky dirt (he smokes, a lot) on the filters that the airflow was severely impaired. So, instead of cleaning them, he retired the lateral panel.

Actually my PC runs perfectly well without a filter. A little bit of dust here and there, but not major buildup. I adjusted my fan curves so the dust doesn't even have a chance of sticking to anywhere before it is sucked out of my case. A bit of dusting every 3 or 4 months is all I needed. However, in the case of smokers, there's basically nothing that can help them. Filters eventually clogs up. Smoke clings to every surface inside the pc. You get sticky tar and crap everywhere and a pair of fkd up lungs. I honestly do't understand why people smoke, especially near their computers. At the very least go outside.

 

[nomdeplume]

Ooh, I didn't know this thread existed!!

Once I had to "repair" a CPU which had stopped booting from a friend. He's a lazy smoking bum, so I had prepared vynil gloves... they weren't enoug. The filters were so clogged he had open the case so it could ventilate. After that, his cat marked its turf inside the case. What a nice clusterfuck.

I don't have photografic evidence, and believe me, you wouldn´t want to see (or smell).

Thank you for making the only submission truly in the spirit of this thread in some time.

A few shots with an air compressor or sitting after a few sprays from bottle of cleaning solution. No, this was actually a filthy, rotten, nasty, helpdesk nightmare.

 

[Arco]

Poor system D:

That poor poor OEM HP GTX 1030 3GB...

 

[Gmr_Chick]

it gets worse...
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This is absolutely disgusting. I've seen worse in this thread, but I never imagined that MY console would turn out to be just them.

Oh, get over yourself, bud. You and your console aren't special. Just take a can of air to it, get into the habit of maintaining it, and move on. We've all been there.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Oh, get over yourself, bud. You and your console aren't special. Just take a can of air to it, get into the habit of maintaining it, and move on. We've all been there.

Hey, be nice. This a fun thread not a place for unpleasantness. Let's keep it light and fun, eh?

 

[Bloste]

Thank you for making the only submission truly in the spirit of this thread in some time.

A few shots with an air compressor or sitting after a few sprays from bottle of cleaning solution. No, this was actually a filthy, rotten, nasty, helpdesk nightmare.

Do you want it worse?

This one was from about 26 or 27 years ago, when I was working as a slot machine tecnician. One restaurant owner asked me if I could have a look to the DVD player, because it won't close de tray. It tried, but when it was nearly closed it stopped and opened again. It was bumping on something inside, that was clear. But what?

So I opened the case.

And I saw.

We all saw.

A blob of crushed cockroaches just behind the tray. Each try to close it, a mortal trap for the other cockroaches who happily lived inside the DVD player. In the restaurant.

That was the worst of that times, but big and warm closed boxes with low or no maintenance in pubs and restaurants? You need NBQ apparel.

 

[Leooooo1061]

Oh, get over yourself, bud. You and your console aren't special. Just take a can of air to it, get into the habit of maintaining it, and move on. We've all been there.

well it came as a shock. I've only had this thing for one year and it's dirtier than my nearly four-years-old pc. I never said anything about it being special. But I guess that sentence is sort of misleading.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Do you want it worse?

This one was from about 26 or 27 years ago, when I was working as a slot machine tecnician. One restaurant owner asked me if I could have a look to the DVD player, because it won't close de tray. It tried, but when it was nearly closed it stopped and opened again. It was bumping on something inside, that was clear. But what?

So I opened the case.

And I saw.

We all saw.

A blob of crushed cockroaches just behind the tray. Each try to close it, a mortal trap for the other cockroaches who happily lived inside the DVD player. In the restaurant.

That was the worst of that times, but big and warm closed boxes with low or no maintenance in pubs and restaurants? You need NBQ apparel.

That gives me the willies. I mean, if the cockroaches were seemingly calling that DVD player home....What other part of the restaurant were they calling home?

 

[LastDudeALive]

This poor thing finally died after 15+ years of sitting in an office.

 

[1freedude]

This poor thing finally died after 15+ years of sitting in an office.
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That looks like the proto-molecule from The Expanse. I expect to see Julie Mao poking her head out from behind the northbridge.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Ooh, I didn't know this thread existed!!

