A spider fried the fan in my power supply

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2006-08-17 04:40pm

Yesterday my computer was suddenly powering off for no apparent reason because it was to hot inside. after a few hours of tinkering I figured out that a spider had crawled inside the fan on the power supply while it was off and me turning in on had fried the spider and the fan keeping the power supply cool.

Fortunatally I keep a backup power supply lying around(its not the best but it works) and so I'm not computerless because of a mindless anthropod.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2006-08-17 04:41pm

BTW I had thought it might have been because of the hot day until I started tinkering. That day I had left the AC off.

Darth Sephiroth · Post by **Darth Sephiroth** » 2006-08-19 05:56pm

same sort of thing happened to my laptop, it was just a piece of lint with mine though. Ruined the entire thing

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-08-19 08:38pm

Air compressors are your friend. Big ones.

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2006-08-20 09:14am

1:Do Spiders still fall under the category of "bugs"?

2: Would a warrant cover this?

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2006-08-20 02:20pm

It's been a long time since some of my classes, but I believe spiders and insects are in the same Phylum, Arthropoda, but different classes. So I guess they're cousins.

I'd try to get a warranty replacement (or service) if my PSU was still under warranty. Just clear out the spider chunks and play innocent.

Vympel wrote:Air compressors are your friend. Big ones.

Hell yeah. I work in a manufacturing plant and I take my PC in once a month to blow it out with the compressed air hoses they have there.

RThurmont · Post by **RThurmont** » 2006-08-20 10:44pm

Or you could just get a spray can of aerosol duster. They cost like $8 a pop and contain enough propellant to completely clean my entire LAN.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-08-21 12:25am

RThurmont wrote:Or you could just get a spray can of aerosol duster. They cost like $8 a pop and contain enough propellant to completely clean my entire LAN.

I love those things! I suppose thats why they never last long...

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2006-08-21 12:37am

Bah! Where are the photos of this?

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2006-08-21 02:16am

Oh hell. My fiancee's power supply on her 'puter just went out a week ago. I can't bear to tell her to look for spiders!