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Cat peed on my PC, what to do?
I don't use my PC daily and found out that one of my cats (see second image for reference) peed on it a few days ago. It looks like not much pee got inside, and it's all dry now, but I'm a bit worried to turn it on. The GPU was protected by the heat sink, but the mainboard has a few dried drops on it. What do you think I should do?
- Turn on the PC and hope for the best
- Clean the drops off the mainboard with a damp towel
- ??
Discussion
Assert dominance, pee on the cat
What the fuck is going on there
Step into the void.
This is glorious
Please do not the cat
Pee on the cat, make yourself clear
You made yourself clear, pee on the cat
This is the way
Get a new one
Cat?
Both
That's my first instinct action LMAO not disappointed at all!
Buy the cat a pc and let the cat enjoy it
Then proceed to pee on the cats pc
The only sensible answer here
I was gonna say pee on the cat. But whatever.
the revenge route. I like this solution better
Isopropanol alcohol and cotton buds to clean the mobo
"Isopropanol alcohol" reminds me of ATM machine lol
Department of redundancy department lol.
As a chemistry enjoyer, I get what you're saying
Worked in a data centre used it to clean the tape decks , I'm showing my age now .
They're just poking fun at you with chemistry, haha.
"Isopropyl alcohol" is a common way to say it, and 'isopropanol' is another name for it with the suffix '-ol' indicating the compound is an alcohol. So, combining the two into "isopropanol alcohol" is technically redundant to a very niche audience.
It's pedantic, but funny, and that's all they meant
Odd for the cat to go for the PC and not the mouse.
That's a pretty unusual behavior for a cat. He had some beef with the PC.
On a serious note, he might just have a full litterbox or a medical condition. OP might want to check those things out.
Or potentially marking
or it's just an asshole like most cats
Or the cats aren't spade/neutered.
Exactly my thought. I once was dumb enough to not spay and neuter my cats. I spent a week on my hands and knees smelling carpets and blankets and scrubbing the fuck out of of piss spots. I got them spayed and neutered and it stopped immediately.
No one is going to question how the cat pissed on his PC ? 😭😂
Now you pee on his computer as a revenge
Pee on the cat as revenge
I had a cousin who did this.
Pee on the cat. Assert dominance. Also disconnect pc from power source (remember you are the only power in your house). Wait an hour (capacitors may still have some charge). Dry out the pee with a damp cloth / tissue. let it dry. Maybe use a hair dryer (don't melt anything though). Wait a day or two, just in case there is still some humidity. Pee on the cat again. Power the pc, turn it on. Take a shit on the cat.
Very detailed instructions. Would choose this answer %100. Follow every step strictly within the order though. That's the vital part.
Yeah, the good old yeet move is the correct action here.
Tell them, being behind bars is an option.
I think your cat just wants to make a statement.... anyhow, some alcohol will do
Sell the cat
Disassemble all components
wash electronics with isopropyl alcohol
Isopropyl Alcohol would be the way I'd try to clean that up. I imagine it will eliminate any smell of cat piss too. Use a few drops on the board and give it a gentle brush with a soft bristled toothbrush. Leave it to dry and see if the marks remains. I'd do it sooner rather than later though otherwise you might start to see it rust. Then I imagine it will be too late.
100% this answer.
Wash it well, I suggest alcohol and dry it well. To have more chances you can take it to some repair workshop, there they can wash it with ultrasonic bath. Then turn on and pray for the bet. Even ultrasonic bath won't guarantee success, so consider yourself if you wish to pay for that.
Get rid of the cat
Hey, hope you read this. This is not normal behavior for a cat, please hace them checked as this could be a health concern. Cats have few ways to show discomfort as they must not appear vulnerable to "predators". Peeing outside the litterbox is one of the ways.
Good point, I hate that you got downvoted for this. Also if they're a healthy young male it could be marking behavior, in which case you'll want some enzyme cleaner OP.
For the love of God skip the old best enzyme cleaner, Nature's Miracle.
They changed the formula and the new one has a fragrance that will never go away, and smells awful.
