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    Do wireless card typical..rust? That's right..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by B2TheEYo, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. B2TheEYo

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    See the rust?

    What the hell is going on.. LOL I never use the damn thing and my machine is ALWAYS at a desk and there are ZERO liquids or moisture in the room.

    I think it's cause theres a mixture of steel/metal/alunimum like materials touching causing an accelerated deterioration in the material.

    Regardless I never heard of this or seen this..Should I be worried?

    I can see this isn't gonna help my cause with my current Dell issues.

    OH.. theres spots like that on my hard drive too.. Nothing else..
     
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    I can see the rust in all its 2816px x 2112px glory.
     
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    LOL, I shrunk the picture :p
     
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    Well that can't be good
     
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    ...oh boy that's bad...i can just imagine what the heck is going on with your hard drive platters and the air going through the breathing hole...living near the sea or something?! i doubt that's the problem.
     
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    Maybe it's not good, but is it bad? Has it effected performance?

    It must be as a result of moisture in the air. Also probably due to that particular metal.

    How old is the computer?
     
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    My 3945 did the rusty corners bit too.
    It didn't have any problems in performance, i live in South Florida so Moisture is omnipresent, but i don't think thats the cause.
    i think the corners are aluminum coated and this is electrically caused oxidation through electrolysis... could be totally wrong though.
     
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    The computer is 4 months old...

    And this is a far from wet area.. It's actually SUPER dry...

    I don't know what to make of it.. lol

    Like I said I figured it's from the different type of steel/metal materials contacting each other which usually results in accelerated deterioration.. in other words rust.

    I never..NEVER use the wireless so I can't tell if it works or not. Rural area at home so no wireless or high-speed connection options. And at the studio/workplace everything is wired for security reasons.

    I'll take a picture of the hard drive. It's minor on the hard drive but..Still..
     
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