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Hello,
I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum, but I was just wondering: To all you smokers out there (including myself), if I smoke while I'm using my laptop, is that harmful to the laptop? I'm really sorry if this sounds like a stupid question. The reason is, my girlfriend wants me to stop smoking.
Thank you all.
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If that's what smoking does to laptop hardware... Imagine what it could do to your internal tissues / soft organs within ur body....... tar
.... clogging
... buildup
... difficult to clean out of system.....
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I'm a heavy smoker( if you couldnt tell from my picture), and yes, keeping the laptop in a room with a heavy smoke, or smoking a good bit during use isnt the best thing for it, however, a regualr cleaning shedule will negate most if not all ill effects, a good total wipe down two to three times a week, a good blast of compressed air through ALL openings and the keyboard at least once aweek, more the better, and every 6-12 months, open her up for a good thorough internal cleaning, if you let it go with nothing, it'll get funky quick,as little as a month or two, and will be difficult to clean, if you dont let it get bad in the first place, you wont have any problems. The dust in a smokey room gets sticky and gummy if left alone, and can be insanely difficult to clean, so spending about 5 minutes a week can save you hours of fruitless labor down the road. My little Bro NEVER cleans his stuff, and he doesnt even smoke in his room, I spent about 45 minutes cleaning his laptop screen, and finally gave up,its still has a nasty streaky film on it, he pretty much ruined my sony wega HDTV in my living room, I was hospitalized for a few weeks, and during that time he logged many hours inches away from the screen playing Xbobx 360 with a cig hanging out of his mouth, and never once thought to take 30 seconds to wiped down the screen, a few months later I still havent gotten all of it off
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Until recently, lead was added to solder to prevent tin whiskers from growing. Due to the European RoHS directives, most manufacturers are switching to lead-free solder and alloys for electronics components. Tobacco tar and smoke have an especially adverse effect on the new lead-free components and can greatly accelerate the growth of tin whiskers. In the past I have seen computers destroyed after years of tar/dust buildup and clogging around fans and intakes, but lately I've seen a number of newer machines destroyed after only months or even WEEKS of tobacco smoke exposure. A friend of mine lost his almost-new PSU and nearly his whole PC because his wife smoked in the next room, even though they had an air filter running near the PC. When I opened up the PSU, I could see the tin whiskers growing in the areas covered with sticky tar.
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Smoking and laptops
Discussion in 'Dell' started by dutd33, Apr 9, 2007.