Reasons your cat might pee somewhere odd:
litter box is too dirty
the cat is repeatedly harrassed/frightened by something in the environment
cat feels ill or is in pain
cat feels directly insulted (seriously, did you roughly push the cat away when it tried to wake you for breakfast? I've seen this happen)
cat feels neglected (also seriously, it might have beef because op's spending too much time with the pc. My cat feels similarly about my TV)
my first thought was clean their litter box you jack wagon.
Thank you for your concern! They receive regular check-ups and are in good health. We adopted them when they were two years old through an animal protection program, as their previous owner was no longer able to care for them and labelled them as “too difficult” cats. Unfortunately due to mistreatment during that time, they are left with anxiety and a strong sensitivity to changes in routine. Something as simple as getting up earlier in the morning or working longer hours can throw them off.
That said, since they came to live with us two years ago, they’ve made very good progress. We’ve learned to manage and live with occasional accidents like this one :)
You rock, OP.
Do the suggested cleaning by others.
Then replace cat with CAT6.
Return the cat for store credit.
Cat’s PC now.
shit in the cats litterbox!
Clean it with 90% or higher isopropyl alcohol (commonly abbreviated as IPA). Don't use a brush if you can help it. What you do is put it into a squirt bottle and then spritz it. Have it angled vertically so it flushes down. Put some paper towels or shop towels at the bottom of the case to catch the excess. After you've done that to thoroughly flush it out?
You then need to dry it. Have a fan blow on it for a few hours, then let it sit at least overnight. If you have no fan or way to blow air on it. Give it 2-3 days without use.
I would also recommend taking a lint free cloth with IPA to wipe off the back plate on the graphics card. After the IPA dries fully smell at it to see if you can smell any cat urine. If you can? You'll want to remove the back plate and do a flushing spray like you did for the motherboard. Let it dry, and then re-attach the back plate.
Using a toothbrush is perfectly fine.
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Pee on his PC.
Sell the cat.
Ps: Let the downvotes rain.
Get a dog instead, just a thought.
They have longer pee range, it’ll make the problem worse
/s
Dip it in rice
And the PC too
Dude, rub a piece of very thin cloth or paper with isopropyl alcohol on the affected areas, then dry it gently using another piece of cloth of paper. After the fact, just dust it with any kind of duster you have (just make sure to disconnect it from any power source for some minutes before doing it, in order to avoid a short circuit while dusting).
After the alcohol dries, which takes a few seconds, and the interior is free of cat hair and dust, you should be good to go. Don't leave it on the sun and don't wash it with water.
Let it dry out and then get some of those blue paper shop towels or a small ( coffee filters works too) dab some 98% isopropyl alcohol and wipe it with that to sterilize it and no other liquids is like the cat pee is on it. And you won't be smelling it as you turn it on through your fans.
Be gentle with the wiping making sure you don't tear off any capacitors.
There are cleaners to be used but also keep the pc-case closed ffs.
Workshop. Disassembly and clean (also to make sure you don't find it elsewhere).
By clean we would be spraying on alcohol (spray bottle), letting it sit for a minute, and then blasting it with compressed air (air compressor), repeat until it looks brand new, zero contact/abrasive etc.
Don’t like cats they make my eyes like Dracula’s lol
Take MTB out and clean everything with IPA.
Don't turn it on!
I check and I found than the cat pee is electrical conductor (like human pee) and can also cause corrosion.
So try to clean the motherboard with a toothbrush for example (it's useful to clean electronic cards).
Wait for all is entire dry and after normally you can turn on the PC.
Ok, judging by the picture of the cat i can tell that this breed has dielectric piss and you are totally safe.
Source: i just fucking made it up.
remove components (especially cmos bat.) then wash it in basin rinse dry (dont hurry up in this stage) wait till it dries and reinstall everything
Clean with 95% isopropyl alcohol ASAP and I do mean ASAP. Urine is corrosive to electronics.
I saw the title and was like "ah.." turned away. Took a sec. And then was like "Wait wtf HOW.. what?" Lol
Really sorry for you though :(
Bring it to repair. They can clean boards it in special vibration bath with safe luquid.
