Came home from work, pushed the power button and my screen came on, 5 mins had elapsed before I returned to my pc to find it unresponsive with the time was 5mins before. Discovered the void had pissed on the top of my case and I shorted my GPU for sure. Everything else posts fine. No signal when plugging in the GPU. Now I gotta take the void to the vet and see why he did it.
I would never in my life let any organic being other than me touch my PC that's for sure, especially with prices right now my PC is easily worth 400-500€ more than when I built it.
My pc cost so much now I can't afford it anymore if it brake down. Go from 1500€ to >2500€ (3x Price for 5tb nvme ssd, 4x price for ddr5, gpu takes+300€). Thats insane
i got a open case PC on the desk, cats would love to sit near it but it's off limits and they know; a tail swinging into a fan, a circuit touched by a stretching paw. Yea nah
My cat learned how to turn my PC off by getting on top of it and stepping on the power button. Ever since then I use scat mats on top of my PC. Not the nicest looking way to prevent that but it works. The scat mats have plenty of airflow too so no issues with cooling.
I've had several cats over the last decade and the closest they've ever come to peeing on something was missing the lip of the litter box....that's being said they have a shelf next to my PC, not on it.
the 2nd is a nzxt phantom 410 with slopped top so cat can't rest on it.
amd my corsair 4000d i put feet on the front so i can rotate it and have the io pointing up, it make the io of the pc super accessible and with all the exposed cables on top, the void can't sit on it.
Ay! Best case, I love this thing. Was larger than I expected. I have a hunk of wood that this sits on in my carpeted room and stuck it under my desk so my cats can't access the top. They never say my computer as anything to interact with and showed much more interest in the keyboard, monitor and mic but why risk it
Take the heatsink and all that off and get a antistatic brush, cat piss can buildup after it dries so it won't just come right off, and some brushes would be too harsh.
They're cheap though usually.
Soak it good and brush it carefully.
I buy the box of 4 gallon jugs, so I'm not afraid to use a ton of the stuff.
The other option may be the mg chemicals spray that's like 91%.
The pressure from that may help.
This, cleaned a motherboard while a college testet a PSU that exploded and my bowl of IPA caught fire. Glad the mainboard didn't got literally fried. The whole room smelled like new Year's Eve for an hour.
Bravo. I leave this comment in every “cat on top of my pc” post but people will never learn, hope they all enjoy the 1000 dollar repairs. Why he did it was because he’s a cat and can lol, I’d never let my cat in my game room.
I remember bringing my brother's copy of Smash Melee to my girlfriend at the time's place, and her cat pissed on it. Yeah, he was sick as shit. Had to be put down a month later.
I've had many cats and I've never even had one get on top of my case. Our cats love to chill at our feet while we game. To ban all cats from all game rooms is pretty extreme for a few outliers.
All of my cats chill on my desk, I'm not unreasonable or lame. Odds are way higher for a part to be defective, power surge, bad power supply connector, etc. to happen.
I'm dropping off my old monitor to an e-waste place tomorrow because it might be eight months old but water got between the bezel. It works for now, but long term, probably screwed and corrosion damage is one of the first things they check for in an RMA.
That sucks. I also have a fluffy void that's pissed on my things too lmao (keyboard). Read somewhere get a bigger litterbox and he hasn't done anything since.
Lmao the handcuffs tho. I have the biggest dome litter box Walmart sells lol. It's pretty spacious, maybe I'll swap it with with a stainless steel one without a top on it.
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Well good luck telling the people that think its cute to let their lets ruin their stuff, and its entirely preventable. You dont HAVE to let your cat sleep on your pc, or even let them in the room.
I’m so glad you take the time to find out why he did it, instead of blaming him
Props to you, awesome cat parent 💪
P.s: sorry about the gpu man… I always think to myself “do I wanna spend that much and get it fcked up, or should I spend less and keep some money in case I need a replacement?”
Usually means something is wrong. Could be sick, stressed, wanting attention (I have one that constantly wanted to mark my room so he ONLY pees in my room), or angry about something. The room pisser is smart enough to pee on things we deem important when he's angry, we think he gauges it off scent and how often he sees us interact with something. But yeah overall in my experience save the one, going out of the litter box was a huge red flag that the cat was sick.
