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Thread: **beware**red ants killed my laptop

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    That's why I keep my lappy in an airtight bag when not in use, no ants, mosquito or even air I want touching it
    ShadowWolfe, signing off *salute*
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    Quote Originally Posted by outkast View Post
    What they ate was the Blue/Cyan coloured heat pad between the motherboard' main chipset & the heatsink.

    Did u c evidence of some tiny "bluish" sponge inside the lappy ?

    No I didn't see that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wolfman View Post
    That's sad man u mean the big red ants or the ones that follow. Food

    The little ones that follow food

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    Quote Originally Posted by barrettrs View Post
    That is a horrible feeling. Anyways did you check to see if you could get a replacement motherboard? Keep us posted on how you resolved this issue.

    Damn....Ants!


    yes i did that the same day, and a new motherboard will cost me about $200us

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMac View Post
    yes i did that the same day, and a new motherboard will cost me about $200us
    just buy a new labtop star
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    my Friend mother had a cordless phone and when her house phone stopped working, she took it out of the box to use it, an a pure dust she see a come out a the phone, when she open it, a pure red dead ants inna it...

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    mi a wonder why dem always dead after them eat the thing dem

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    so the anti-virus didnt pick up the ants?
    try AVG next time
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    Quote Originally Posted by icuucme View Post
    so the anti-virus didnt pick up the ants?
    try AVG next time
    You eediat, him need AntiAnt Software, not AntiVirus.
    The fox was probably right - they could have been sour grapes.

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    AVG can pick up ants in a pc? thats a new one...
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