Do Bugs Ever Fly into your Computer?

inveterate

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I found 3 mosquitos and a firefly or something in my case. 2 mosquitos were melded to the MOBO, and the others were just on the bottom of case. Does this happen to u guys?
 

epsilon9090

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I find spiders in my case sometimes, I just leave them there because they arent harming anything, at least they have a palace as a home :)
 

imported_bum

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I never have any problems with that, probably because I don't have bugs in my house anyway. Leaving insects and spiders inside your case is probably a bad idea because it's possible they melt onto something, chew through a wire, get splattered in your fans, etc.

I'm looking for this one post where a Dell support person found a dozen or so dead roaches in a customer's case...
 

Mrvile

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I don't have any problems with this.

First, I keep my computer on a desk up off the ground. Also, my case has wheels which keeps that up off the desk :p

And we usually try to keep our house as bug free as possible.
 

Zepper

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Back when I was servicing computers regularly, I cleaned a keyboard that had stopped working and found a spider's nest inside... And since I was in florida, I often found those giant florida roaches (palmetto bugs) inside. If you run those dang lights in your cases you can expect to attract flying insects. You'll just have to mod your case with a zapper grid around the outside. That would be a good test of your surge/spike protector. ;)

.bh.
 

inveterate

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yea, i've got them dang lightz.. really considering a zapper ,, that'd be dual purpose, very intrigueing
 

paadness

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I keep my stinky socks on my casing to make sure not even the baddest roaches dare to enter.
 

theMan

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never had that, but a lot of times, spiders and stuff crawl under the keys in my keyboard, and it makes it hard to type untill i take the keys off and get them out.
 
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fly in?... its more like sucked in if they get to close to the 120mm (vacuum) front fan... i usually find them on the floor of the case inside (legs up)... mostly small gnats one or two at most... a good cleaning every other week is recommended...
 

The Pentium Guy

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I found a cockroach in my heatsink (chopped up). How the cockroach managed to climb on top of the hot heatsink and stay there, I don't know (I leave my pc on 24/7).
 

Continuity27

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Originally posted by: Mrvile
I don't have any problems with this.

First, I keep my computer on a desk up off the ground. Also, my case has wheels which keeps that up off the desk :p

And we usually try to keep our house as bug free as possible.

*Continuity watches as he slightly nudges the computer and it rolls of the desk and comes crashing to the floor* ;)
 

The Pentium Guy

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^--- This is why I don't keep my computer on my desk. Im such a clumsy idiot - Ive knockedover my speakers so much that the base is completely dented and they won't stand anymore unless I duck (too lazy to type "Duct" even though I just did) tape it to the table.
 

imported_rod

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I dunno if it's a true story or not, but a friend of mine told me that a friend of his had a spider inside his PC, that had spun webs everywhere. And then then one cold evening, after a humid day (that happens a bit where i live), there must have been some condensation, because his MoBo and Video Card shorted out, and fried the MoBo, VC and CPU.

But I've got a feeling that this is more of an urban legend. Makes a good story though.

RoD
 

Continuity27

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Hmm... how do relatively large spiders get in a case anyways, assuming you have air filters on the front, constant running fans in the back and front, and no real openings elsewhere? :Q

Luckily I've never found anything like that in there, just dust.
 

Zepper

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Many cases have extraneous air vents and some are pretty large - I cover most such vents.

.bh.
 

inveterate

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I leave one of the 2, 4" open inf front of my case for Vent. I figure they prob get sucked in there
 
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Originally posted by: rod
I dunno if it's a true story or not, but a friend of mine told me that a friend of his had a spider inside his PC, that had spun webs everywhere. And then then one cold evening, after a humid day (that happens a bit where i live), there must have been some condensation, because his MoBo and Video Card shorted out, and fried the MoBo, VC and CPU.

But I've got a feeling that this is more of an urban legend. Makes a good story though.

RoD


wow:Q... could be a rural legend too... at least the web would/could catch some of those pesky gnats... like a natural filter... file that one under Stan Lee...
 

0roo0roo

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never so far. put your case elsewhere. sounds like a bad spot. or your house is sorta filthy
 

Cheezeit

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they fly into the computer that my dad always keeps the side panel off( i have no idea why), but otherwise on my other computers, then no.
 

boomerang

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A couple of weeks ago, I turned my computer on and very shortly thereafter noticed an odor that smelled just like an electronic component frying.

I really quickly killed the power and removed the side cover and gave everything a thorough visual with a flashlight. I saw nothing.

Turned it back on and it's been running just fine ever since.

I'm thinking a bug got fried in the PS.