I was a computer tech many years ago. So many PCs would come it with burned out power supplies, processors, etc from smoker homes with clogged fans. Sticky smelly balls of dust in them. So gross.
I must admit that is my least favourite part about my job. Dealing with a laptop console or pc that is yellow, sticky and has a smell you cannot get rid of with anything.
Any hair or dust gets absolutely glued to it!
I always think like, if this is what your laptop looks like after a few years of smoking in the same room. What the fuck does your lungs look like after decades of direct contact with that shit?
I worked in a pawn shop fixing these things. This is nothing compared to some of the roach hotel smoking lounges I've seen. Hadn't thought of that nonsense in years until this post came across my screen. Vomit.
Exactly. I’m in my 40s and wish some of my family would quit smoking. I don’t smoke and the younger generation of my family don’t but it’s the older ones that do. My great uncle smoked a lot, fingers were all yellow. He just passed away last year at 94 and if he didn’t smoke at least he would’ve lived a little longer. My grandparents are still alive, but they still smoke. Wish they would quit.
if this is what your laptop looks like after a few years of smoking in the same room. What the fuck does your lungs look like after decades of direct contact with that shit?
This is what I try to tell my boyfriend. Who constantly smokes in the house.
That's why rubbing alcohol and vinegar are your friends to clean at least the outside when you notice this. I use to work at a business that put video games in bars when they still had smoking and, this was the best, fastest, and easiest way to remove the tobacco tar residue off our arcade machines and computers. We also used bounce as filters on our cold air intake fans, and that helped a ton. Then when they banned smoking, we didn't have to do that anymore.
Gosh guys why? What people do to get their PC’s like that? I’ve never clean any console and alnof them lasted their time and some are still going. But i send my PC for cleaning and maintenance every 6 months.
Yea dude that's so nasty!
I don't think most people realize how bad and gross everything around you gets when you smoke!
It's NOT just a little bit of pee yellow and brown on your walls. It's WAY worse.
I have unfortunately lived my whole life with most everyone around me smoking, i have seen how bad it gets from light smokers to heavy smokers.
People are always surprised when their house and car get all nasty.
🚗 When it comes to your car...
You blow all that smoke out straight at your windshield, over and over again, on the side of your windshield that rarely gets cleaned. After a while it starts to get foggy or "hazey" and hard to see out of. When you finally try to clean it, it just smears and streaks. You end up having to really clean the heck out of it, just to do it all over again in a couple months.
🏠🏠When it comes to your house..
People definitely don't think about the fact that there is already a thin layer of dust on everything, then you smoke and it builds a layer of Nicotine on top of all that dust.
And all the residue on your walls from smoking is NOT DRY! It's wet and sticky, especially if its hot and/or humid out.
Which obviously makes more dust stick to it aswell! This dramatically increases the buildup of "cobwebs". And if it's really humid out and you're even a little more than a light smoker, then it will start dripping down the walls,🤢🤢🤢 especially in the bathrooms and kitchens!! 🤮🤮
I've seen this sooooooo many times in my 40 years of life, and it still just disgusts the crud outta me!!
Man, this is actually an important reminder. I just got a pc and need to move it off the floor. I mean it just means i would have to clean it every 6 months instead of annually
I used to vape heavily in an enclosed room with zero ventilation. I'd never experienced a Mac Mini overheating and then being so slippery on the inside. It was an eye opener that's for sure.
Lol it was a shoe cupboard which was about 1m x 2m so super tiny but I managed to make it into a little space for me to chill without the rest of the family so in a way it was perfect but yeah I could have just kept the door open.
Now I've realised the error of my ways and keep everything dust free as best I can (and moisture free).
Genuinely is an annoying issue for me, I live in California and smoke concentrates regularly. I literally have to clean my fans out every three months because dust sticks so much worse in my situation. Resorted to cleaning them with cotton swabs and iso. Thank god for iso. Annoys the hell out of me that so many people that smoke don’t clean their electronics regularly. Don’t get me started with nicotine smokers that I can’t stand. The smell is so foul I don’t understand how people can smoke tobacco indoors tbh but if I don’t smell weed anymore probably the same thing happens to them lol.
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Being a smoker and cleaning my systems regularly, I can tell you this doesn't happen to any of my shit. I have consoles and PCs alike. Has nothing to do with smoking sir. Has everything to do with not maintaining your stuff regularly
I'm not sure. My old roommate used to smoke a tonne of weed in the garage and it didn't turn the walls yellow like cigs do. These computers would be yellow on the outside. Dead/clogged cooling fans, messed up DVD drives, etc. They were obviously chain smoking while using the PC.
I knew someone that sold security systems to fast food places. And after 1 month, it was clogged with grease. I feel for those who work in those environments that doesnt have proper ventilation.
Yeah, I really wish people would stop suggesting to clean out consoles as some sort of broad advice. The majority of people DO NOT have to clean their consoles out for most of their life.
If you need to clean your console out, you need to take a step back and seriously consider the hygiene of your room and how well ventilated it is because, if it's kept clean and/or well ventilated then this shit won't happen.
