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http://www.dvice.com/2013-5-19/forge...ur-motherboard
http://www.dvice.com/2013-5-19/forge...ur-motherboard
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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 -
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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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..Comment
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Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!
Same here. I've seen PSUs get blown up by cockroaches before, but no ants.Originally posted by gerg View PostI love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
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Re: Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard!
I've seen a bit of that as well in outdoor HVAC stuff as well.Originally posted by kc8adu View Post<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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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.Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
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