Most people understand that smoking is harmful to health, particularly long-term damage to human lungs, but in fact, in addition to the health of smokers themselves and the people around them, electronic devices that have been exposed to smoke for a long time It may be damaged to some extent, especially some devices that need heat dissipation. According to a series of photos shared by a netizen on the Reddit forum, a Sony-owned PlayStation 4 console became the victim in this case. The netizen was hired by an old smoker customer to clean up his PS4 console and, when he took it apart, he quickly realized the kind of damage that smoking can cause to such electronic devices.
The PS4, first officially launched in late 2013, is one of Sony’s most popular consoles, however, over the years, many gamers have often complained that when the console runs some masterpieces with high performance requirements , the console cooling fan will run at high speed and sometimes keeps crashing due to overheating. While not all PS4 players are in the habit of smoking, considering the sales of this console, many smokers may actually own a PS4 console and if they smoke indoors for a long time, even while gaming. If so, their host is more likely to encounter various hardware problems.
Reddit forum user Polak5677 recently shared a series of photos of the PS4 console’s disassembled interior on the PlayStation discussion forum, suggesting that the console belongs to an old smoker. And Polak5677 was tasked with cleaning his PS4 console for the smoker, and was so shocked by the console’s shoddy interior that he decided to post it on the internet to share it with other players.
Judging from the series of photos it posted, this host has a brown-orange, dirty ash layer accumulated on its fans, vents, and even many internal structures, which looks like it stuck directly onto it. According to Polak5677, although he spent more or less the same time and effort cleaning the general dust, he successfully removed the dirt caused by the smoke, but the inside of the entire host still gives off a strong smell of smoke, which proves once again Find out where these spots come from.
Many net users commented at the bottom of this article that smoking can actually cause a similar layer of stains to appear on surrounding walls or furniture. Unfortunately, these stains have a way to infiltrate everything in a smoker’s home, proving once again how bad smoking can be for a person’s lungs, as these stains can also build up in a smoker’s body. It is conceivable that smoking for a long time near a PC or other electronic devices indoors will certainly have a serious impact on the internal structure and ventilation effect of the connected device, resulting in damage to devices that require heat dissipation such as PS4.
For a person addicted to smoking, smoking is a difficult habit to quit, but if he is also a gambler, after understanding the possible consequences of smoking close to the host, it may be possible to moderate some, or at least quit smoking. at home to protect your computer or game console. As for those gamers used to smoking near the computer or console, they may as soon as possible or ask someone to take the console apart for cleaning, so as to avoid problems such as overheating or damage to these devices in the future.
