ant lodged in screen

ddoe-

Welcome to Apple Discussions. I have had critters in my machine but not like this. You have got to take a picture of that!

I do not know which iMac you have (you can update your profile to reflect), but some can be taken apart by the user. I do not know if this will allow you to get close enough to the ant or not, butit may be worth a try.

How far into the field of view is it? It seems that in a few days it will start getting crumbly (ants here in the states get crumbly and fall apart when they die. I am assuming Australian ants are the same !?!?). Maybe you can gently tap onthe screen and cause all of the ant remains to tumble out via the same path the lil' critter got in there in the first place.

Did I mention you've got to take a picture?

Good luck and let us know how this turns out.

ddoe, you do not indicate which model iMac you have. Therefore, see if the following article is of any help:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300205 iMac G5 DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Instructions.

If not, please complete the "My Settings" preferences in the right column & provide more info about your computer.------->

Thank you.

You should delete "cookies" more often, the ant may have been attracted to them 🙂

Seriously I recommend you call tech support and see if you can talk to hardware person. There has to be some sort of gap that may open and close a small amount because of barometric pressure changes or something. Maybe turning off the unit so that it cools and opens the gap would allow the ant to be moved.

My studio display has dead bugs in the hollow acrylic legs, but they don't hurt anything.

Keep us advised.

Has anybody seen the movie "Pi"? Be on the lookout for outrageous stock market predictions and/or life-changing religious revelations!

Seriously, though, if you do have to open up your G5 the "Back Cover and Stand" PDF on the page Baby Boomer linked to will tell you how. It's very easy; I did it myself to get the dust out and shut up the fans. Good luck!

20-inch iMac G5; black iPod nano Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Let's hope his family don't come looking for him.

Very interesting post I must say!

I am interested in learning how this problem will be rectified, it could happen to any one of us. Anyway, it reminds me of the first computer bug, which also was a real bug http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1996/hopper/bug.htm

" I am interested in learning how this problem will be rectified, it could happen to any one of us."
If you have a problem with ants where your computer is located can you change rooms?
If that is not feasable, maybe you need to keep "spraying" and/or find some other ant killer alternative to keep the ants at bay. Speak to an exterminater perhaps for tips?

I find it interesting that the crumbly ant theory is still winning.

-DaddyPaycheck

Maybe that's the only way to get to play with the innards of your iMac G5: train ants to go in there and do the work for you. ;^)

Good news!

Now I am off to clean off my desk, and my keyboard

Oddly, there are a fair number of posts around here about ants in computers. (Some species of ants love electric currents for some reason--in my part of the world it's not uncommon for traffic signals to malfunction due to the size of the ant nests in them, and I know a lot of folks who've lost stereo equipment to ants.) The best solution appears to be fresh mint, which the ants really hate and therefore avoid, although it is kind of weird to be using an ibook on a bed of mint.

Now, the thunderflies are a whole 'nother issue…

"The best solution appears to be fresh mint..."

I can hear the keynote now -

"These new minty-fresh iMacs were not possible with the cooler running Intel chips, so we needed to switch back to IBM. The higher temps help release the scent much better."