Yeah my pc might have a little dust inside at the bottom and on the fans but it's mostly clean. I also use the pc most of the time so if the fans are doing their job barely any dust settles on the actual circuitry.
I haven't cleaned my pc for years at a time and when i do clean it it's nothing like this. But then one time i had my smoker brother use my pc for about 3 months when i was abroad and when i came back i found the inside was full of dust! Way more than i ever had in years of use ...
This is good to hear. Makes me feel like I’m slacking. Don’t smoke and like to think my area is fairly well maintained. I do have dogs though and I know my TV stand can get dusty some. Makes me freak out when I see these pictures. Not even sure how to access parts of my console shown in this picture to clean it out
Not necessarily I keep my shit pretty clean and still have to dust my ceiling fan every other month because to much dust get stuck in it. Some places just have more dust in the air. Things like living space size number of occupants pets and environment can cure all kind of things to be in the air.
My issue is re-pasting, never done it before. Plus need to clean and then re-paste. And it's a lot of smaller bits too rather then one big CPU like a desktop build would be.
Need some time and stuff and I should do it. Gets much louder then it should, and be back to a clean, quiet console.
It doesn't have a lot small parts like you think. its all modular. You just gotta take out a lot of screws holding the inner case to the bottom of the black outer case. The fat xbox one has the old way of being put together which is more complicated than any one s or one x console is.
Well, eventually consoles do need a clean. Like my PS3 definitely needed one after a decade and doing it a bit sooner than 10 years is probably more ideal but yearly cleans if it isn't sucking up floor dust or cigarette smoke aren't needed. That can be a little more ideal for PCs but only kinda, more like the mesh filters and fans that could use a clean rather than taking everything apart which for consoles you gotta do for a proper clean.
My cousin complained about his PS3 cutting off..Opened it up..Cat hair and cigarette smoke caked in the whole ventilation area including the fan..It was definitely a fire hazard..I dont know how it turned on..In the end the laser was the only thing that needed to be replaced..
Thats rather presumptuous, what if you have animals? No matter the hygiene, if you have pets, hair’s getting in your shit. I’d agree that the average consumer does not need to take a device apart, but for longevity of electronics, you should definitely use some canned-air or something to clean your fans.
The OP, however, is definitely not average; this is just disgusting and I hope they clean their house a bit better after this post
Yeah I agree with you. I keep my place clean and I don't smoke. (I have some people that come over that do, but I doubt that makes much of a difference) But I do have a really fluffy cat. And I clean my PS5 out at least every 7 months
I popped open my PS5 two months ago to install an internal M2 SSD. I bought the PS5 in late 2021 (I think September if we want to be exact), so I had owned it for just over 2.5 years at that point.
I was shocked how clean it was inside. A tiny bit of dust, but not even remotely close to concerning.
For context, I live alone in a small condo with one small dog (who doesn’t shed), so that probably helps.
You're upset because people are suggesting people clean their consoles? If it doesn't apply to you, simply be quiet and move along. Over time dust collects up on anything no matter how much you keep your room clean, best to have this advice now than later.
I have a brand new place. Like you could legit eat off my toilet bowl that’s how clean my place is. No smoking at all and my series X which I game on had a decent ammount of dust in it after a year and a half of playing, FWIW i work 50hrs a week and game at night but nothing crazy. I have noticed that if you leave the setting on for instant power up and leave the HDD turned on that the fan randomly powers on and spins. How I especially noticed this is because I recently had to open my console to install a fan accelerator which just adds 50% additional fan speed to whatever the console is demanding. Anyhow now you can hear the fan so I started noticing randomly when it was quiet in the house I would hear the series x fan come on and start to spin for idk maybe a min or 2 then go back to off.
You may want to make sure your air filters are being changed in your furnace/HVAC system. I keep those settings on and have never had a large amount of dust in my consoles or PC. I change my furnace filters monthly.
My house gets deep cleaned every month. So i dont need to clean my consoles as much.
My laptop needs to be taken apart every 3-4 months and the thermal paste changed because it dries out.
I had to clean and repaste my PS4 Pro and PS3 once a year. (The repasting was the biggest issue) You will need to do the same with your series x. Normal thermal paste isn't going to last under the high temps the PS4 pro, and xbsx runs at.
That's why sony went with liquid metal for the PS5. Microsoft is idiotic for not doing the same with the xbsx.
That's not necessarily true because I sweep and mop everyday and I still pick up a small amount of stuff everyday. Them small particles getting sucked in everyday for over a year adds up fast. No matter how clean your house is there will always still be small bits around the house. Especially if u got pets, keep your doors open, air conditioner in your window. Saying a dirty computer means a dirty house is just not true
I do agree with you tbh. However I would say that it is the best advise you can give people to just clean there console once a year. Maybe every 6 months if you play regularly.
mainly because I see it like servicing a car. It is bound to get dust even if your room is clean and tidy 24/7. Especially if you have pets too.
