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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.11.27 11:26:00 -
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For example, i was messing around with my fans this morning - never a good idea when youve been up for 20 hours - and, for some reasons, i was doing it with the pc running.
And would you know it, as i was moving my blower fan to another slot, it shorted something on the soundcard, and the box shut down. Cue panic, cold sweats, cursing, etc.
Flip switch on the back, quick prayer to divine being in general, flip back, touch power switch. It boots. Im here listening to music through the very same card, thinking of divine intervention 'n stuff.
I wont be doing that again for sure... until the next time i do it. 
Anyone else have dome something equally stupid and the rig lived? 
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Chode Rizoum
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Posted - 2005.11.27 11:28:00 -
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we where some guys sitting and drinking some beers at my place.. and i dont have any side panal on my comp.. so its total free into CPU and all of that stuff..
so i want to open a beer and i geuss we where pretty drunk.. os it got some power.. and it flew direct into my CPU fan.. it was like while it was flying in the air... time stod still...
but luckly the Fan just made it bounch down on the soundcard.. and i graped it fast :D
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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.11.27 11:35:00 -
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Had a few close shaves with my lappie and spilt drinks - one of my oldest friends was spilling 1 drink/week near his or other people's laptops for a few months, so he was strictly forbidden from putting glasses on the table - he had to put them on the floor.
I believe he spilt a beer and 2 whiskyes into his, 2 beers into his gf's, and still managed to spill a glass of water on mine - thankfully it was closed at the time.
The man's a walking catastrophe, i swear. >_>;
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Dak Hakin
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Posted - 2005.11.27 12:13:00 -
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Was messing around with another hard drive, and for some reason was hooking it up with the computer running... yes, not the brightest thing in the world to do. Slipping, I mis-enter the power connector for the hd, and my computer died. Results? Well, gonna be a new motherboard.
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Vicarrah
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Posted - 2005.11.27 13:22:00 -
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It didn't live, but PS2+beer = dead ps2 plus fizzles & bangs 
Vicarrah
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Sentani
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Posted - 2005.11.27 15:16:00 -
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Edited by: Sentani on 27/11/2005 15:24:10
WarCraft2 + Mac x hangup / pulled powercord = burned hardrive
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.11.27 18:21:00 -
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a corpmate of mine (and RL friend) built a PC, and wired up some headers wrong (front audio ports). one morning a coupla weeks later, he decided to fix it, on thick pile carpet, in bare feet, wearing a dressing gown, and barely awake.
he is using a diffenent mobo now
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Zeepo
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Posted - 2005.11.27 19:52:00 -
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Installed AOL |
Calderio
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:23:00 -
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yea, i was doing something with a friend online and my fan started to make some noise, i told my friend that if i logged off aim to call a ambulance.
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Sewho
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Posted - 2005.11.27 20:33:00 -
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Left a can of cream soda in mine for about a week before i relized it was still in there lol.....comp still workin some how
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Calderio
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Posted - 2005.11.27 21:34:00 -
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 Originally by: Sewho
Left a can of cream soda in mine for about a week before i relized it was still in there lol.....comp still workin some how
you left a can of soda in your comp???????? theres no cup holders in computers, unless you count that thing that comes out and has a hole in it for snow cones.
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Drak Triak
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Posted - 2005.11.27 22:00:00 -
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I have had my share of disasters with my computers.
One of the worst was when I spilled coke all over my laptop... But after some quick hosing, disassembling and drying the computer still worked fine, although the keyboard is still a bit "sticky", should disassemble it again some time and wash it with demineralized water...
Another time was trying to plug a video-cable into the tv-out jack on my graphics-card, when I suddenly remembered that I hadn't fastened the agp-card to the casing, but too late. A high *****ing noise and everything went black.
Not a good thing when you know you are low on cash, and therefore can't afford a new graphics-card or motherboard... But amazingly the machine worked just fine after fastening the graphics-card again :D
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Pwyle Kenobi
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Posted - 2005.11.27 22:20:00 -
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Check out Dans Data for this awesome experiment!
Vegemite as CPU thermal paste!
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Aeaus
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Posted - 2005.11.28 00:02:00 -
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I ugh; don't remember what I did but I accidently pulled my video card out while the PC was running. Supprisingly nothing died, but the beeping sound was quite horrible.
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My grandfather
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Posted - 2005.11.28 00:13:00 -
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I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power... It blew up  After a new case pc worked like normal again... Never going to do that again though. The sudden bang and the sparks and smoke is terrifying.
