second hand smoke in my pc

[buffdaddy]

will this affect my pc in anyway at all? apart from the more dust/ash in my case ?

[Cathulhu]

Of course it will. More in the long run, but it will decrease the longevity of the PC components and that of its owner.

[SundownKid]

I doubt it will harm your PC much besides making it smell like an ashtray and be unsuitable for used sale.

[darkkterror]

Take this from someone that has seen the insides of computers after years of cigarette smoke getting inside them: avoid it if at all possible. The tar (yes, the tar, not just smoke) is extremely hard to clean off.

[BoNfiRe]

As above, I smok (a disgusting habbit I know), and I have to clean my PC monthly. What makes it worse, the smoke is sticky and glues to ALL the components. Not sure if shortens the life of the components, but it certainly doesn't help.

EDIT: Most of my components are over 5 years old, but as I said, I have to clean my machine almost constantly.

[Revelene]

Don't worry about it too much. Be more worried about your own health.

You can clean most of the computer with soap and water... Fans can be replaced... Unfortunately, the human lung is not so easily cleaned or replaced.

[LoTekRabbit]

Originally posted by Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

You can clean most of the computer with soap and water...

What.

[Pasi123]

Originally posted by 10Club:

Originally posted by Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

You can clean most of the computer with soap and water...

What.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahhSDEgkqQ8

[Azza ☠]

Smoking around laptops are extremely bad, due to the smaller areas. PC desktops are also slightly affected.

The fan draws in the smoke onto it's internal components. This by itself doesn't affect them much.

However, tar builds up and dust therefore sticks a lot more. Dust ends up clogging up over time and is harder to remove. Therefore the fans become less effective and heat buildup occurs.

Therefore you should get a can of compressed air and clean out the dust more regularly. Even wipe down areas such as the fan blades while the system is turned off.

Try avoid smoking near the system, where the airflow is directed to the intake fans.

Originally posted by Pasi123:

Originally posted by 10Club:

What.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahhSDEgkqQ8

Hahaha, you got to be seriously silly. I like why he says the comments are disabled. Nice cleaning of the stickers too, you would think soapy water would of removed those, but like magic cleaned them!

[tomk1]

I smoked for decades, i tried to stop many times but beer was the killer, thanks to one e-cig (that looks like a real cig). I was able to give them up. The money you save after a year will buy you a super PC.

You do know there is Arsenic in the chips in the PC so maybe? secondhand smoke in combo with chip toxins exhaulled by the PC & re-smoked by you should give you a more self preservation perspective than old PC components caked with tar.

[Revelene]

Originally posted by 10Club:

Originally posted by Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

You can clean most of the computer with soap and water...

What.

Yup. As long as it is dry before turning it on. Water doesn't magically ruin hardware.

If it is dry before running electricity through it again... Then there isn't anything to cause the short.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Originally posted by 10Club:

What.

Yup. As long as it is dry before turning it on. Water doesn't magically ruin hardware.

If it is dry before running electricity through it again... Then there isn't anything to cause the short.

There are so many ions in regular tap water. Talk about corrosion, even if fully dried, it's damaging in the long term.

Also, using dishwashing soap and a dishwasher is just suicide for the small components, washed off and damaged by the water pressure.

[Revelene]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Originally posted by Bill S. Preston, Esquire:

Yup. As long as it is dry before turning it on. Water doesn't magically ruin hardware.

If it is dry before running electricity through it again... Then there isn't anything to cause the short.

There are so many ions in regular tap water. Talk about corrosion, even if fully dried, it's damaging in the long term.

Also, using dishwashing soap and a dishwasher is just suicide for the small components, washed off and damaged by the water pressure.

Never said dishwasher.

To have components be so dirty that soap and water is needed... I mean, it's either clean it or leave it all gunked up. Longevity is not much of a concern at that point.