... please leave my laptop alone!

I'm fortunate not to have experienced this. But I've heard that this has happened to some friends of mine. I'm not sure though what happened to their laptops. That's why I make sure I don't place my laptop anywhere near food or drinks. And I never eat while I'm using my laptop. Even a small bit of crumb can attract ants. Bring your laptop to a service center and have it checked. I think it needs to be opened up. There's a chance that the ants had made the inside of your laptop their home.

I have the same experience but not with my laptop but with hubby motorbike seat and my baby's shoes. I'm don't minds ants at all before, but after we move to this recent house we're staying I think I don't like them at all. This is seems infested with ants, wherever you go there's loads of them. I think in my one year of stay in this house I have killed hundred thousands of them. They're on our bed sometimes, in the kitchen, or in the cabinets (both clothes drawer and canned goods drawer). I hope they don't eat the wiring's of your laptop. Happy mylotting!

Have you been snacking while at the computer? A tiny drop of food would invite a colony of ants. Ants are not interested in the computer unless you invited them to feast with you on your snacks.

hi adnileb Ants have been the only ones who have been so caring for me... they realized that I had health issues and should be on a medically prescribed diet... but I kept asking for Chocos, Chowmein and coffee from different friends here on MyLot... and they ate up the "C" key on my keyboard. This was some months earlier and I had even two discussions on this. Then recently they felt that I am all alone here and hence may be in need of some company... so they have occupied areas on my bed, on my computer table, in the water filter (I always find a whole lot of them swimming even now when winters are at the door).... and they have no mercy whatsoever... maybe they are being over friendly with me but I am upset with almost all my privacy being lost to them Anyways, for the laptops, these are really dangerous things and yoiu must take proper care so that they fear even going near to the Lappy... Many suggested chemical weapons and I did drop a few on them, but that hasnt helped me much. I am still uncomfortable....

Beli- You should stop eating chokos while using your laptop. That seems to be only solution. There is no use asking us what you already knew.

wahaha :D I had experienced this on our radio! :/ and with those "whites"? i think it's their stored food! And some technician says, they stay in our units on rainy/cool season thinking they can shelter in it.. Since it's warm inside when your unit is turned on!:) Try to have it cleaned up! Maybe technicians can do something about it :/

Belinda, hope by now your problem had been solved. Always try to checkout as why those ants seems more attracted to your computer. Try to arrange and put your computer at other places of your room. Sometimes, it is due to the place that attracted them, so they build their nest. Ants like places that are warm and humid. Try to wipe clean your that area and spray some anti-ant spray. Before i ever bought an anti-ant powder case, which i put to areas which is ant prone. You won't seen any ant after a few days. I am not sure whether your area got sell this anti-ant product.

hi adnileb, you must have kept lots of sweet lovely photos, sweet loving messages, sweet love letters, sweet love songs, and all your sweet memories in your laptop! as we all know, ants like sweet things very much. i think they are invading into your hard disk for all the sweet things you kept in there! suggestions: 1) what should you do with the ants? - do nothing harmful to them. 2) what should you do with your laptop? - format it. 3) have you experienced this kind of thing to your computer? - yes, i formatted it and all the ants left by themselves. conclusion: we must always find the root cause and take action from there. otherwise you will end up doing unnecessary things or killing innocent ants. p/s: i know i would have helped you a lot after this... but you don't have to thank me for solving the ants problem... and for cleaning all your data in your laptop!

Ants can be a real nuisance. But so are other bugs. This year, mostly due to the climate, my garden is thriving. But so are snails and roaches. And unfortunatly, roaches will get into the house and snails will feast on my veggies. I have bought some Raid spray, but I don`t trust that they will keep them away. Did you try to check where the ants came from? I try to go to their homes to kill them.

i have had the same problems before in my laptop. and i think i will be having the same problem in desktop. apparently, ants love the electronic circuit board. well, i'm not sure. but i have seen boards that has white foamy spots in it and i assumed this is where the ants go - or live. as what the earlier comments mentioned, ants maybe attracted to the heat. i an't think of any solution to this one except to just keep checking the unit everytime and remove those ants one by one. water and computers don't go together. so leaving a pool of liquid around your laptop is not a good idea.

That happens to me a lot of time. I think that happen when my laptop was kind of dusty for I haven't use it in a day while it's wide open. You should check yours, and don't turn it on if there are lots of them crawling inside your laptop, that may damage it so make sure its clean. :)

the possibility that i'm thinking is the dirty workplace first is you need to clean your place before you deal with the ants on your laptop. try to spray clearcoat to make the key prints last longer plus the chemical compounds of the clearcoat might drive them away

pesticide may help, at least the ants will stoping eating ur laptop wire.

pesticide may help~

Just now i have replied to a similar discussion, my grand sons poured sweetened milk over the key board of lap top, and closed it, the milk entered in side, i saw after 3 days, cleaned it, tons of ants were there, now i have put a transparent cover over the key board and the screen.

I don't know if you have been eating while using laptop. What I have learned, ants try to find food or something sweet to have. It is possible that your laptop has some residue of crumbs that attract them. I am not an expert, but I could offer you few ideas: - Use a blower to suck possible residue away from your laptop. You need to turn off your laptop completely including unplugging the power source. - Wipe your laptop with a disinfectant. Like the above, turn off the laptop completely including power source. - Wipe and clean the area where you place your laptop most of the time. You might also need to do routine chore.

I experienced this at one time, and it was the most frustrating ever. I killed hundred of them every day. They are small red ants that bite and sting. At the end I just sprayed them with talc, especially in places where they came out. Though at the time I was worried the talc would do more damage than the ants. Well, it worked after sometime and I didn't have that problem anymore.

You just need to bring it to a computer technician so that he could open it up and get rid of all the ants. Ants could have laid their eggs by this time. So it is really a must to get rid of it completely before it ruins your laptop.

Hi, Ants and any bugs in a laptop, PC or printer spells the doom of that equipment. I am always on the lookout for such critters around my systems. You should bring your laptop to the nearest technician to have it dismantled and cleaned from the inside. It is always a threat to me once but ever since I spread axle grease on the legs and back of my PC table, they seem to take a hint and didn't bother me anymore.

there must be something sweet on your laptop. No worry. just clean them up.