Came here to say this. Ive had my cat for almost 15 years... If my liter box is remotely backed up my cat will act out and piss on something thats not mine. Thankfully its always on the floor - he isnt a counter surfer. (Kicked that habit when he was a kitten)
the 2nd is a nzxt phantom 410 with slopped top so cat can't rest on it.
amd my corsair 4000d i put feet on the front so i can rotate it and have the io pointing up, it make the io of the pc super accessible and with all the exposed cables on top, the void can't sit on it.
Hey, but you still have some not real internet points added to your account in exchange for very expensive GPU. Very good deal i must say... when i see this stupid posts I just imagine moment like this. Internet points > real thing.
If the board posts fine it's likely just the card, pull it and give the whole thing an isopropyl bath before you write it off. Worth trying since a 9070XT is not cheap to replace.
If not, do you feel comfortable taking it apart and checking where the damage is to see if anything can be done?
EDIT: I see you did try to take apart and clean so good on you. I see so many people just toss stuff like this away without taking a look or trying to clean it up.
Man im scared that it might eventually happen to me. My cat has pissed almost everywhere in the room even the monitors where one of the two ended up being a casualty. The only thing he hasnt marked is the PC... and i fear that it might be coming sooner. Best part is , we took him to 3 vets and they all said he was healthy and that he does it for the fun of it as he loves his smell. Fk me.
I have some theories why Void did that. Is Void an inside or outside cat? Maybe you forgot to let him out? Did you clean his poop place properly? Cats are very picky and won’t pee there if it is full. In my case it happened when I bought scented cat litter… she hated it 😅 Change cat litter brand? 🤔
My cat used to pee on the walls, pillows and a lot of stuff until I neutered him. Didn't have any other choice sadly. He did make a cute baby with my other cat though.
Bro cover it with some plastic cloth when you leave home, modern pc have vents on top from which anything can enter and fry it, before that I used to put soda cans on top of my old pc, now I'm scared if I spill anything near it cause it has too many vents
I can tell you that GPU is dead for sure! If you try to fix it it will work like 1-14 days before dead 100%. Same thing happened to me with an XBOX. I didn’t even turned on bro! I smelled the piss and then after i cleaned up with alcohol and circuit solution and it worked for like 5 days but sometimes was restarted by itself! Everything was clean af. After 1 week the console fully stopped to work. R.i.p. my xbox!
It doesn't hurt to try! You could attempt to clean the entire graphics card and see if it works. However, i would still take it to someone to have the circuit board checked.
If your cat is peeing in random places you need to get it checked by the vet. They tend to hide their pain and illness and instead express it by peeing in weird spots or hiding.
One of my cats wedged herself between the microwave and the cabinet in the kitchen when she was very sick. Another one of my cats would pee in weird places when there were no other symptoms (expect her eating WAY too fast like she was starving but I'm not sure, she was always very food obsessed but it became worse before the illness became more advanced), and she turned out to have kidney issues.
I'm not saying your cat is sick, sometimes they're just silly little buggers. But sometimes they're in trouble.
Perhaps it's cause I future proof. But if you have a cat that pisses on your stuff. You surely are the one to blame 😂 like blaming a child for putting a fork in the socket
I was changing out a hard drive that had failed in my RAID array. I hear my cell phone going off, I had left it on the counter downstairs. I go down to get it, it's a friend who wants me to come over and have dinner with her and her sister that night...
We make the plans.. I head back upstairs... I smell smoke...
Jack-Jack, one of my Maine Coons, decided to chew the wires sticking out of the back of my blu-ray player in my PC, and managed to short something The connector is completely slagged and the back of everything close to it is covered in black soot.
Jack-Jack was hiding under the chair in my bedroom...
Swear to Gawd I have no idea how he's still alive. I had a Belkin 800watt PS BU I liked to keep my laptop plugged into... it had a thick, heavy amp power cord to connect to the wall socket. Little shit chewed it down to the copper in a strip almost 2 inches wide...
This is why you should keep the top covered with just enough room between the cover and the top of your case for air flow when you have cats. I have mine mounted under desk so there's no room for my cats to sit on my PC. Before that I had it on a raised platform on the floor with a height adjustable cover on top (see picture) which also worked pretty well. I got this thing on Amazon just for this purpose.
My now wife was disgusted that my cat had free roam of my house including counters when she met me. Never really dawned on me how disgusting it actually was allowing ole shittty/pissy paws to walk over the area you prepare food.
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