27 Jan
1998
27 Jan
'98
12:40 p.m.
I had a similar problem with a thrift-store machine that made my office
smell like a basement for a week (the previous owner must have lived in
a swamp - mildew was growing on everything inside). I took it apart to
nuts and bolts (maybe not feasible in your case) and scrubbed the crap off
of everything with alcohol. Just spraying air freshener "near" the unit is
a bad approach to fixing the immediate problem; any time a computer
smells like it's rotting from the inside it probably needs some TLC...
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Don't
laugh. I'm getting complaints around here about one of my computers
the SMS-1000 (PDP-11/73) smelling of mold and mildew, and have been asked
to either remove it, or spray it down with Lysol. How safe is it to spray
a computer down with Lysol? Obviously I'd not run it for a while if I do.
Far better than just spraying it down would be to actually open it up and
remove whatever's molding/decaying in there. If there are foam fan filters,
they're probably the cause, and should be replaced in any event.
Tim.