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pshepherd
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Posted - 2005.11.28 00:20:00 -
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Originally by: My grandfather
I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power...
Americans, capable of blowing absolutely anything up without warning.
joke...
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Laocoon
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Posted - 2005.11.28 00:51:00 -
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Originally by: My grandfather
I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power...
When i was 12 i did something like this on the family PC. My dad always told me to mess around with the pc to work out what stuff does... So i flicked the red switch on the power supply and.. BANG. I then proceded to cry quietly 'cos i thought i'd f*cked the famly pc
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BlackHawk177
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Posted - 2005.11.28 00:55:00 -
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Originally by: pshepherd
Originally by: My grandfather
I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power...
Americans, capable of blowing absolutely anything up without warning.
joke...
I thought that was all we were good at? Damn someone's been lying to me...
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My grandfather
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Posted - 2005.11.28 02:21:00 -
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Originally by: pshepherd
Originally by: My grandfather
I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power...
Americans, capable of blowing absolutely anything up without warning.
joke...
Too bad I'm all european. LOL
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F'nog
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Posted - 2005.11.28 03:28:00 -
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I deleted DOS one time. That was fun.
Originally by: rowbin hod
Fragm's Oversized Ego Cannon barely scratches the forums, inflicting omgnoonecares damage.
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My grandfather
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Posted - 2005.11.28 03:32:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog
I deleted DOS one time. That was fun.
Lol. What did it do?
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Rasitiln
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Posted - 2005.11.28 03:56:00 -
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poured tea on the processor it fizzed and poped etc so I waited 2 days and it works 
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FFGR
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Posted - 2005.11.28 04:42:00 -
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Originally by: My grandfather
I once was stupid enough to switch my computers power supply from european to american power... It blew up
LoL, I did that 2 weeks ago with my sisters new PC I was building
Thank god I went to the store and got a new power supply before she saw what I did !
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Scoundrelus
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Posted - 2005.11.28 04:55:00 -
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Originally by: Zeepo
Installed AOL
LOLOLOLOLOL
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Samuel Baxter
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Posted - 2005.11.28 06:12:00 -
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Edited by: Samuel Baxter on 28/11/2005 06:13:04
Five words: mountain dew in a laptop
Enough said.
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Inanara
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Posted - 2005.11.28 09:08:00 -
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Originally by: Zeepo
Installed AOL
One of the most foolish things one could ever do. One of my girlfriends asked me to help her PC run faster, I mentioned spyware removal.
She said do it! so I ran spybot 1.4 and ad-aware SE and removed all the spyware from her PC.
She comes back it me with Godess Damn it! Why doesn't my AoL IM work anymore? I explained it was the evil gateway to Spyware hell. She still wanted it back rather than the free and spyware free trillian client.
Smileys are the debil!!   
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2005.11.28 10:22:00 -
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Once wired two of the +12V rails together by accident, turned PC on, huge blue spark, died.
Amazingly, untied the two rails and it rebooted fine, although my MoBo died a few months later. (BP6)
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Vicarrah
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Posted - 2005.11.28 10:23:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog
I deleted DOS one time. That was fun.
C:\>deltree -y /s
did that one my colleagues development PC back when I was a nubbin developer
backups 4tw.
Vicarrah
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Thomus
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Posted - 2005.11.28 10:32:00 -
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Originally by: Chode Rizoum
we where some guys sitting and drinking some beers at my place.. and i dont have any side panal on my comp.. so its total free into CPU and all of that stuff..
so i want to open a beer and i geuss we where pretty drunk.. os it got some power.. and it flew direct into my CPU fan.. it was like while it was flying in the air... time stod still...
but luckly the Fan just made it bounch down on the soundcard.. and i graped it fast :D
are you still drinking? can anyone else understand this? lol
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Thomus
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Posted - 2005.11.28 10:39:00 -
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Originally by: FireFoxx80
Once wired two of the +12V rails together by accident, turned PC on, huge blue spark, died.
Amazingly, untied the two rails and it rebooted fine, although my MoBo died a few months later. (BP6)
surely doing that would do nothing? surely wiring a +12V with something a lot lower than 12V would make bang bang? eg, my car blew a fuse as made me panic cuz i must have touched a +V with a 0 or -V.... :-S
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ManWithoutFace
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Posted - 2005.11.28 11:33:00 -
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gave the pc case few kicks and punches after getting owned in morrowind for n-th time, while it was still running
ocassional punch in the CRT screen (now i dont do this coz i have an lcd) and some mouses beaten to pieces :D
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Lluthiunne Atalaron
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Posted - 2005.11.28 12:24:00 -
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I as of yet havent did anything stupid with my PC, unless you count installing Diakatana *shudder*
However i worked in a PC repair shop while working my way through college. I had the privalege of witnessing the true extent of peoples stupidity.
