Things you've found that don't belong in your rig

[Shadowknight]

I was wondering how normal it is to find things living in your computer. I've never had this problem before, but a couple of months ago I found a tiny tiny spider living next to my PSU in my P180. Tonight I opened the dust filter to see if it needed to be changed, and I found a gigantic centipede looking thing, it was probably about 3 inches long. I got a fly swatter and managed to get it on so I could toss it outside. I don't like killing things, other than flying bugs, so I try to avoid it when possible. Also, really big bugs tend to leave really obvious carpet stains.

Any one else with stories?

 

[Zim Hosein]

/me waits for the "mouse" post!

 

[Whitecloak]

When I was in band camp....

 

I found 3 illegal immigrants in my pc once.

 

[Mojoed]

Nothing exciting I guess, just dust and dried up broken rubber band shards.

 

[Mrvile]

I found my...well...

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I found 3 illegal immigrants in my pc once.

The thread asked about things that DIDN'T belong there!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I found 3 illegal immigrants in my pc once.

WTH do you think build the damn thing!

 

[quakefiend420]

i bet there were at least 50 roaches calling her computer home...

 

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: SampSon
I found 3 illegal immigrants in my pc once.

WTH do you think build the damn thing!

I did. The immigrants work on my plantati... er farm.

 

[Jayczar]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
I was wondering how normal it is to find things living in your computer. I've never had this problem before, but a couple of months ago I found a tiny tiny spider living next to my PSU in my P180. Tonight I opened the dust filter to see if it needed to be changed, and I found a gigantic centipede looking thing, it was probably about 3 inches long. I got a fly swatter and managed to get it on so I could toss it outside. I don't like killing things, other than flying bugs, so I try to avoid it when possible. Also, really big bugs tend to leave really obvious carpet stains.

Any one else with stories?

that centipede thing sounds like a silverfish but they like damp places mostly.

leave your pc on and the fans may kill the critters.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: SampSon
I found 3 illegal immigrants in my pc once.

WTH do you think build the damn thing!

I did. The immigrants work on my plantati... er farm.

:laugh:

Cheers SampSon :beer:

 

[JohnnyCache]

I found a condom in mine....... WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MisterJackson]

Working on PC's I've seen roach infestations and grand daddy long leg spiders (along with various other spiders). Some people are just nasty.

One machine I took outside today to blow out with our shop vac because I literally could not see the color of the PCB's. When I was done there were multiple 6 inch diameter "mini tumbleweeds" of dust rolling around me.

 

[Tylanner]

WMD's

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: JohnnyCache
I found a condom in mine....... WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did Norton quarantine the crabs?

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: Jayczar

that centipede thing sounds like a silverfish but they like damp places mostly.

leave your pc on and the fans may kill the critters.

Well, I'd rather not have bug guts all over my computer, but it's not like I go actively hunting them, I just notice them if they're there when I'm working in my case.

As for the centepide thing, I just checked Google images and apparently it WAS a centipede. It wasn't inside the case per se, it had crawled through the plastic cover for the fan intake and was walking around on the outside-the-case portion of the filter.