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    #1

    Critters in computers

    I almost had a "centi-puter" LOL.

    I saw something moving on the floor at night on September 25 and it was a centipede.

    I was thinking that I have a better chance of having a centi-puter than a roachputer.
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    "¡Me encanta "Me Encanta o Enlistarlo con Hilary Farr!" -Mí mismo

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    #2
    Re: Critters in computers

    Now that is called computer bug. I once had a small spider make itself at home in our family PC. I opened the side panel for cleaning and it had a nice little "web-site" with a pile of dead crickets underneath. Being the arachnophobic I am, it was promptly removed and squashed.
    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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      #3
      Re: Critters in computers

      Did it use HTML for its website?

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        #4
        Re: Critters in computers

        nah, just silk
        I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

        No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

        Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

        Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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          #5
          Re: Critters in computers

          I think I had a tiny spider live in a case before and managed to not F-up the PC.
          ASRock B550 PG Velocita

          Ryzen 9 "Vermeer" 5900X

          32 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-32GVR

          Arc A770 16 GB

          eVGA Supernova G3 750W

          Western Digital Black SN850 1TB NVMe SSD

          Alienware AW3423DWF OLED




          "¡Me encanta "Me Encanta o Enlistarlo con Hilary Farr!" -Mí mismo

          "There's nothing more unattractive than a chick smoking a cigarette" -Topcat

          "Today's lesson in pissivity comes in the form of a ziplock baggie full of GPU extension brackets & hardware that for the last ~3 years have been on my bench, always in my way, getting moved around constantly....and yesterday I found myself in need of them....and the bastards are now nowhere to be found! Motherfracker!!" -Topcat

          "did I see a chair fly? I think I did! Time for popcorn!" -ratdude747

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            #6
            Re: Critters in computers

            I see it a bit at work too. I once had one with a carpet of dead cockroaches on the bottom, and the components were covered in cockroach droppings.
            I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

            No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

            Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

            Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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              #7
              Re: Critters in computers

              Every once in a while, we get centipedes in the house like that, too. Nasty little critters - fast and clumsy. They always start climbing a wall and then fall near you. Spiders, on the other hand, don't bother me at all and I just let them do whatever they like.
              Just a few weeks back, I had a huge one on the outside of my window - only its body was about 0.5 inches. The whole spider itself was almost 2 inches with the feet and everything. I saw a few dead stink bugs in its web as well.

              As for computer bugs, I had a roach computer too. I believe I posted it in the Your Best Dumpster Finds thread. The computer itself came from a dumpster, so don't be that surprised. Luckily all of the roaches were dead/gone when I found it. The smell of roach poo was still there, though - even after multiple cleanings with chlorine-based wipes. I ended up spray-painting that computer with left over spray paints just to get rid of the smell.

              Originally posted by c_hegge View Post
              nah, just silk
              That actually sounds like a pretty good name for a future web programing language (if it hasn't been used already).

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                #8
                Re: Critters in computers

                I heard that the Crotched Mountain school (Greenfield, NH) horticulture office had a mouse-puter!

                Back when I was there, 2002 was my last year there.
                ASRock B550 PG Velocita

                Ryzen 9 "Vermeer" 5900X

                32 GB G.Skill RipJaws V F4-3200C16D-32GVR

                Arc A770 16 GB

                eVGA Supernova G3 750W

                Western Digital Black SN850 1TB NVMe SSD

                Alienware AW3423DWF OLED




                "¡Me encanta "Me Encanta o Enlistarlo con Hilary Farr!" -Mí mismo

                "There's nothing more unattractive than a chick smoking a cigarette" -Topcat

                "Today's lesson in pissivity comes in the form of a ziplock baggie full of GPU extension brackets & hardware that for the last ~3 years have been on my bench, always in my way, getting moved around constantly....and yesterday I found myself in need of them....and the bastards are now nowhere to be found! Motherfracker!!" -Topcat

                "did I see a chair fly? I think I did! Time for popcorn!" -ratdude747

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                  #9
                  Re: Critters in computers

                  all PCs have a mouse
                  I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                  No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                  Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                  Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                    #10
                    Re: Critters in computers

                    better a mouseputer than a roachputer!

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                      #11
                      Re: Critters in computers

                      I heard of a guy who once found dead possums inside an IBM system/32 he had acquired however it seems his lease on the domain expired.
                      Find Nedry!


                      Check the Vending machines!!

                      <----Computer says I need more beer.

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                        #12
                        Re: Critters in computers

                        Originally posted by pentium View Post
                        I heard of a guy who once found dead possums inside an IBM system/32 he had acquired however it seems his lease on the domain expired.
                        I assume they're actually dead and not "playing possum". you know they love to play dead.
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                          #13
                          Re: Critters in computers

                          I once found a dead mouse in a client's case... how it got there I have no idea
                          Guns don't solve problems. I'll take 12

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                            #14
                            Re: Critters in computers

                            had a server once with a mouse condo in the autoloader and a huge wasp nest in the top floor.it was in a semi outdoor facility.

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