Step 1: Try not to cry
Step 2: Cry a lot
Step 3: Profit?
Not the typical cat cameo post you'd expect in this sub.
You can pee on hers maybe...
Put the cat on youtube and make him earn you another pc
Now I am not recommending this but here is what I did when I poured a whole coffee in my laptop.
I dismantled the casing so it was just the entire board, I removed the cmos battery, main battery.
I then submerged the entire board in a tray of isopropyl alcohol and let all the grime, coffee, dust dissolve away. I then let it dry for a couple of hours, put it back together, good as new. I'm still using it 2 years later, I had poured a whole coffee literally into it.
Isopropyl alcohol on the affected area and move your computer to where they can't reach
Clean its littler box more than once a month.
Not let the cat sit on your pc. No pitty
Get rid of the cat.
PeeC lol
I'm not an expert in cat law but I believe he owns it now.
Clean their litterbox everyday
Oh shoot. Urine trouble, now.
Pet your cat it pissed because you neglected it
Sounds like urine trouble
Pay more attention to the cat.
Clean their litter box more often
Change the litter daily instead of monthly to prevent this from occurring again.
Really put the pee in PC
clean the cat box, make sure the cat doesn't have a UTI, pay more attention to him/her
Get rid of the cat.
Get rid of cat
make cat soup
Get rid of the cats. The end
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This sub keeps reminding me why I never want to have a cat.
everyone lets their cats lay on top of their case, takes pictures and think it’s really cute
then we get this post
eat the cat
Don't let that happen again 💯
Let me guess he saw the Pee Cee I slot?
add another litterbox, clean the litterboxes daily, and give your cats some individual attention/affection so they don't have to be so pissed off
You'll have to buy a new one. According to the laws of the Animal Kingdom, that's the cat's PC now.
Clean thoroughly with Isopropyl alcohol, then dry with cold air
Clean thoroughly with isopropyl, also lock the door to your PC room. Focus on cleaning the exposed solder points
- Cut off the power immediately
2. Buy yourself a WD40 electrical contact and cat odor cleaner
Remove the battery on motherboard, then clean your MB with both
Wait until it completely dry and you're good to go
Not so sure about the cat odor cleaner. It might add more corrosion on the motherboard.
Electrical contact cleaner is a good idea, along with isopropyl alcohol. Anything that evaporates entirely without residue.
Without breaking down cat pee enzymes the cat will keep trying to pee on it
I was going to say your pc fuc*** but try IPA Alcohol
Get a new one
...and I'm just sitting here wondering how on earth the cat pee'd on the motherboard
I will remove the motherboard and spray contact cleaner on it.
Take it apart removing the motherboard and using 99% (or better) isopropyl alcohol with cotton swabs is your best bet. If you need to do this, it's best to fully remove the motherboard from the case and components before cleaning.
Though alcohol evaporates quickly, make sure to give more than enough time for everything to dry off completely before plugging it back in.
Have done this myself with many boards before we had a ultra sound cleaner for them. *Keep in mind Ultra sound cleaners have some limitations and you should never use it on motherboards that have loose capacitors/ connections or with a battery installed( have to remove it first). Bad results can happen when you don't confirm the above.
Can (or cans) of electronic cleaner spray.
Again? Sup with all the PC cat killers in this sub lately?
MDK
How does this even happen? Some of y’all really need to teach your pets some manners xD
G13
use lot of alcohol to clean.
pee contain salts that can be conductive and corrosive.
and... ban the cat from the PC.
i rotated my whole PC case to avoid that.
Get new pc
Smell it
Why is that so funny 🤣
Pull a G13
I've cleaned a motherboard in the dishwasher. YMMV but it worked fine for me. Stickers might fall off and you have to dry it properly before plugging it in to power again.
I'd clean first with distilled water ,then IPA !
