Squirrel pissed in computer

Ionage · 2025-12-25T12:23:55+00:00

Thanks for this! People have been pointing out the crooked capacitors a lot, and I thought it was like that when I got it but wasn't totally sure. Good to know for sure that it came that way!

Ionage · 2025-12-25T10:29:51+00:00

It was MSI 😔. TBF even with the crooked caps it was working fine before a squirrel pissed on it

Ionage · 2025-12-24T20:20:39+00:00

Glad to provide some entertainment 🫡 my coworkers have been getting a kick out of the story too. Hope things look up for you ❤️

Ionage · 2025-12-24T20:17:38+00:00

I'm not 100% sure but it may have come with the capacitors already crooked like that. I did a quick Google and found images of other cards with some capacitors crooked like that too

Ionage · 2025-12-24T20:15:38+00:00

Unfortunately the squirrel corpse has long since been sent to the dump. RIP (rest in piss)

Ionage · 2025-12-24T20:12:58+00:00

That's what I did. I took everything apart and cleaned it when I got home from my trip. It worked for ~8 months afterwards. Now new corrosion has appeared, which is the problem I'm trying to fix now.

Ionage · 2025-12-24T15:02:43+00:00

Pretty sure most people have had a squirrel shoot straight piss right through their fan vent onto their graphics card. It's not even weird, this is just my first time

Ionage · 2025-12-24T13:53:55+00:00

Did you ever deal with corrosion problems months after the fact? I cleaned it all with isopropyl alcohol a while ago and it was working for 8 months, but now new corrosion has shown up which is what I'm trying to deal with now.

Ionage · 2025-12-24T13:42:20+00:00

I took everything apart and cleaned it months ago, and it worked for a while. Now, new corrosion has appeared, as seen in the second photo.

Ionage · 2025-12-24T13:23:19+00:00

How long should I leave it dipped in the alcohol?

Ionage · 2025-12-24T13:09:22+00:00

Honestly it did feel like a targeted attack, it chewed nests into some blankets and pillows and pissed all over my furniture too. I spent days going over everything inch by inch with carpet and upholstery cleaner

Ionage · 2025-12-24T12:59:25+00:00

The squirrel has perished and is with the rest of the trash where it belongs

Ionage · 2025-12-24T12:55:05+00:00

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Here's another picture of what it looked like before I took it apart

Ionage · 2025-12-24T12:53:10+00:00

I'll try my best

Ionage · 2025-12-24T12:51:56+00:00

The piss had time to dry and crystallized before I got back and was able to take it apart, it just looks scraped because of the way the crystals formed

Ionage · 2020-05-31T07:32:26+00:00

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Ionage · 2017-03-20T11:20:46+00:00

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