Had a client bring in a PC that smelled like burnt popcorn for a solid week.

Took it apart. Found a dead mouse inside the power supply. Fried. Customer said they heard a 'pop' while gaming. Cleaned it out, replaced the PSU. Charged them $120 for the part and labor. Anyone ever find something that wasn't a computer part inside a tower?

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evan4007d ago

Man, a dead mouse is rough. My buddy opened a really old desktop for a family member and it was packed with those foam packing peanuts, like someone just used the case as a trash can. They were all stuck to the fans and everything. He said it took him an hour to pick them all out by hand. I mean, how does that even happen? Just dumping your packing stuff into your computer tower.

kelly.jenny7d ago

Maybe they thought it was extra insulation for the computer.