• From: Farnham Surrey
  • Registered: 2009-12-10
  • Posts: 83

Topic: Well, you don't see that every day.

At work today I'd popped out to the car park to grab some food
(We have a burger van on-site)

While waiting there I saw Gavin, our resident IT guru popping to his car.
On his way back he strolled over to where I was waiting and said "Have a look at this and see what you think"
He handed me an object in a bag that turned out to be an ATX power supply.

Apparently a friend of his had asked him to look at their PC as it had suddenly died.

On closer inspection he'd found this...

http://www.flickerluke.co.uk/pics/vole/vole_small.jpg
(Click it for full 2560 x 1920 resolution)

Yep, that is what you think it is... A vole, trapped in the fan (Very obviously dead.)

The only thing we can't figure out is how the #@%! it got in there!

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  • Registered: 2009-08-30
  • Posts: 51

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

I hope that's not the case are gnawed up.

  • Registered: 2009-03-02
  • Posts: 56

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

Is that a 110 to 240 vole PSU?

  • Registered: 2010-08-20
  • Posts: 108

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

That's insane? Is there no other fan hole?

Metaphysicist v2_10-7-10_8.1_21
  • From: Prescott, AZ
  • Registered: 2010-04-27
  • Posts: 159

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

Ew.

  • scket
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  • From: West Midlands
  • Registered: 2009-01-16
  • Posts: 153

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

Some other horrors here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/

Perhaps you should submit it? And does the PC now work again, with or without that power supply?

  • benj1
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  • From: Yorkshire, England
  • Registered: 2009-09-05
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Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

nice, reminds me of when my parents microwave broke, my dad fixed it by removing a mouse from the inside. (coudn't work out how that got in there either).

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  • Registered: 2010-03-26
  • Posts: 548

Re: Well, you don't see that every day.

Gives a whole new meaning to dust bunny.