green goo

[TheSHAD0W]

A lady dropped off her monitor, saying it wouldn't power on any more. We plugged it in, and yes, the light on the power switch wasn't coming on. Probably a blown fuse. So, we opened it up and discovered, inside and coating everything, was a layer of green goo.

Green. Goo.



Took us a while to figure out what it was; the smell helped. It was Cascade. Dishwashing soap.

Yup, the lady decided to run the monitor through the dishwasher.

[sld72382]

Oh... my god. Hopefully you told her the monitor is shot and she'll have to buy a new one.

[Crossbow]

WTF?
Ok, a keyboard I can occasionally see (if it's the right kind).
But a monitor? First of all, how the hell did it fit???
Second... never mind. I don't want to know....

[Akasa]

Cascade? Dishwasher? WTF?!

[Racket_Man]

why oh why do you keep applying this thing most of us "normal" people call cold hard logical thinking..........

naaaaaaa never mind. I get the same kind of half-assed backwards twisted thinking at work

[Dreamstalker]

I...she....how--GAH! Forget it, I refuse to get sucked into the vortex of her insanity (mine is much more comfortable )

Ray: Do I really want to know the thought process behind that?
Winston: Simple--there was none.

[CorDarei]

ahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

why would someone do that?

[sms001]

why would someone do that?

I have now been on CS long enough to be able to answer those questions with SC logic:

Because it was dirty.

or

It doesn't say NOT to anywhere on it.

[Aethian]

Tell me it was a smaller monitor? Cause I don't see how one of those bigones would fit.

[Crossbow]

Tell me it was a smaller monitor? Cause I don't see how one of those bigones would fit.

As I was reminded by my best man/coworker/IT guru: "The top rack in our dishwasher comes out if necessary."

[TheSHAD0W]

Tell me it was a smaller monitor? Cause I don't see how one of those bigones would fit.

This was during the age when most monitors were 13". Still, I'm sure she had to yank at least one of the racks out in order for it to fit.

[WhiteRose]

must've been really yank-happy and yanked her brain out before that...and forgot to put it back in...ANY electronic, unless otherwise specified, does NOT go near water!!

[AriRashkae]

Ya know, I've heard of cooking corn on the cob in the top rack of a dishwasher, but cleaning electronics is a new one on me.

[Naaman]

Ya know, I've heard of cooking corn on the cob in the top rack of a dishwasher, but cleaning electronics is a new one on me.

Try a side of salmon, foil wrapped with a couple of lemon slices and a handful of fresh herbs...


Damn, now I'm hungry

[gremcint]

I know someone who cleaned a motherboard that way.