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Posted by: techknight on 2017-01-07 10:57:34
3 of my compact macs, 1 worse than the other 2 are developing metal tin whiskers on the physical steel chassis.
I had to wipe them all off as its a metallic "fuzz" Over time if they grow enough itll cause shorts!
Figure I would send out an alert.
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Posted by: aplmak on 2017-01-07 14:47:57
How's the weather down there Techknight? Everyone on lockdown?? LOL!!
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Posted by: MJ313 on 2017-01-07 16:52:44
:blink:
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Posted by: unity on 2017-01-07 16:53:54
Any pics? I have no clue what you are talking about. Right now I have more compacts that I can count, and none show this.
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Posted by: rsolberg on 2017-01-07 17:58:49
Are the whiskers wiping off easily, or are they stuck on good? What sort of duty cycle and humidity do these machines see? I'm curious if those are factors. My compacts are typically powered on fewer than ten hours a month. They're used and stored in 50-65% relative humidity. No whiskers as of last inspection, but I've seen them on other electronics of unknown provenance.
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Posted by: techknight on 2017-01-07 19:26:29
They are wiping off fine with a rag, turning it gray.
One of the worse was an SE/30 I picked up from ebay a year back but I paid no mind because I figured it was environmental. I pulled out an SE the other day and saw the same thing so I had to wipe it all down.
it looks like a grey metal "fuzz" on the chassis. if you have good light you can see the crystalline structure of the fuzz. Thats the whiskers.
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Posted by: techknight on 2017-01-07 19:28:21
How's the weather down there Techknight? Everyone on lockdown?? LOL!! Pretty much. the whole town shuts down if it snows an inch. I have a steep driveway so I am snowed in actually.
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Posted by: trag on 2017-01-07 22:58:28
It's the first sign of the nanomachine apocalypse in which everything is converted to gray-green goo...
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Posted by: Elfen on 2017-01-14 11:13:51
I was thinking of the same thing, Trag.
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Posted by: techknight on 2017-01-14 13:17:43
ummm. what are you talking about? im confused.
I'm talking about metal whiskers not some apocalypse. well, maybe for the machine itself lol.
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Posted by: Scott Squires on 2017-01-14 18:52:23
technight: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo
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Posted by: techknight on 2017-01-14 19:35:21
Ohhh like that episode of futurama....
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