Comments on: Mouse inside a PC case http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615425 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615425 Is that a Microsoft or Logitech mouse? Seriously, computers make great homes for mice. At the science center I worked at, we had a number of original IBM PCs and PC-XTs, plus a lone Dell 286, that had to be disposed of. Almost every one of them had mice nest in them, and the Dell (which was located in the library, though unused for some time) had an active resident! Not too pleased at the eviction, mind you. And normally, it's the bugs you need to worry about with computers. Is that a Microsoft or Logitech mouse?
Seriously, computers make great homes for mice. At the science center I worked at, we had a number of original IBM PCs and PC-XTs, plus a lone Dell 286, that had to be disposed of. Almost every one of them had mice nest in them, and the Dell (which was located in the library, though unused for some time) had an active resident! Not too pleased at the eviction, mind you.
And normally, it’s the bugs you need to worry about with computers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617986 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617986 Man, thats some old technology he has in the computer. =P Man, thats some old technology he has in the computer. =P

]]> By: dargaud http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-616197 dargaud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616197 True story: went to Antarctica a couple years ago with a whole bunch of PC gear. I had a laser printer as well. When I got there and assembled the pieces, the laser wouldn't work with real funky messages on the display. The bottom was gooey, so I disassembled it: all the cables were chewed out (I guess that's all it had to do during the 3 months long shipping) and there were plenty of mouse droppings inside. I never found the culprit, but I doubt it liked its new penguin friends... True story: went to Antarctica a couple years ago with a whole bunch of PC gear. I had a laser printer as well. When I got there and assembled the pieces, the laser wouldn’t work with real funky messages on the display. The bottom was gooey, so I disassembled it: all the cables were chewed out (I guess that’s all it had to do during the 3 months long shipping) and there were plenty of mouse droppings inside. I never found the culprit, but I doubt it liked its new penguin friends…

]]> By: Piers W http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-616203 Piers W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616203 When I was younger and poorer a kind relative handed an electric cooker on to me, with the caveat 'it doesn't seem to work as well as it used to'. When I opened it up I found a thoroughly mummified mouse, still firmly grasping the incoming live and neutral in each paw. When I was younger and poorer a kind relative handed an electric cooker on to me, with the caveat ‘it doesn’t seem to work as well as it used to’.

When I opened it up I found a thoroughly mummified mouse, still firmly grasping the incoming live and neutral in each paw.

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615439 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615439 Bit of a tech support tip: If you're working on a system from a warm climate, be prepared to find spiders when you open the case. Lots and lots of spiders. Bit of a tech support tip:
If you’re working on a system from a warm climate, be prepared to find spiders when you open the case.

Lots and lots of spiders.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615443 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615443 In a semi-related note, gecko inside PC: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/96911373_0d34523d8d_o.jpg In a semi-related note, gecko inside PC:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/96911373_0d34523d8d_o.jpg

]]> By: schpatz http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615447 schpatz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615447 It's all well and good to find the friendly critters until you learn that they've used your motherboard as an en-suite toilet. Not pretty for computing... It’s all well and good to find the friendly critters until you learn that they’ve used your motherboard as an en-suite toilet.

Not pretty for computing…

]]> By: airship http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615448 airship Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615448 I collect old Commodore computers, most of which have been stored in basements, garages, or barns for decades. Spiders and mouse nests are not uncommon, but the animals I encounter most frequently are dust bunnies! :) I collect old Commodore computers, most of which have been stored in basements, garages, or barns for decades. Spiders and mouse nests are not uncommon, but the animals I encounter most frequently are dust bunnies! :)

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615452 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615452 You need to introduce mice to reduce your spider population. Then cats. You need to introduce mice to reduce your spider population. Then cats.

]]> By: Foone http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615454 Foone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615454 I had a very similar thing happen to me a few years back, just with a slightly different animal: http://imgur.com/TKwdP.jpg Apparently it liked the warmth of the power supply, as this case had about a half-inch of space above the power supply were it could snooze. I had a very similar thing happen to me a few years back, just with a slightly different animal:

http://imgur.com/TKwdP.jpg

Apparently it liked the warmth of the power supply, as this case had about a half-inch of space above the power supply were it could snooze.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615464 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615464 In college, I had a mouse problem--it would steal crackers and eat them on top of my keyboard. That was fun enough, but I went away for the weekend and it tried to eat through my keyboard wires. Not a good thing. In college, I had a mouse problem–it would steal crackers and eat them on top of my keyboard. That was fun enough, but I went away for the weekend and it tried to eat through my keyboard wires. Not a good thing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615465 PC mouse is watching you. But really, you need to install the missing card slot covers. PC mouse is watching you.

But really, you need to install the missing card slot covers.

]]> By: Ian70 http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615475 Ian70 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615475 Cutest. Vermin. Ever. Cutest. Vermin. Ever.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-616005 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616005 Similar story, only with a six thousand dollar HP server. Someone left the expansion card slot off and shipped it to a remote office. two weeks later the server wouldn't post or do much of anything. Shipped back. Disassembled and found a nice warm corner of the motherboard near the dual power supplies was used as a toilet by a mouse. I hope he got shocked while urinating on the rectifiers. Similar story, only with a six thousand dollar HP server. Someone left the expansion card slot off and shipped it to a remote office. two weeks later the server wouldn’t post or do much of anything.

Shipped back. Disassembled and found a nice warm corner of the motherboard near the dual power supplies was used as a toilet by a mouse. I hope he got shocked while urinating on the rectifiers.

]]> By: hijukal http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-616009 hijukal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616009 A couple of years ago we found a mouse in one of our older (tower-style) servers. This one though, was dead and had been fried to the bottom of the case. Luckily, I was able to delegate removal of the baked-on chap to someone else. Not a pleasant task. A couple of years ago we found a mouse in one of our older (tower-style) servers.

