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Ants and other insects are often attracted to warm, confined spaces to build their nests. Therefore, screens and electronic devices such as phones, laptops, and PCs can be ideal spots for certain species.
If one day you suddenly find ants in your electronic devices, follow the steps outlined in the article below!
Why Do Ants Inhabit Electronic Devices?
How to Handle Ants in Electronic Devices
If you find only a few ants sneaking into the slots on your device, you can try the following simple trick before things get worse.
Try holding your device up and shaking it at every possible angle; this will make the ants inside passive and quickly crawl out of your device. Because the natural principle is that they have left a trail to be able to crawl back to their nest. Try several times and observe the results. Note to avoid hitting the device hard to limit the cases of ants dying and getting stuck inside your device.
Alternatively, another effective way is to use high temperature generated by the machine when running 'heavy-duty' programs, enough to make the ants feel uncomfortable and automatically crawl out. For Windows machines, you can run games or graphic design, editing programs. As for MacBook or Linux machines, you just need to open the Terminal window and type the command 'Yes' to make the machine run and heat up.
Handle the areas in your room, house first
When you discover ants crawling around the sockets on laptops, computers, this could indicate bigger problems if left for a longer time. Quickly handle the areas around your room and house is also an important step.
Due to their herd behavior, ants will leave traces for other ants to follow. You need to observe their paths along the corners of walls, on tables, etc. Then, use insect spray to prevent them from finding their way back to your device. Handle the root instead of just focusing on driving them out of the machine.
Addressing More Severe Situations
If you encounter more serious destructive situations such as noticing a larger number of ants crawling in and out of the sockets and carrying food they find back into the machine, chances are your device is their nest.
At this level, you need to manually intervene by opening the PC case and visually inspecting if it's a large device, if not, you need to take the device to the Service Center for a technician to inspect and handle for you.
Carefully unplug the sockets and disconnect all power sources linked to the machine and take the device to an empty, well-lit area. The ants will immediately rush out of the nest as soon as they sense movement, use a set of tools (usually used for machine cleaning) to handle them at a safe distance. Try to be as gentle as possible to avoid affecting the electronic circuits inside your machine!
Conclusion:
The techniques mentioned in this article are just quick ways to handle cases of ants in your device, machinery. Try applying them and take your device to the Service Center if you're unsure about what to do.
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