Not like much time or effort is required to clean these consoles either (and they are out of warranty) takes at most like 45 mins to fully clean out a PS5 / Series X.
The same people downvoting are the same delusional people who will question in a few years why there console is loud or overheating, despite them having a clean room / house / setup.
I’ve been on pc for a year, gave my Xbox to little brother. Says it keeps turning off an overheating on which is weird cuz I never had an issue with and it ran great. Get it from him and turn it on and this thing sounds like a Boeing on take off just idling at home. After opening it up this is what I was greeted with, don’t know how he did it but I’d imagine it has to do with him being a huge pot head.
Yeah, something tells me a shit load of this was from OP time using it, but keeps trying to blame the brother who, didn't cause the majority of this, but definitely added to it.
Bets on OP being a weed smoker, rather than the brother, although I'd be confident in guessing they both smoke.
Unsure if pot is different... been a long while. I was a heavy smoker though, I would have electronics look a bit like the cleaner side of this picture. It's a sticky type of dust, very hard to clean off.
I still can't picture how bad of a place op's brother must have if this is the result of one year. Wild!
Wouldn't smoke make it turn that orangey-yellowy smoke tar colour that cigarette or weed smoke stain everything with?
Honestly with how this looks, I thought maybe it is from too much pet hair being sucked through the console... Which kind of worried me because I've got 5 furry critters. Or 6 if you include the wife.
I guess I should probably take a peek inside my console regardless and give it a dustin'
I have a ragdoll cat that seems to love nothing more than shedding his hair absolutely everywhere. I never thought it might be clogging up my consoles but will definitely have a look now. Thank you friend
This isn't from smoking. I'm an ex-smoker who is old enough to remember the "everyone smokes indoors whenever they want" days, I know what I'm talking about. This has neither the colour nor the residue that you'd expect from cigarette smoke damage. This is just dust.
It's from cannabis smoke and probably the lack of an air purifier in the room. Cannabis smoke doesn't produce the same sticky yellow residue in electronics like cigarettes do.
Yeah I wouldn't have thought it would make much of a difference but there's a tech guy on YouTube who talked about it ("Linus tech tips" or something- dudes got millions of followers and is a true expert). Said vaping is worse for it- that he knows heavy smokers who sit at their PC all day, and it isn't good for the PC- but he let a buddy who vapes borrow a tower for a month, and it was completely covered in a tacky, sticky, light yellow coating. He showed it too and it was crazy.
I guess cigarettes are more of a dry smoke, and vaping produces more moisture and they have a lot of sugars and stuff like glycerin in the liquids too.
used to visit a friends house back in school, his parents smoked and switched to vaping later, while smoking smells bad and does stain stuff over time (they smoked outside, atleast when i was there they did), id pretty much just smell some like cigs when leaving
after they started vaping the bad smells were gone but id have this sticky feeling all over after leaving their house, probably they way vapes are liquid that gets heated that makes the build up worse and stick-yer faster, while smokes is more just burning solids
I’m 36 and this question brings back memories of all of the skater / stoners in 8th grade saying “there’s no proof that pot causes lung damage or is bad at all like cigarettes”. Lol. No offense.
Magnuson Moss Warranty Act would say otherwise, unless they can prove you damaged the console by opening it. Of course warranties don't have to cover damage from harsh environments the machine wasn't designed for either.
How do people still not know how to Google stuff in this day and age? If you don't know how to do something, you Google it or YouTube it done. Simple, easy, common sense
By removing the back sticker and and unscrew 1 screw behind sticker and then a small black sticker that had another screw under it you need to have a t8 screwdriver to get the back off Xbox series x it's that easy and for y'all asking how do you open it? It's common sense. Go look it up online. Dumb dumb. There's YouTube videos and Google posts everywhere about how to open your console. It's two screws on the back, one in the middle behind sticker one towards the bottom behind the black sticker just unscrew take off back an then clean
I'm not proud to say you are right. Knowing that I will die from it and that I have to quit. Still get another pack every week. I think insanity might just be the right word
Absolutely not true. Those particles circulate around your house for a long while. Its equivalent to smoking then getting second hand smoke. Its pretty much double damage.
Yea, no that’s just an excuse. Keep a clean house and there is no problem. I am a collector and have never had this problem with any of my systems, laptops or PC’s. I can open up a decade old system and there will be minimal dust in it if any.
It's not so much the dust as it is the sticky components of the smoke that condense on surfaces and attract dust and damaging moisture. The smoke from smoldering plants isn't just dry solid particulates but als tar-like substances.
I've been beginning to worry bout the state of my Series X... But now I'm downright petrified...! (It now sits on my desk which, albeit is close to a window that's usually open; but... It's usually open because that's where I smoke my cigarettes. And God forbid I should be drunk as well, because then I don't even give a damn if the smoke gets sucked DIRECTLY into the poor guy.)
So the question is: How the hell do you clean a Series X? You gotta open it, n shit?
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u/theFormerRelic May 17 '24
Especially if you live in a cigarette factory