[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as hell.

[Robert Hunter]

Perhaps a vacuum cleaner would be better than compressed air.  Or
maybe I'm just partial to sucking over blowing. ;)

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Ammon Lauritzen <allaryin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>> within species.
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