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    P150HM - Bug found!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by draxen, Jan 27, 2012.

  1. draxen

    draxen Notebook Consultant

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    So today I found not just 1 bug but several thousand.
    My laptop had become infested with ants - ugh!!

    I live in the Philippines where insects can be a real problem. As such I'm very careful about where I keep my computer. It sits on a perfectly clean wooden desk in my office. I never eat any kind of food in there and I'm very careful not to spill or leave any drinks. However, this made no difference.
    I later found out that ants are attracted to electrical fields, who knew?

    Today I was playing some Terraria when I noticed a couple of ants on my screen. Lifted up my laptop to find a small party going on underneath it.
    I slowly took apart my laptop piece by piece. When I lifted out the battery there were so many ants in there that I couldn't even see the black plastic underneath them. I really wish I'd taken some photos.

    Anyway, after a thorough cleaning everything seems to be working OK. I don't think they've done any damage. Yet!

    Ants, this means WAR!
    I'm gonna nuke 'em from orbit, only way to be sure ;)
     
    draxen, Jan 27, 2012
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    LOL, usually when you have thousands of bugs you need to reformat, don't think that will help in this case :(
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jan 27, 2012
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  3. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    This gives the expression "BUG FOUND" a whole new philosophic sense! Haha
     
    jaug1337, Jan 27, 2012
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  4. cradle_emperor

    cradle_emperor Notebook Consultant

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    ughhh that must be really annoying.

    Im sure this isnt an isolated issue just for the OP? how do people living near the equator usually deal with this?
     
    cradle_emperor, Jan 27, 2012
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  5. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    I thought it was a computer bug.. :D

    But yeah... this is pretty serious..
     
    Ryan, Jan 27, 2012
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  6. NovaH

    NovaH Company Representative

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    LMAO! Good one Hutsady!

    On a more serious note were you using Webcrawler.com as your search engine?
     
    NovaH, Jan 27, 2012
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  7. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    You know the term "bug", as first applied to computing actually referred to a live moth? :D

    Grace Hopper found it in the Mark II back in 1946. It's also where the term debugging came from.

    Software bug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jan 27, 2012
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  8. Lenxal

    Lenxal Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would flip out and throw my laptop if I saw that many of them lol
     
    Lenxal, Jan 27, 2012
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  9. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    ROFL, that gave me a good heavily light laugh (oxymoron :D) too bad he has several bugs in his machine then...

    and btw, it was not G. Hopper that found the bug, rather one (or several?) of the operators ;)
     
    jaug1337, Jan 27, 2012
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  10. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

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    Maybe make a nice trap for them to visit rather than your laptop. An ant hotel where they check in, but never check out.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Jan 27, 2012
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  11. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    About time someone invented a USB-powered insecti-shocker, lol
     
    Aikimox, Jan 27, 2012
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  12. hotblack_desiato

    hotblack_desiato Notebook Consultant

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    BEST thing I've learned since I've been in college. This little piece of information has so much win.
     
    hotblack_desiato, Jan 27, 2012
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  13. trvelbug

    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    at least they werent cockroaches :p
    just clean your room some.
     
    trvelbug, Jan 28, 2012
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  14. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Oh god, you made me cry, although I would suspect it would shock the laptop too
     
    jaug1337, Jan 28, 2012
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  15. Prema

    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    You are actually lucky DUDE!!! Did you check on your thermal pads?

    I got my first Clevo infested by RED-ANTS, all thermal pads taken apart and thousands of the left-over rubber particles spread into every single corner of the Notebook.
    In December they did the same thing with my new Clevo. There was not one part left in place both CPU and GPU Thermal Pads completely taken apart and spread all over the chassi.
    Took me like 80 Euro for canned air (10 cans) and fresh thermal pads, a vacuum cleaner and a whole day of work to take my baby apart, clean it and put it back together.

    I would call this the "Bug-Bug"!
    Clevo should maybe make a better choice on thermal pads, cause the "red-ants-army" is seriously after them...
     
    Prema, Jan 28, 2012
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  16. eelkered

    eelkered Notebook Geek

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    Actually had that happen once!

    Bought a desktop from a garage sale that an old lady had for sale. She didn't know what was wrong with it. Paid $20.

    Come to find out that (dead) roaches had a motel going in the PSU! :eek:

    LOL. threw in an old PSU I had laying around and wahlah - new desktop for my daughter. But, Shhhh don't tell her this story...
     
    eelkered, Feb 7, 2012
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  17. Shaithis

    Shaithis Notebook Guru

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    LOL @ this thread!!!

    Nuts.
     
    Shaithis, Feb 7, 2012
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  18. eelkered

    eelkered Notebook Geek

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    The screens over the fans.... zzzZAP!!!

    What's that smell? red-ants-army LOL.

    Just keep the fans on the clevo on high and it'll blow them away! :cool:
     
    eelkered, Feb 7, 2012
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  19. TheHansTheDampf

    TheHansTheDampf Notebook Evangelist

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    Zerg rush.... better counter quickly.... :D
     
    TheHansTheDampf, Feb 7, 2012
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  20. ashveratu

    ashveratu Notebook Evangelist

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    [​IMG]
     
    ashveratu, Feb 8, 2012
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  21. ikethegreat

    ikethegreat Notebook Consultant

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    Douse your laptop in some Raid to prevent the ants from coming back.
     
    ikethegreat, Feb 8, 2012
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  22. aduy

    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    raid 1 or 0?
     
    aduy, Feb 8, 2012
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  23. eelkered

    eelkered Notebook Geek

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    Pffff everyone knows Raid 0 is for roaches and Raid 1 is for ants... LOL
     
    eelkered, Feb 11, 2012
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