Advice needed: PC smells terrible!

[lynx]

I'm surprised nobodies laughed at my suggestion.

Btw I assume no responsibility.

We would have laughed, but we've all got you on ignore.

Unless you happen to mention Antec of course.

[accat13]

Hmmm it seemed like a good idea I do have abit of a cold coming on..The PC vapourizer kinda catchy...

[clocker]

Btw I assume no responsibility.

Which is, of course, the whole point of interweb advice-giving.
You think I've actually tried any of the crap I recommend?
HA!


Hell, I don't really even have a PC.

[zapjb]

Btw I assume no responsibility.

Which is, of course, the whole point of interweb advice-giving.
You think I've actually tried any of the crap I recommend?
HA!


Hell, I don't really even have a PC.

[vivitron 15]

I knew it all along...i never believed that you had a pc

and i actually quite like the vicks idea..it would make the room smell really cool, and couldnt possibly do any harm - in fact, i bet there is no caveat on the vicks, so if it goes wrong, i can claim a new pc from them!

I think i'll try it after the "cleaning" method

[clocker]

I knew it all along...i never believed that you had a pc

Damn.
I had a very clever reply all ready to go but my Etch-A-Sketch spontaneously rebooted and wiped it out.
I might have to back down on the overclock....

[vivitron 15]

ah, them pesky etch-a-sketches...i heard strong magnets can be pretty dangerous for them!

anyhow, ive got some fancy cleany stuff, and some air in a can and have spent the morning blasting the pc...after having left it to air off for a few days, and will hopefully be in a position to switch it on later...will keep you posted as to what happens!

[1Bullet]

Have you found your problem, burning smells ussually come from the power supply. To get rid of smell in case remove everything including mother board . Clean with a citrus cleaner should get rid of smell.

[vivitron 15]

Thanks to all who replied...The smell was definitely from the people from whom i liberated the pc smoking far too much (when i opened her up, there were bits of tobacco stuck in the fans )

Anyhow, I stripped it all out, and scrubbed the case with anything i could find which had an "ok" smell, i air-blasted the lot and used some of the contact cleaner, but in the end, there is still a distinct whiff..

so i decided to return the pc to its owners.

In the end, the promise of a slightly better cpu and SATA HDDs wasnt enough for me to keep it - its not too bad, but slightly annoying that i know the pc is being wasted on minesweeper and msn...it'll never know greater things

Cheers anyhow though Was def worth a try!

[zapjb]

Too bad.