Originally posted by: Gast
Originally posted by: Devistater
why would these kill your PC? The cig lighter might kill YOU by lighting up cancer sticks but the actual lighter just runs off the 12v from your PSU. I doubt it takes all that much amperage either. The drink, well thats a little more possible, but if it spilt while held out in front of your comptuer odds are it would mostly hit the floor.
The smoke particles are death to your computer. Smoke is worse than dust for a computer because smoke particles are smaller. They get into more places and are very difficult to blow out of the computer with a can of air. Work in a tech shop for a few weeks and you can see (if you couldn't already smell) the difference inside the computer.
As for the drink, imagine reaching up to put your drink into it's holder. Let's say you didn't lift the cup high enough to clear the edge. Chances are you are going to be spilling a good deal of that directly into the slot that the drink holder pulls out of. It's a lot more likely than you would think. Why do you think people putting drinks on their CD drive killed their computer? It's not like those things couldn't hold up a cup of coffee.