Piece of rubber fell into PC now i can't find it!

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willabyblen

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hi there,

I was removing my fans that have the rubber screws in them and a small piece of black rubber from the screws fell into my case.

Its about half the size of a cent or a 5 pence piece maybe smaller and I wasn't able to see where it fell, now i cannot find the damn thing!

I have tried getting it out by lifting and moving the PC to no avail and i cant physically see it anywhere near any components like the GPU or the CPU cooler.

I'm wondering if it is safe just to leave it in there? I don't want it melting and causing damage to a component but don't want to take my PC apart at the same time just to find it.

Can someone shed some light on this please.

Thanks.
 
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OriginalCadaver
It should be safe if it's just sitting at the bottom of the case, but I would check a few areas first. If you have any cards plugged in to your PCI slots make sure it's not sitting on one of them, especially if you have a GPU with a cooling fan. It's possible that it managed to fall in to the radiator.That could be bad once it starts heating up.
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It should be safe if it's just sitting at the bottom of the case, but I would check a few areas first. If you have any cards plugged in to your PCI slots make sure it's not sitting on one of them, especially if you have a GPU with a cooling fan. It's possible that it managed to fall in to the radiator.That could be bad once it starts heating up.
 
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If it gets to the point that it will melt then you have way bigger issues, your going to look in the neighborhood of 300*f before it start to melt. Rubber is also non conductive so if its laying on something it wont short it out. Truthfully unless its stuck in a fan and not allowing it to spin i really wouldnt worry about it.

One place i would check is if it got caught in the cpu heatsink fins, thats the only place i would be concerned with it being left at.
 
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willabyblen

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hey i didn't realize i had all these replies before i posted my comment!

Thanks a lot guys I ended up taking my PSU out. It has got a completely solid top and my PSU fan is pointing down into my case so i very much doubt anything could have fallen into it at any point. I've booted it it up and had it running for an hour and nothing is being hampered. :)

also to note, I have a corsair H80i watercooler on my CPU and nothing is caught round the heatsink either.
 
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