Ant infestation

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Ant infestation

Can ants short out a Macbook Pro? I've heard they like to be inside computers because of the warmth.
Apparently, this can short out some types of desktops. I was wondering if I should be concerned for my computer. I live in a really old house with a huge ant infestation.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jul 24, 2008 10:28 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM in response to gibbipicasso

Ants go where there is food and/or water. Computers usually don't qualify on either count. Of course this doesn't mean they may not nest in one. But if you live in a home with an ant infestation you have more to worry about than the computer - your health. Do something about it ASAP. That's why there are pest exterminators.

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Ricktoronto

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Jul 25, 2008 8:41 AM in response to Kappy

Second ants in my pants (or computer) question this week.

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Allan Jones

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Jul 25, 2008 8:46 AM in response to Ricktoronto

Yeah, I hope Baby Boomer doesn't respond!

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Answer 4

Jul 25, 2008 9:15 AM in response to gibbipicasso

If you literally have ants crawling around your computers you can always get some pest repellent and place around the perimeter where you don't want them. They sell this stuff that looks like a stick of chalk at the Asian markets around here. You just draw a line around your safe area and it actually works pretty well. Reason I'm mentioning that is because you live in Japan so you can get some easily.

But seriously, why don't you just take Kappy's advice and get your house fumigated or something 🙂

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