[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as hell.

[Ammon Lauritzen]

If the internal heat of the operating computer itself doesn't kill
them, I don't know that the car solution would be that much more
effective anyway.

I agree with Jeff's suggestion. Enough canned air solves anything ;)

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Jeff Coy <jcoy42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tucson's summer heat, combined with the greenhouse effect of the car may
> well ruin the laptop as well.
>
> I would suggest taking the laptop apart as much as is reasonable and blowing
> out all the crud inside.
>
> Certainly one of the more unusual computer issues I've heard of.
>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Harry McGregor <micros at osef.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/13/10 5:11 AM, Jim March wrote:
>> > I had a friend call me yesterday about bugs in her laptop.
>> >
>> > Now normally this means something in software or hardware.  Nope.  Not
>> > this time.  I mean bugs.  REAL ones.  Too many legs, etc....crawling
>> > out every morning and freakin' her out.
>> >
>> > :)
>> >
>> > OK.  So what the hell to do?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Turn the laptop off, and place it in a car that is NOT covered, and has
>> it's windows closed for a day or two.
>>
>> Tucson's summer heat, combined with the greenhouse effect of the car
>> will either drive the bugs out, or kill them in place.  Either way, no
>> more bugs coming out of the laptop.
>>
>>
>>                                                        Harry
>>
>> > My first thought was "unplug, pull the battery, hold it over an empty
>> > sink and drown it with half a bottle or so of rubbing alcohol poured
>> > everywhere, then let dry".  But I figured I'd better do a sanity check
>> > on that concept.
>> >
>> > So, how to debug said lappy?
>> >
>> > :)
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
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