Got some PC parts for a steal of a deal. When I went to check them out I found evidence of roaches! Watch how I cleaned these parts and find out if they still work! Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @dlmtechgarage
I like getting dirty computers. sometimes you can get it for a little less. There is one time i bought a pc case. guy threw in motherboard and ram stick and wifi card. got it home. there was all that weird gunk on it... turned out to be roach "stuff". cleaned it.. motherboard didnt work, but rest did. luckily i was going to paint the case. started to take it all apart, drilling out rivets... there was dead roaches all in it. so.. had to clean all that out and then paint it. now it looking good!
been their with dead roach filled pc's myself, but i agree. i look for the old and grimmey gross pc's as you get better deals and people tend to judge a book by its cover. had one I got at a yard sale, covered in dirty, dust, food, juice you name it it had it. got it home opened it up turned out to be a ryzen 5 2600 system with a gtx 1060. the case was crap and had no window so it was a gamble. Paid $50 and lucked out!
I grew up out in the country, house was surrounded by pine trees which is a breeding ground for roaches. It's sooooo hard to get rid of them, but for me there's two smells in my top ten list that i absolutely can't stand, the first and second being battery corrosion on my hands and roach s*&t....especially if it's heated up by electrical components. I will dead ass turn around and walk right back out of someone's house if i smell it.
Man it sucks someone moved in about a month or two ago and brought them into our complex. And now my computer *and just discovered my interface for my music* are heavily infested. I've had issues with my computer glitching out and not displaying and stuff. I hate neighbors
I would just do the same thing you did, but I would have checked the inside of the case outside the house. If it was going to be worth it, it was going to be worth it, but if it didn't, it didn't. You got your $20.00 back and some free ram that works.
About to do the same. Bought a 16gig, 256gig ssd, 1tb, thinkcentre and case swapping today. Upgraded the cpu from a i5 650 to a i7 3770 and upgraded the motherboard aswell.. just missing a gpu and I'll be rockin
im not familiar with this problem, do we even get roaches in the uk? but surely you could only get this having the pc close to the outdoors like in the downstairs kitchen or conservatory or is it litteraly in any room of the house?
I would have cleaned it, for sure, to give it all a shot. You chuck and or destroy that dead stick or try to file for a warranty claim on it? What was the make?
@@DLMtechgarage cool. Brings me to a question for ya: in your time, ever had a stick die? And what about life time warranties on them I have heard about? Ever pursue one? Thank you bruh.
@@PapaMav I have had older ram sticks die but never persued the warranty. Newer on one with warranty I have RMA to the manufacture with no issues but never really excersice the older lifetime warrant ones. Mostly because the customers want the computer now and cant afford to wait. I keep a stock of older ram and sell it if they have a bad stick and typically toss the bad stuff out.
hard to know if i vould take it i live in sweden and we dont have that problem but free stuff is always free stuff :-D got a free mainbord with a intel i5 760 and 8gb of ram and earlier i also got a i7 920 with main board 12gb of ram just plug it in and it worked :D
I'd use dish soap and water for first pass clean. Followed by 91% alcohol to remove water and set in sun out watch and movie then test it but yeah never bring anyone electronics into house with opening it especially game consoles like playstation 3's and 4's. They are by far the worst roach motels out there and cleaning them thoroughly is essential and may fix many systems just by removing dust hair and bugs. Always replace the thermal solution such as paste and defective pads so fixed 2 ps3 and 1 ps4 by just cleaning it.
ATX mother board, its the asus asus p8z77 ws. did a build with this case and mobo combo. will post a link below. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GJRBjo19HQ0.html
My brother and me just took his gaming laptop and traded it for a desktop, 2 monitors, and a keyboard. Friggin roach infested as hell. Glad we opened it up outside first but we are having ti go over literally everything with a fine tooth comb and it is a literal nightmare.