This one though, was dead and had been fried to the bottom of the case. Luckily, I was able to delegate removal of the baked-on chap to someone else. Not a pleasant task.

]]> By: WeightedCompanionCube http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617802 WeightedCompanionCube Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617802 And then when you have too many cats, you need to get some dogs, but then you'll have lots of stray dogs... ...so eventually, what do we send after the coyotes? And then when you have too many cats, you need to get some dogs, but then you’ll have lots of stray dogs…

…so eventually, what do we send after the coyotes?

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615525 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615525 That is pretty cute, but I hope she got the little booger out of there before it peed all over everything or chewed the wires. That is pretty cute, but I hope she got the little booger out of there before it peed all over everything or chewed the wires.

]]> By: Clifton http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615549 Clifton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615549 Last year when I was trying to fix our middle-aged babysitter's computer, I opened it up and found an entire mouse nest made of lint inside the bottom of the case, with a lot of mouse droppings there and all over most of the components. I had to scrap everything but the drives, and build her a new system. Last year when I was trying to fix our middle-aged babysitter’s computer, I opened it up and found an entire mouse nest made of lint inside the bottom of the case, with a lot of mouse droppings there and all over most of the components. I had to scrap everything but the drives, and build her a new system.

]]> By: jahknow http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615561 jahknow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615561 Way back in the OJ trial/Clinton era, I was a wage slave for the cable company. We had a big problem with roach infestations in our (Jerrold/General Instrument) cable boxes, which always ran rather warm to the touch. I've also witnessed roaches nesting in alarm clocks and other warm electronics in roach-infested homes... so think twice about that swap-meet gear you're thinking about bringing home. Way back in the OJ trial/Clinton era, I was a wage slave for the cable company. We had a big problem with roach infestations in our (Jerrold/General Instrument) cable boxes, which always ran rather warm to the touch. I’ve also witnessed roaches nesting in alarm clocks and other warm electronics in roach-infested homes… so think twice about that swap-meet gear you’re thinking about bringing home.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-616861 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-616861 It's so CUTE!!!! It’s so CUTE!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617384 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617384 When I worked tech support I got a call from someone who was not getting any power to their pc. Opened the case and found a fried rodent that had chewed into the power supply cable to the motherboard. When I worked tech support I got a call from someone who was not getting any power to their pc. Opened the case and found a fried rodent that had chewed into the power supply cable to the motherboard.

]]> By: busydoingnothing http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615854 busydoingnothing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615854 Ugh...pictures made me squirm. Thank god it wasn't a rat... Ugh…pictures made me squirm. Thank god it wasn’t a rat…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-615606 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615606 Reminded me of my old Machitosh LC I picked it up and it felt "heavier" so I opened it up and there was a mouse and a stash of enough dogfood to last the mouse for 2 years lol Reminded me of my old Machitosh LC I picked it up and it felt “heavier” so I opened it up and there was a mouse and a stash of enough dogfood to last the mouse for 2 years lol

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617429 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617429 I think it's a Razer, DeathAdder possibly? You don't need that! Give it to me :l. I think it’s a Razer, DeathAdder possibly? You don’t need that! Give it to me :l.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-624865 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-624865 Ok so I had a working Kenbak-1 working condition and i was getting ready to sell it to a computer collecter for 20,000 worth that much and I had just turned it on a few weeks ago so I opened it up and there was a mouse caught in some chewed wire with my kenbak-1 totally destroyed I hate mice now Ok so I had a working Kenbak-1 working condition and i was getting ready to sell it to a computer collecter for 20,000 worth that much and I had just turned it on a few weeks ago so I opened it up and there was a mouse caught in some chewed wire with my kenbak-1 totally destroyed
I hate mice now

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617700 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617700 This is actually how the DJ Joel Zimmerman got his stage name Deadmau5. This is actually how the DJ Joel Zimmerman got his stage name Deadmau5.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-818411 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-818411 LOLMouse sez, "Me chew on wirez now?" "It is nice and warmz in here." *squeak!* Seriously, a mouse powered PC? You really need to upgrade. LOLMouse sez, “Me chew on wirez now?” “It is nice and warmz in here.” *squeak!*

Seriously, a mouse powered PC? You really need to upgrade.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617455 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617455 after all of this, Is mickey the computer mouse still living well and happy in mouse land? or did he run into the super charged fan? and got all his mouse limbs caught up in the fan? I sometimes sit and wonder. Have a great day! after all of this, Is mickey the computer mouse still living well and happy in mouse land? or did he run into the super charged fan? and got all his mouse limbs caught up in the fan? I sometimes sit and wonder. Have a great day!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-617969 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-617969 Aall you have to do is to take the system airblasted with a air can and once in 3 mnths take the system out and clean them. Aall you have to do is to take the system airblasted with a air can and once in 3 mnths take the system out and clean them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/19/mouse-inside-a-pc-ca.html#comment-618237 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-618237 "Amy, from Somerset"'s husband here. I can report the mouse is probably alive. After trying to tempt it out and then prise it out with a stick, we left the case outside for a couple of hours. When we came back to it the mouse had gone. The half a mouse left by our cats in our hallway later, almost certainly wasn't this one. I'm sure the one in the pictures is living a happy life now with his mousey family. “Amy, from Somerset”‘s husband here. I can report the mouse is probably alive. After trying to tempt it out and then prise it out with a stick, we left the case outside for a couple of hours. When we came back to it the mouse had gone.

The half a mouse left by our cats in our hallway later, almost certainly wasn’t this one. I’m sure the one in the pictures is living a happy life now with his mousey family.

]]>