On Thursday, Jan 9, 2003, at 17:50 Europe/London, Olin Jenkins wrote: > The tech blew the insides clean with compressed air, focusing on > everything except the original Classic mobo which would be taken out > anyhoo. Ran the original Classic for one day and then swapped out the > mobo and ran it for another day. Told me never to smoke in the house > again. I cleaned the outside of the case with Windex, taking care > that the Windex that got on the monitor didn't leak into the case. > > Traces of the odor remained even after I gave the Classic II away to > a friend as a wedding present.
In a Compact Mac it's most likely nicotine or other tobacco smoke residue (the same sort of stuff that makes your clothes stink after being in a busy pub) building up around the front air vents and on the bottom of the CRT. This area heats up a lot during operation as it is farthest from the fan in SEs and Classics and in the slow air at the bottom of the convection route in older Macs. The heating of the nicotine and residue forces off the gaseous molecules that give that awful smell. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
