Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="labyrinthian" data-source="post: 1159030" data-attributes="member: 183616">hi everyone,good question about the smoke / dust thing. when i smell it right now, i don't smell any pronounced electrical burnt odor. coincidentally, the day that i noticed this happening to my macbook was the same day a musician friend put his instrument case (plastic) on top of our heater (gas), which promptly began to melt. so the house was stinky in a burning plastic way for that day and the next. that was a complete coincidence in timing, but long story short, my macbook could have smelled too, but i wouldn't have noticed it.the reason i'm inclined to think it is smoke instead of dust is that it is staining the plastic, which i don't imagine dust to do so quickly. it really happened all of a sudden, so smoke seemed like the best explanation. wouldn't fine dirt/dust take a while to gradually build up? i definitely could be wrong about the smoke thing tho (and hope i am).i just purchased some of the dust remover spray and am getting ready to open it up (carefully). wish me luck! thanks, all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="labyrinthian, post: 1159030, member: 183616"] hi everyone, good question about the smoke / dust thing. when i smell it right now, i don't smell any pronounced electrical burnt odor. coincidentally, the day that i noticed this happening to my macbook was the same day a musician friend put his instrument case (plastic) on top of our heater (gas), which promptly began to melt. so the house was stinky in a burning plastic way for that day and the next. that was a complete coincidence in timing, but long story short, my macbook could have smelled too, but i wouldn't have noticed it. the reason i'm inclined to think it is smoke instead of dust is that it is staining the plastic, which i don't imagine dust to do so quickly. it really happened all of a sudden, so smoke seemed like the best explanation. wouldn't fine dirt/dust take a while to gradually build up? i definitely could be wrong about the smoke thing tho (and hope i am). i just purchased some of the dust remover spray and am getting ready to open it up (carefully). wish me luck! thanks, all. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Name this item. 🍎