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| Thread ID: 118797 | 2011-06-21 08:28:00 | How to maim and destroy a computer | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
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| 1210977 | 2011-06-21 20:35:00 | Back in the days of the early AMD CPUs a colleague - attempting to get the HSF on it, shoved a screwdriver straight through the motherboard on a customers computer. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1210978 | 2011-06-21 21:13:00 | Believe me, I once tried to get a sticker off my laptop and accidently used an angle grinder to get it off. Coincidentally some of the black came off. In an attempt to make it look normal I coloured it in with Sharpie. :blush: :blush: What really happened |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1210979 | 2011-06-21 21:19:00 | Back in the days of the early AMD CPUs a colleague - attempting to get the HSF on it, shoved a screwdriver straight through the motherboard on a customers computer. I nearly did that on my socket 370 celeron about 10 years ago, scratched the MB and bricked it :mad: Was the lesson i learned that alcohol and computers dont mix (unless you are playing games) EDIT: Cost me 700 bucks |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1210980 | 2011-06-21 23:38:00 | Back in the days of the early AMD CPUs a colleague - attempting to get the HSF on it, shoved a screwdriver straight through the motherboard on a customers computer. Some of those Socket A coolers had some insanely strong clips... Heck even with the little lever some of the AM3 ones feel like something's going to snap... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1210981 | 2011-06-22 01:20:00 | Power supplies can be obliterated in a number of ways. The simplest is provided by the ubiquitous voltage selector switch on the back. If the user is lucky enough to reside in a country where the mains supply is 220V or higher, switching a computer PSU to the 110V setting will result in a satisfyingly exploded supply, and possible considerable secondary damage. Ive done that with a new PSU, supplied to us with voltage set @ 110. Sort of mistake you make once. Fixable , luckily. Also had issues with old IDE notebook drive & 3.5" adapter. So easy to get the connector just 1 pin out |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1210982 | 2011-06-22 01:44:00 | I removed a heatsink from a AM2 last week, damn thing pulled the CPU out with it :illogical Luckily the board had a fault, but this finished things off ;) | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1210983 | 2011-06-22 02:33:00 | I removed a heatsink from a AM2 last week, damn thing pulled the CPU out with it :illogical Luckily the board had a fault, but this finished things off ;) Yes, the TIM is pretty good on those, you need to twist the heatsink sideways to break the seal before trying to lift it off. |
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