Smells

Privateer · January 08, 2008, 18:44:13 PM

Now and then my PC starts smelling, its doing it now, its not a electrical, Ive changed my PSU, Memory, Graphics, DVD and Hard drives, the weird thing is, it does nothing, my censors report the same temps, occasionally my PC crashes overnight thats all, I cant get on my knees to smell, thats a pain.
its still smelling now, it took 10 minutes to post this, the PC reports no extra heat.

Maldonado · January 08, 2008, 18:59:02 PM

what sort of smell? check your wiring imo.

Privateer · January 08, 2008, 19:02:18 PM

Quote from: Maldonadowhat sort of smell? check your wiring imo.

i have its not that.

its hard to describe the smell, its a hot smell.

Bacon · January 08, 2008, 19:16:09 PM

Dust getting hot?

Did you open the psu and clean it out?

Privateer · January 08, 2008, 19:31:58 PM

Quote from: BaconDust getting hot?

Did you open the psu and clean it out?

I changed the PSU.

Maldonado · January 08, 2008, 20:02:57 PM

vaccuum everything

knighty · January 08, 2008, 20:08:18 PM

its you, YOURE ON FIRE !

Bacon · January 08, 2008, 20:12:25 PM

lol i was going to say did you quit smoking recently? Maybe its your nose adjusting back to "normal mode" :mrgreen:

Privateer · January 08, 2008, 20:59:53 PM

Quote from: Maldonadovacuum everything

i did and i blew it with compressed air, this is about the 15 th time, its still working fine, these forums arnt.

Eggtastico · January 08, 2008, 22:17:50 PM

what it smelling off? could be a dead mouse or somthing....

red · January 09, 2008, 07:42:37 AM

shower ffs.

Privateer · January 09, 2008, 09:50:10 AM

typical, I left it on all night to keep it smelling, so the Novatech engineer can smell it, it has stopped. its not a dead rat/mouse smell, id say its like hot plastic,
a friend was here, when it started smelling, he could not find it.

Leon · January 09, 2008, 09:58:18 AM

May sounds stupid but you sure it coming form your computer? Spent AGES looking for source of burning plastic smell in my room to find out it was seeping in from outside via the fireplace.

Privateer · January 09, 2008, 10:32:52 AM

Quote from: DoomsMay sounds stupid but you sure it coming form your computer? Spent AGES looking for source of burning plastic smell in my room to find out it was seeping in from outside via the fireplace.

thats what I thought and was told, but its definitely coming from my PC, its doing it again now, whats worse is it gives me a bad head ache.
I sit about 12" away from my PC all day its never off, I move the keyboard in and the smell is worse, my pc is below.

I have similar to this, I sit in front all day.

dogbert · January 09, 2008, 10:44:29 AM

Could be a previous user trapped and decaying under the motherboard.

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