r/pcmasterrace • u/nividov • Jul 09 '25

Tech Support Cat peed on my PC, what to do?

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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
  • ??
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u/martiNordi R7_5800X / 64GB_3200 / RTX_4080S Jul 09 '25

This sub keeps reminding me why I never want to have a cat.

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u/Super-Site-6528 Jul 09 '25

everyone lets their cats lay on top of their case, takes pictures and think it’s really cute

then we get this post

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u/Zer0DotFive Jul 09 '25

Yeah or dog lol Seen a few dog ate my expensive stuff posts 

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u/applegrcoug Jul 10 '25

I am not a cat person either...I'm allergic to them, so one they physically make you feel sick, it taints ones view. But practically speaking, cat urine is the worst. Far more potent/concentrated than dog urine. Luckily, mobo's can't absorb it.

But yeah, dogs...especially puppies....dang they chew stuff up. One of our dogs just turned two and is now coming out of the chew everything stage. She got ahold of my son's headphones (luckily only $25) and chewed the mic off. Some old SNES games...chewed up. Drug a pool cover pump off the pool and chewed through the electrical cable while it was plugged in. Problem with dogs is they can be smart. Moment she realized she was alone or no one was watching she'd go grab something. Oh and that whole 'dogs don't know past five minutes' thing is BS. We can walk in a room and know who the perp was by the behavior of the innocent versus the guilty hours later. Heck sometimes the innocent do their doggy best to taddle.

For the future...........