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  • 1supertech
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    • Apr 2012
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    • USA

    #1

    Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

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  • gerg
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    • Nov 2010
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    • United States

    #2
    Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

    I have seen roaches in a system but never ants but I live in Wisconsin not a south eastern state

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    • PeteS in CA
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      • Aug 2005
      • 3581
      • USA, Unsure of Planet

      #3
      Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

      Yeppers, insects don't do well with voltage, especially the primary side of a P/S. The attraction? Dark, confined, warm --- feels like safety ... until it feels, briefly, electrifying.
      PeteS in CA

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      • kc8adu
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        • Nov 2003
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        #4
        Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

        ants in general like electrical stuff.i have replaced lots of burned up contactors in hvac applications outdoors due to being full of ants.so nothing new here..

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        • c_hegge
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          • Sep 2009
          • 5219
          • Australia

          #5
          Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

          Originally posted by gerg
          I have seen roaches in a system but never ants but I live in Wisconsin not a south eastern state
          Same here. I've seen PSUs get blown up by cockroaches before, but no ants.
          I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

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          • Topcat
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            • Oct 2003
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            #6
            Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

            Originally posted by kc8adu
            ants in general like electrical stuff.i have replaced lots of burned up contactors in hvac applications outdoors due to being full of ants.so nothing new here..
            I've seen a bit of that as well in outdoor HVAC stuff as well.
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            • goontron
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              • Dec 2011
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              #7
              Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!

              i forgot about viruses a long time ago.....suse/RHEL/clearOS/debian/fedora/freeBSD/ghostBSD
              now ants poping things is not anything new, i have seen ants pop HID lamps,sprinkler timers,aircons, tornado sirens (yes tornado siren),etc.
              Last edited by goontron; 05-21-2013, 08:09 PM.
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