Remove all power to the computer INCLUDING the CMOS battery
99.9 % isopropol alchohol
G13
Pee on your cat
Isopropanol and just clean all the board with that or wd40 but it leaves some kind of oil for a few days wd40 but is non conductive and repels water almost like olive oil
So many lazy pet owners here. Establish boundaries, people. Your cat shouldn't be able to piss horizontally into your PC if you train it and establish boundaries. I'm pretty sure PC/cat owners eat the same paint chips as the people who service their glass paneled PCs over tile floors.
unmount , Clean , Let Dry , Mount
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Cat pee is horrible for long term human health. If your cat pisses all over your house that's disgusting. Get rid of the cat
Clean it with IPA. Do not use water. Put it above or next to a radiator if you have one till you know there is no way there is any moisture still in there.
This. Use a LOT of IPA, dry with paper towels to absorb urine mixed with alcohol, then let dry completely. Do this as soon as possible. (And pet the cat afterwards)
If you didn't turn it on, and won't let it sit so long to cause any corrosion, your PC should be fine.
I'm out of IPA, would lager do instead?
I'd recommend stout.
Is the foam good for cleaning?
My mentality is with cleaning that if there is no foam it is not getting clean
That makes sense - I have a black build.
It will cause games to lager
This guy is a guinness! I would not have thought of that.
I prefer Sour, so life wouldn’t be sugar
Isopropyl Alcohol
Any clear grain alcohol should work, the higher the proof the better. It'll probably clean better as well.
Finally, a good use for Everclear besides making a jungle juice so strong you forget
whowhat you hooked up with last nightI chortled. 10/10.
Piss in the computer is how OP got into this mess. I reckon it's not gonna get him out of it.
Thank god someone else read it like this.
If shouting lager lager lager lager doesn’t work, you could try a mega mega white thing.
Use grain brother
Cat urine contains a certain type of acid that crystalises, i dont know if its safe, but OP might need an enzymatic cleaner too, then use 99% IPA alcohol after and let dry
Thought this said pee the cat😭
Take vengeance on that little shit. (No not really)
wheres the G13 when we need it
Looks like Chinese for dinner!! Kidding ofc
Would also recommend getting some kind of cover for your pc for when it's not in use so that the cats can't pee on it in the future.
Or just non-vented slot covers.
They're a terrible idea anyway from a dust perspective.
Covers are better cuz they protect all parts of the computer from fluids when not in use. Watched a video from a YouTuber named "Vex" in which he talks about having to deal with Asus warranty due to his cats peeing on his monitor.
Interesting - are you saying they tried to claim on the warranty because their cat peed on the monitor?? That seems... wildly far from anything a warranty should cover, unless it was a product advertising it's water resistance I guess?
I would like OP's opinion on which of his cats he believes was responsible for the pee-on-board incident. I've been studying the cats, but the damn moggies are so good at masking their expressions behind blank stares that I don't have a clue.
Instructions unclear I used Indian Pale Ale
Yeah, that does have alcohol in it.
Scientifically speaking Alcohol is a solution!
That's what I tell my therapist.
Beer is a solution. Alcohol is a solute.
So which one can we use to solvent the problem?
We should clarify, that he means isopropyl alcohol, and not beer.
Will Sierra Nevada suffice?
When they say IPA, they mean rubbing alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol.
I think cat already used I pee aaay!
Doh!
Instructions unclear. My cats are now soaked in beer.
Make sure to drink one or two in the process though.
Will defenitely try the IPA cleaning, thanks!
Can use water, just use distilled water. I mean I've washed my mobo and vega64 in a dishwasher🤣 , without corrosive soaps though and just be damn DAMN sure it's bone dry before putting it back together - although can say the stuff looked brand spanking new.
Just for my knowledge, what’s IPA ?
Isopropyl Alcohol 99.5% - 99.9% pure IPA recommended.
Indian Pale Ale 🍺
You can sip on the rest once you’re done cleaning
Yes this, and if op hasn't already, unplug it pronto.
This.
Also: When you turn it on, do so without any drives attached. That way they don't get damages if you have a short in the system somewhere. If the system turns on and runs for a couple minutes. You can reboot with your drives and see how it goes :)
Indiana pale ale?
Indian pale ale?
90% or above, or you risk damage.