Computer Parts You've Destroyed
- Thread starter aimeeandbeatles
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Mine was a Dell desktop. Dell + ME = unstoppable ire.A whole entire Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. Out of rage. Any takers?
Sui Generis
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Same here. I crank the over clocking all the way with riva tuner, turn the fan down all the way on it with riva, and get a stable 50c temp in games.
Its an agp card and it comes quite cheaply. So I figure i'll ride it hard until it cramps out.
lutzj
The Last Thing You See
That's what I did with mine, and it gave a solid 3-4 years of service.
Spoiler :
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
if it was PCI-e it would be cheaper.
draggar
Chieftain
I've put a hard drive in a freezer, but it didn't destroy it. 
I've taken apart hard drives, too, but they were already dead. I haven't "destroyed" anything deliberately, yet, but I have had several components fail on me.
I've taken apart hard drives, too, but they were already dead. I haven't "destroyed" anything deliberately, yet, but I have had several components fail on me.
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
I've put a hard drive in a freezer, but it didn't destroy it.
I've taken apart hard drives, too, but they were already dead. I haven't "destroyed" anything deliberately, yet, but I have had several components fail on me.
Ive actually put HDD's in the freezer to try to get them to boot one last time so I could pull some important stuff off them. It can give you around 10 mins/freeze, which is just enough to get that important school paper off it.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
At a lan party I was at a few years ago someone stepped on the 40 port switch, which created an interesting sound as it died. At that point there was nothing left to do but take it out to the drive way and smash it. Good times...
lutzj
The Last Thing You See
Was this at the beginning , middle, or end of the event? I can imagine the frustration of getting a "Connection Falied" notice right before winning a match.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
I think it was in the middle of the event, but luckily we had a backup. Im pretty sure it happened during a match, and some people got quite pissed
Except the guy who owned the switch wasnt really that mad at all, curiously enough.
lutzj
The Last Thing You See
Maybe he'd been losing.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
Ha, that may be. But if I recall correctly, he was a weird guy, but pretty awesome. For some reason everyone called him Ragweed. Last I heard hes living in a commune or something.
Anyway I am glad it wasnt me. It wasnt in the best spot, right in the middle of the floor, covered with cans and food wrappers.
But still If I broke it I would have felt pretty crappy about it.
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
Wine & keyboard do not work well together.
draggar
Chieftain
Exactly.
My users laugh at me when I tell them I'm going to do that then are amazed that it actually works. 
I used to know a site that had a list of these but I lost it.
Tapping the sides with a hammer is one, I think hitting it on the desk (flat) is another.
aimeeandbeatles
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In school, they don't let us use laptops in the learning centre ("****** class") anymore because the other students kept breaking the plugs.
I did troubleshoot a few computers in there before. One time, the monitor was turned off and didn't come back on. The other time, explorer.exe kept crashing, even when i went into the task manager and tried to re-open it.
I did troubleshoot a few computers in there before. One time, the monitor was turned off and didn't come back on. The other time, explorer.exe kept crashing, even when i went into the task manager and tried to re-open it.
The Fishman
Resident Megalomaniac
I destroyed Halo 3 by trying to put another disc in the drive when it was already in there.
carmen510
Deity
Several headphones, usually due to my head being large and one time me sitting on it by accident.
Also a computer monitor, which broke down a whopping 3 times on me because of the same problem, the power kept disconnecting for no good reason. (And each time I sent it back, it took a month to get it back) My family gave up on it.
Also a computer monitor, which broke down a whopping 3 times on me because of the same problem, the power kept disconnecting for no good reason. (And each time I sent it back, it took a month to get it back) My family gave up on it.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
From my end, headphones usually go out on me after six or seven months due to the wires getting pinched over time.
Admiral Armada
The Admiral of Armadas
Years ago a friend and I took apart a CRT monitor and broke the vacuum on it.
Killed a MOBO by flashing it with the wrong BIOS.
Broken a mouse by smashing it on the desk (got pissed at something).
Melted a video card playing some flight sim game in DOS.
Killed a MOBO by flashing it with the wrong BIOS.
Broken a mouse by smashing it on the desk (got pissed at something).
Melted a video card playing some flight sim game in DOS.
