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    Whats inside your PC?

    Sometimes you find something you aren't expecting...






    This one was a customers I am fixing..

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    omg, defrag it right now!

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    lol, sure, right after I despider it

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    When was the last time you opened it? Years?
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    It isn't my PC.. I am fixing it for a customer....

    My PC's don't get like that.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    The only reason a spider would build webs in there would be if other insects were routinely passing through there (ants for example).

    Sounds like your customer has an insect infestation problem. When they come to pick it up, you should tell them to consider having an inspection done (if they aren't already complacently aware).

    Sucks for you - because now you have more spiders in your house.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    Quote Originally Posted by grilkip
    omg, defrag it right now!
    Take it one step further and frag it now.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    Your user probably has a clogged CPU heat sink.

    Take off the CPU Fan, clean out the dust near the CPU with a qtip and hydrogen peroxide.

    That should fix the problem.
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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    who said there was a problem?

    It was being repaired for a totally unrealted issue. I just tend to open up the PCs to clean them out if they are really dirty. This one just happened to be REALLY dirty.

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    That PC looks perfectly healthy to me...

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    I am Tord - get a Grip

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    thats was totally random!
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    No it wasn't. to us educated members of CC, it actually makes perfect sense.

    And I'm not joking. It really does.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    Quote Originally Posted by dclamp
    thats was totally random!
    maybe that is what is inside his PC?

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    Why would Bob be in his PC?

    While I'm thinking about it, where has Bob been?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    No it wasn't. to us educated members of CC, it actually makes perfect sense.

    And I'm not joking. It really does.
    If when you mean educated, you mean members who've spent their whole pointless life logging onto vbforums and posting stuff since they were 5, then I totally agree.

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    Looks like Google spiders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kregg
    If when you mean educated, you mean members who've spent their whole pointless life logging onto vbforums and posting stuff since they were 5, then I totally agree.
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    I have to buy bags of dust to throw around my house because I do not shed skin cells.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    educated members of CC
    Is that an oxymoron?

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    Only for those who don't qualify

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    You have either a Compaq or a Hewlett Packard computer.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    Which web browser did you use to find the spider?

    By the way, that amount of web would take a spider all of about an hour to create. After that it collected dust from years of ventilation. Therefore, you needn't worry about insect infestation. A single spider thought they had a good thing going, wandered about building a half-assed web, then stepped into the CPU fan and became puree. No insects needed to be present for any of that to happen. Also, I'm guessing about the demise of the spider, but this is the age of Hollywood, so a gruesome, theoretical, dismemberment is about right.
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    Thats wrong shaggy, the spider was surking his web when he got a phone call from Jill, his girlfriend spider, needles to say the male spider got lucky, then seriously unlucky, after Jill ate him post intercourse.

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    for the spider to build a web in the pc there must have been a payoff for it... i wonder how many other insects were living in there too maybe you need to send that pc to a pest control guy?

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    Quote Originally Posted by I_Love_My_Vans
    You have either a Compaq or a Hewlett Packard computer.
    I have a custom built computer.

    Why on earth would I ever let my own equipment get like that?

    For the Nth time, this ISN'T my computer...


    Here is another one I worked on a few months back, allthough I don't think its bad, this one actually had a dead spider in it. You can see it in the top pick near the lip of the bottom part of the case


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    How can you let your pc's get dusty like that?

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    Re: Whats inside your PC?

    People who don't know how to use computers don't bother opening them up

    Once, I did some work on my computer, and put my side panel back on. A couple weeks later I smelled something weird, and opened it up. I found a half empty carton of chocolate milk....

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    Are you sure your pc is a custom? It looks very Compay/HP to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by I_Love_My_Vans
    Are you sure your pc is a custom? It looks very Compay/HP to me.
    It's not his pc...

    I've got a DELL server that I never want to open - it came from the factory - it works - I'm afraid that if I do anything other than watch it from a distance that it won't boot again...

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    I found dried orange juice on one of my memory chips. No idea how it got there. I don't drink orange juice. Guess the spider was thirsty. Computer was randomly resetting. I cleaned off the dried juice and computer is back to normal. And i can assure you no spiders in my case now. I keep it open for a daily tinkering/inspection. The side only goes on when i have guests.
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    Smoke... coz if smoke goes out of it means my PC is dead.

    Break out from your mental box.
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    I'd never let my machines get in that kind of state Kleinma, shortens the life cycle considerably. Shame on you.

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    Kleinma I can't beleive you let your PC get infested with spiders like that. As soon as I see a spider it is dead, nevermind in my PC. Saying that though.. my 1996 dell poweredge 4400 meter long thing is probably a hive of tarantulas.
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    I guess im just lazy

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    This guy's computer actually has an ant farm in the case window.
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