|  | | 
09-10-2007, 04:09 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
|  How scaed have you been?
when you've made a silly hardware mistake do you poo your self not literally but anyway, today i inserted my gfx card with the power cable in, rebooted, "no signal" crap crap crap fried my mobo, it fort id f****** my PCI-E slot becuase my onbard gfx worked fine
turns out the monitor was trying to get a signal from VGA not DVI, i pressed a button on my monitor and whola, phew,
other stories may be interesting
__________________ Every time I get Rep, I die inside.
Cisco Cert. | 
| | |
09-10-2007, 04:12 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
Lord Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 6,355
| Re: How scaed have you been?
Well after I lapped my e6300 my puter wouldn't post. That had me panicked for awhile until I found out it was faulty ram.
__________________
|| E8400 @ 4200MHz || Foxconn Blackops || 4GB DDR3 1866MHz CL8 ||
|| Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X 940/4520 || Toughpower 750W || Antec P182 ||
|| 2048x1152 23" Samsung || Scythe Mine || Sennheiser HD580 || | |
| | |
09-10-2007, 07:51 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
G33K P0W3R!!!! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HickTown, California (hesperia), and West Hollywood Posts: 2,059
| Re: How scaed have you been?
I installed a new stick of ram, and it wouldnt boot, it finally did, only 256mb of ram was showing, and I had a 256mb and a 512 installed, oh crap oh crap i thought, opened up case, ram was halfway in, oh crap i fried it i fried it, i thought, pushed it in, and worked fine.
Then my new pc, I put it all together, and hit the button, nothing happened, oh crap OH **** (600 dollar pc mind you) looked in thru window, and the 24pin was not connected.
| |
| | |
09-10-2007, 07:52 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 273
| Re: How scaed have you been?
First time overclocking.. pushed my video card a little too hard and my screen blacked out.. Rebooted and it was fine lol
__________________ Old rig sold.. 
Dell Vostro 1700:
C2D T5470, 8600m GT, WXGA+ screen, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, Vista Ultimate | |
| | |
09-10-2007, 07:54 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 8,090
| Re: How scaed have you been?
I had this computer I was upgrading. It had a slot CPU socket. When I pushed the CPU in, I heard a crack. When I booted, the board lit up in fire. That scared me a bit. Quote:
Originally Posted by mrfluffles  First time overclocking.. pushed my video card a little too hard and my screen blacked out.. Rebooted and it was fine lol | Ditto. I did that yesterday. Luckily, VPU reseted the card.
__________________ 
My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V.
"The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in."
Quote:
Originally Posted by Norcent I need to stop using the internet. | | |
| | |
09-10-2007, 08:29 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,594
| Re: How scaed have you been?
I had a 7800GT that I bought cheap... What I didn't notice was the blown resistor... So when I plugged it in and powered up... FIRE!!! I literally had flames in the machine... I panicked so bad my first thought was my drink sitting on the desk... went to grab it and then slapped myself for being STUPID! Blew on it real hard and the flames went out... needless to say I couldn't use the card any more... (Imagine sitting on the floor under the desk... seeing that, then reaching for your drink... then pulling your hand away and slapping the bad hand for doing it, like it had a mind of it's own!) LOL
| |
| | |
09-10-2007, 08:31 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
| Re: How scaed have you been?
I almost **** my pants when I don't post lol. One time i was doin wire managment and i forgot to plug pcie power back in, and i try to boot up and hear a loud squeak, scary as **** too. My stomach almost turned inside out, then i found out was wrong i slapped myself for being so stupid lol.
__________________  | |
| | |
09-11-2007, 11:59 AM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
Junior Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 93
| Re: How scaed have you been?
Not really a computer issure....but one day my brother and I had an argument. Later when I was cutting the lawn he took my PSP and threw it in front of the lawnmower....I ended up destroying a 250$ piece of electronics.
__________________
Intel Pentium D @ 3.4ghz
Kingston 512 x 4 DDR2 RAM
Nvidia 7900 GT KO
200gb SATA | |
| | |
09-11-2007, 12:08 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
| Re: How scaed have you been?
haha sorry but thats quite funny, you must have felt like beating the crap out of him
__________________ Every time I get Rep, I die inside.
Cisco Cert. | |
| | |
09-11-2007, 01:08 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,852
| Re: How scaed have you been?
i've shorted a molex on the case with a voltmeter before, big spark and the psu went off - but it was all fine.
Another time I dropped a 2-way opteron and mashed the pins, managed to straighten them all out with a knife and install the CPU before the owner came back in the room though. 
__________________
Intel core I7 920
GA-EX58-UD3R
6GB OCZ platinum 1600
XFX HD4890
Noctua nh-u12p
Corsair HX520
Antec 300
Samsung 1TB F1 Spinpoint
Samsung SM2443BW 24"
| |
| | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| |
