I don't use my PC daily and found out that one of my cats (see second image for reference) peed on it a few days ago. It looks like not much pee got inside, and it's all dry now, but I'm a bit worried to turn it on. The GPU was protected by the heat sink, but the mainboard has a few dried drops on it. What do you think I should do?
- Turn on the PC and hope for the best
- Clean the drops off the mainboard with a damp towel
- ??
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Sell the cat
Clean it with IPA. Do not use water. Put it above or next to a radiator if you have one till you know there is no way there is any moisture still in there.
That’s a pretty unusual behavior for a cat. He had some beef with the PC.
Wash it well, I suggest alcohol and dry it well. To have more chances you can take it to some repair workshop, there they can wash it with ultrasonic bath. Then turn on and pray for the bet. Even ultrasonic bath won’t guarantee success, so consider yourself if you wish to pay for that.
Don’t let that happen again đź’Ż
Pee on the cat. Assert dominance. Also disconnect pc from power source (remember you are the only power in your house). Wait an hour (capacitors may still have some charge). Dry out the pee with a damp cloth / tissue. let it dry. Maybe use a hair dryer (don’t melt anything though). Wait a day or two, just in case there is still some humidity. Pee on the cat again. Power the pc, turn it on. Take a shit on the cat.
Buy the cat a pc and let the cat enjoy it
Then proceed to pee on the cats pc
Isopropanol alcohol and cotton buds to clean the mobo
Dude, rub a piece of very thin cloth or paper with isopropyl alcohol on the affected areas, then dry it gently using another piece of cloth of paper. After the fact, just dust it with any kind of duster you have (just make sure to disconnect it from any power source for some minutes before doing it, in order to avoid a short circuit while dusting).
After the alcohol dries, which takes a few seconds, and the interior is free of cat hair and dust, you should be good to go. Don’t leave it on the sun and don’t wash it with water.
Let it dry out and then get some of those blue paper shop towels or a small ( coffee filters works too) dab some 98% isopropyl alcohol and wipe it with that to sterilize it and no other liquids is like the cat pee is on it. And you won’t be smelling it as you turn it on through your fans.
Be gentle with the wiping making sure you don’t tear off any capacitors.
Clean thoroughly with Isopropyl alcohol, then dry with cold air
Now you pee on his computer as a revenge
Assert dominance, pee on the cat
Clean thoroughly with isopropyl, also lock the door to your PC room. Focus on cleaning the exposed solder pointsÂ
Feed the cat vegetables for a week
Dip it in rice
Who em who evolved, pee on the cat
1. Cut off the power immediately
[2. Buy](http://2.Buy) yourself a WD40 electrical contact and cat odor cleaner
3. Remove the battery on motherboard, then clean your MB with both
4. Wait until it completely dry and you’re good to go
I was going to say your pc fuc*** but try IPA AlcoholÂ
Suppress him
Get a new one
…and I’m just sitting here wondering how on earth the cat pee’d on the motherboard
You’re going to have to throw it away
Then clean your pc
sure. cat.
This sub keeps reminding me why I never want to have a cat.
I will remove the motherboard and spray contact cleaner on it.
Clean the PC then, put a litter box on the mobo as a precaution
Let me guess he saw the Pee Cee I slot?
Tell them, being behind bars is an option.
Pee on his PC.
Cat’s PC now.
Use the cat as a motherboard
eat the cat
I think your cat just wants to make a statement…. anyhow, some alcohol will do
Workshop. Disassembly and clean (also to make sure you don’t find it elsewhere).
By clean we would be spraying on alcohol (spray bottle), letting it sit for a minute, and then blasting it with compressed air (air compressor), repeat until it looks brand new, zero contact/abrasive etc.
You’ll have to buy a new one. According to the laws of the Animal Kingdom, that’s the cat’s PC now.
Telling you right now that cat will not stop doing this at all no matter what you do. As other’s have said isopropyl alcohol. And get rid of the cat.
Get rid of the cat
Take MTB out and clean everything with IPA.
Don’t turn it on!
send the cat to a chinese restaraunt
Disassemble all components
wash electronics with isopropyl alcohol