2 stories, First was a guy who wanted to build the PC himself he ordered all the parts from us and despite our warnings because we seriously doubted this guys ability to turn on a PC let alone build one, he went ahead. Couple of days later he came in furious 'You have sold me ****, none of it works' We sighed and opened up the case at first we couldnt work out what had happened but on a closer look we found he hadn't used thermal paste while installing the CPU. He had in actual fact used Super glue 8| - He didnt get his money back.
2nd one was a young couple who wanted a simple net ready PC. We built it, gave them a good price and they were happy. A few months later the woman arrives with the PC monitor and speakers as well :)
She cant connect to the internet. - we open it up and find the modems loose, a little strange but we push it back in and away she goes happy. Next time she brings it back same problem only this time no modem inside. She didnt seem surprised and happily paid for another. A month later her hubby comes in explaining that she had been running up massive credit card bills while buying stuff in an addictive spree over the net. He told us not to fix the PC if she brought it back. Not a problem when she finally did bring it back it rattled, he had thrown water over it and attacked it with a hammer. What did she say, lol. 'Can you fix it'
Work in a computer shop for a week youll have a million stories
>> The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell and a hell of heaven <<
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Yanclo
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Posted - 2005.11.28 16:41:00 -
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I hit my Work laptop quite hard one day and the screen went black (I was at home atm)
I carried on hitting and it fixed itself.
That happened a couple of times more...until it never came back up again.
One new mother board later.....and we are back in business
I sometimes get kinda violent with my PC at home
specially when playing BF2, lucky for my PC I haven't been playing BF2 for a while now.
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Ebedar
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Posted - 2005.11.28 16:49:00 -
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Heh, I'm reminded of this site.
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Kalixa Hihro
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Posted - 2005.11.28 17:21:00 -
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Originally by: FireFoxx80
Once wired two of the +12V rails together by accident, turned PC on, huge blue spark, died.
Amazingly, untied the two rails and it rebooted fine, although my MoBo died a few months later. (BP6)
Similar, I tested a tape drive out for a friend on an antec 480 psu. When I booted, the PSU shot fire out the back of it, it exploded, and filled my entire living room up with acrid smoke.
Replaced PSU, after sweating it for a few hours, and all was well. No mobo fricasee. I now test all new hardware for shorts on the old PII down in the basement before plugging it into my main box. I don't care if it comes from dell, or anywhere else.
Antec PSU's are not cheap.
-Kal
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Imran
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Posted - 2005.11.28 19:52:00 -
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Edited by: Imran on 28/11/2005 19:52:19
Went to compete in the CPL COD Tournament, thought i could carry on my PC as a carry on...i couldent...had to throw it in cargo...with no padding.
I had 2 stops before texas, so twice on the way to the competition i saw the airline workers literally throw my pc into the cart and into the plane. Then the flight home after 4 days, agian 2 stops, same thing. End result: Front was completely smashed, cd rom covering smashed, side panel dented, top dented, but she still works :} i still havent fixed it w00t. \o/
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Halunoto Vankaalen
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Posted - 2005.11.28 20:15:00 -
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"Okay, power's off"
"You sure?"
"Yep"
"Okaaay, so we're going to --"
"...What?...wha--damn..."
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Kyozoku
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Posted - 2005.11.29 03:38:00 -
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When i was about 6 i tried to feed my comp chocolaate pudding.
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theRaptor
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Posted - 2005.11.29 04:01:00 -
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Originally by: Kyozoku
When i was about 6 i tried to feed my comp chocolaate pudding.
Best story yet.
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oDDiTy V2
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Posted - 2005.11.29 04:15:00 -
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So my friend has a MAC . Well, one day, we were editing a movie and had a very short timeframe in which to complete it. No problem right? MAC's are pretty reliable.
Turns out his MAC had the ability to turn into a dragon at will and shoot fire out the back.
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Pehova Mindtriq
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Posted - 2005.11.29 06:56:00 -
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Originally by: Laocoon
When i was 12 i did something like this on the family PC. My dad always told me to mess around with the pc to work out what stuff does... So i flicked the red switch on the power supply and.. BANG. I then proceded to cry quietly 'cos i thought i'd f*cked the famly pc
haha did the same thing last year, scared the **** out of me. Maybe because my face was only a couple of centimeters from the powersupply when it blew
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