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Mystery Liquid

ubersonic said:
It's quite safe (at least as it pertains to electronics), vaping just raises the humidity in the room slightly, comparable to having the window open on a foggy/rainy day or having the doors open when somebody is cooking in the kitchen. Most of the time when you see the (rare) threads online about vaping killing PCs it's a "correlation != causation" thing.
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I know nothing about vaping from a personal point of view.
I have seen one of our neighbours Son's doing it and I'm not sure how much you control this but each time he does it the amount of vapour gives the impression that he is on fire !

No wonder it can be a potential issue if you are directly next to the PC whilst vaping, it has to condense somewhere .
 
mikejw said:
Perhaps it was this! I did notice the liquid was quite oily so that seems to rule out vaping because when it condenses it's just water.

I did also notice some blackish crud in it as well. Perhaps a sign of the dust/grime that might have come from the grease. Does anyone know if I have any warranty against this kind of thing?
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It looks like it could line up with the CPU Fan?

The CPU fan bearing is hydraulic. Take the fan off (two metal clips and the fan plug) and examine it for fluid. Turn it with your fingers and see if it's rough or smooth.
 
Kinda like finding out what fluid is leaking from a car if colour/location doesn't give it away. Viscosity and taste/small are large clues.

Get that badboy licked and report back, assuming it doesn't result in insta-death.
 
Vimes said:
I know nothing about vaping from a personal point of view.
I have seen one of our neighbours Son's doing it and I'm not sure how much you control this but each time he does it the amount of vapour gives the impression that he is on fire !

No wonder it can be a potential issue if you are directly next to the PC whilst vaping, it has to condense somewhere .
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At the very most I have ever vaped I have only used 10ml per day. That's a lot, believe me, as the tank only holds 2ml.

I vape like buggery next to my rig in a 2x3m room and I have had no such issues. The only thing I did notice was a very slightly sticky residue on my PC when cleaning it once, but I think that was my ex's candles doing that. They certainly made the dust smell rather nice.

That looks to me like a whole tankful of vape pre vape. Remember, a lot of it burns off/up becomes sticky solid residue in the coil. Things like the flavour etc.
 
i very much doubt that is from 2nd hand vape ..building up ... clean up dry off and test but make sure its dry and look for this stuff anywhere else with in your build ..i would also take a sample too ...bth looking at the liquid it does look like vape liquid but hard to tell really for sure ..but to me looks like its been spilled from the bottle rather then 2nd hand vape if it is ..
 
something in your rig has leaked, there is no way that this is condensation from your vaping. Check your CPU cooler fan bearings. What is directly above the spill?
 
Hey, I'm still here. I didn't think of consuming the liquid but maybe I should have. I don't have pets and no there was no pornography involved. The heat sink fan above definitely seems to be the culprit or involved somehow because there was also moisture around the edges. As if a bug had gone into it.
 
mikejw said:
Hey, I'm still here. I didn't think of consuming the liquid but maybe I should have. I don't have pets and no there was no pornography involved. The heat sink fan above definitely seems to be the culprit or involved somehow because there was also moisture around the edges. As if a bug had gone into it.
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He is risen hallelujah!
Is there nothing left at all? If there is any residue lick it, not while it is attached to electricity!
 
I'm not sure. The machine was new just before Christmas. But I guess I was hoping to find out if I'm covered in anyway as the machine was from Overclockers.
 
ALXAndy said:
At the very most I have ever vaped I have only used 10ml per day. That's a lot, believe me, as the tank only holds 2ml.

I vape like buggery next to my rig in a 2x3m room and I have had no such issues. The only thing I did notice was a very slightly sticky residue on my PC when cleaning it once, but I think that was my ex's candles doing that. They certainly made the dust smell rather nice.

That looks to me like a whole tankful of vape pre vape. Remember, a lot of it burns off/up becomes sticky solid residue in the coil. Things like the flavour etc.
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same here. this is 100% not caused by vaping.
 
mikejw said:
I'm not sure. The machine was new just before Christmas. But I guess I was hoping to find out if I'm covered in anyway as the machine was from Overclockers.
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Phone them don't delay. I have fingers crossed for you, if the whole thing was built by OCUK you should be ok, I think.
 
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