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Chris Szewczyk

Gamers report aptly named fire ants are causing their PCs to overheat

A single fire ant.

All PC gamers come across a bug or two every now and then, but rarely like this. I'm talking about the real variety. That's right, some PC gamers have reported ant infestations in their PCs. That's bad enough in isolation, but these little blighters have been reported to damage thermal pads and thermal paste, leading to a rise in temperatures. 

Users on Reddit (via PCGamesN) have reported aptly named fire ants infesting PCs. The most recent example comes from Thejus_Parol on Reddit. Just like anyone that's experienced an ant invasion, Parol's eyes were drawn to a line of ants disappearing inside their PC case. An inspection revealed the buggers were swarming all over the GTX 1060 graphics card.

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