Once I had to "repair" a CPU which had stopped booting from a friend. He's a lazy smoking bum, so I had prepared vynil gloves... they weren't enoug. The filters were so clogged he had open the case so it could ventilate. After that, his cat marked its turf inside the case. What a nice clusterfuck.

I don't have photografic evidence, and believe me, you wouldn´t want to see (or smell).

Much in the same vein:

I once had a client whos PC had stopped turning on. She was a chain smoker and played Second life obcessively.....at the same time, in a closed room. That PC was hideous, orange tar coated nearly all surfaces. I ended up charging her a $300 cleaning fee just for touching it and after a long bath in running alchohol I was able to get at the guts. Her GPU, an ATI 5770, had gotten so hot it had managed to discolor the steel support bracket to a blueish hue, suggesting temps in excess of 200C, which had literally melted her GPU, which was confirmed after I couldnt get the heatsink off. Nothing worked, pry bars, heat gun, nothing got that sucker off.

The smell was abominable.

I should get pics of the switches we are replacing at work, some have gone 15 years with no cleaning, in a "closet" in a workroom full of old books and other junk. The thick layer of gray fuzz is impressive.

Do you want it worse?

This one was from about 26 or 27 years ago, when I was working as a slot machine tecnician. One restaurant owner asked me if I could have a look to the DVD player, because it won't close de tray. It tried, but when it was nearly closed it stopped and opened again. It was bumping on something inside, that was clear. But what?

So I opened the case.

And I saw.

We all saw.

A blob of crushed cockroaches just behind the tray. Each try to close it, a mortal trap for the other cockroaches who happily lived inside the DVD player. In the restaurant.

That was the worst of that times, but big and warm closed boxes with low or no maintenance in pubs and restaurants? You need NBQ apparel.

Reminds me of a story: We got a chromebook returned from a school in "unusable" considition. The principal said it would be in the cargo room in a bag.

Wait, bag? Why?

Got there, found the ziploc bag, full of....roaches. There was indeed a chromebook in there, and no, you could not see it. And they were still alive. That was something else..... I cant imagine that kids' home. We've also seen bedbugs coming out of these things. Nothing like plugging in a headphone set, hearing a *crunch*, pulling the plug out, seeing the blood from a bug, then dozens start pouring out of said headphone jack all over your desk.

Needless to say, ANYTHING coming into the shop gets baked now.

 

[Leooooo1061]

We've also seen bedbugs coming out of these things. Nothing like plugging in a headphone set, hearing a *crunch*, pulling the plug out, seeing the blood from a bug, then dozens start pouring out of said headphone jack all over your desk.

Reminds me of something that happened to me a few years ago...
In a normal Saturday night, as usual, I put on my headphones to try and enjoy some peace while someone living upstairs drilled at their wall and hammered stuff. I started playing music, and for a while everything is normal until I felt something CRAWLING in my ears. I never got to know what it actually is; I just threw my headphones as far as I can, ran into the bathroom, and washed my whole head. Been sticking to AirPods ever since.

 

[Bones]

This poor thing finally died after 15+ years of sitting in an office.
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Kinda looks like something brought up from an old, sunken ship.

 

[Leooooo1061]

This poor thing finally died after 15+ years of sitting in an office.
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Is that an intel motherboard? never seen anything like that before.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Is that an intel motherboard? never seen anything like that before.

I feel like the silkscreen kinda gives it away:

Intel sold consumer motherboards through, what, LGA1155? The last one I had was 775.

 

[Frick]

Intel sold consumer motherboards through, what, LGA1155? The last one I had was 775.

I do believe they had LGA1150 boards as well.

 

[1freedude]

The investigator in me says there is something wrong with that dust storm. It has settled in the wrong places. Second from the right ram slot on the bottom...why a mess there? The cap near the cpu power cable...almost spotless, yet the cable a half cm away is a furry.

Where is the point of entry for the filth? Maybe vent in the side panel?

Whats with the traces under the buzzer that go up to 10 'clock? And on the front side of the psu.....a filter on the exhaust to the inside of the case?