In a former life I was a PC tech and I did have one computer that  
came in with problems.  There was a dead, mummified mouse "stuck" to  
the motherboard near the 12V power supply.  Apparently he'd had one  
little mousy foot on a screw (ground point) and then he bit in the  
12V power supply cable...

If I remember correctly though, this was a 286 or 386 in one of those  
huge desktop cases, which was missing a cover plate on the back.  I  
think a modern desktop would be harder for a mouse to get in -  
smaller/tighter cases and fewer access points.

The wonderful world of rodents and electricity.


On Sep 1, 2007, at 1:50 AM, Ron May wrote:

>
> In a message dated 8/31/2007 1:42:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> I heard  one study that stated that the sound of the electrical  
> current
> is what  attracted mice to computer wires.  The insulation is actually
> bad and  sometimes fatal to them.
>
>
>
>
> Ok, show of hands. How many HISTARCH members have found rodent  
> gnawing on
> their computer wires?
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
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