removing bad smell

[Holley]

maybe pop the top off, and find out the cause?  Maybe there's a family of mice living in there ;-)

[Holley]

IIRC it's acetone in batteries (chemical reaction with the acidic elements), or something like that.

A guide to cleaning circuitboards can be found here (previously posted on A.org).  The circuitboard pictured is of similar construction to the A2000 one, though more use of the canned air may be in order!

[Holley]

If you get a strong smell of burning while loading Windows it could be a sign that the Windows loading screen is inducing an epileptic fit, to be on the safe side just steer clear of PCs from now on.

;-)

[Holley]

lol, I used to work as a butcher, he has my sympathies!

The smell from a rendering plant is worse than just blood, too ... easier to get rid of though.

[Holley]

Hyper - never butchered any Horses ... dunno where you got that from :-?

Anyway, BTT, if you were going to 'oderize' a case I'd think PotPorri would be a bit weak.  Maybe odor neutralizer where the fan exits would be a better bet?

[Holley]

I was thinking of the spongy granules, that could be fitted to (filled-into) a filter of sorts on the CPU exhaust.

Obviously using a liquid based 'neutraliser' would be a bad idea ... as for the Febreeze smell, I've found it disappears after a good airing anyway, in the case of my tent, it still smell mouldy, but less so now.  I wouldn't use it on anything thats not fabric.