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de.das.dude · Feb 24, 2013, 02:36 PM

i didnt have any knowledge related fails as i had my cousin to ask about stuff.

but i did put my finger into the cpu fan a couple of times.

theoneandonlymrk · Feb 24, 2013, 02:51 PM

So many Fails but my dumbest was cutting the extended cone bits off the heat pipes on a hyper 212 hsf cooler, they were obstructing the 200mm side fan.
Epic fail as the vapour escaped the heat pipes and my cpu temp hit hyper thermal 265 in bios .I can't believe I was so thick

Geofrancis · Feb 24, 2013, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jihadjoe

Cracked the die mounting a heatsink on an old Athlon.

In hindsight, I should've mounted the HSF before putting the motherboard in the case, easier to see if it's level that way.

I built my first computer when I was 14 and that was my first fail. My 850 duron never even got to post.

Jetster · Feb 24, 2013, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by theoneandonlymrk

So many Fails but my dumbest was cutting the extended cone bits off the heat pipes on a hyper 212 hsf cooler, they were obstructing the 200mm side fan.
Epic fail as the vapour escaped the heat pipes and my cpu temp hit hyper thermal 265 in bios .I can't believe I was so thick

That's a good one

tokyoduong · Feb 25, 2013, 06:18 PM

My attempt to OC my Athlon XP 1700+ to 3 Ghz was an epic fail

Geofrancis · Feb 25, 2013, 06:30 PM

Another fail I remembered was when I tried to run my X1900XT passive with an arctic accelero . the core stayed under 80c but I didn't notice the VRM's burning out.

The best one was sleep walking drunk over to my computer and taking a piss on it.

linoliveira · Feb 25, 2013, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Geofrancis

The best one was sleep walking drunk over to my computer and taking a piss on it.

oh man... you just made my day much funnier

brandonwh64 · Mar 12, 2013, 04:03 PM

This is not my first fail but it sure did hurt! I just got tasered by a cold cathode inverter!

de.das.dude · Mar 12, 2013, 04:39 PM

hahahahahahahaha. that cathode inverter gave you a really nice little love bite XD

[XC] Oj101 · Mar 12, 2013, 06:47 PM

Can't. Stop. Laughing

Whahahahahahahahaha!!!

Jetster · Mar 12, 2013, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

This is not my first fail but it sure did hurt! I just got tasered by a cold cathode inverter!

http://img.techpowerup.org/130312/hurt.jpg

Do it again

buildzoid · Mar 12, 2013, 08:42 PM

I just transferred my system to a custom case and after I finished the leak test I went to turn of the PSU but since I'm rather badly coordinated I managed to get a random metal something on my desk to short out one of the molex connectors knocking out the power in the entire 2nd floor of our house and frying the PSU.

stinger608 · Mar 12, 2013, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by brandonwh64

This is not my first fail but it sure did hurt! I just got tasered by a cold cathode inverter!

http://img.techpowerup.org/130312/hurt.jpg

sorry for laughing Brandon, but damn! That is funny as hell man!!!

I'll bet that hurt like hell bro.

Geofrancis · Mar 13, 2013, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by linoliveira

oh man... you just made my day much funnier

I don't remember it happening but i was told someone tried to stop me then told me to go to the bathroom so I went to the bathroom and pissed on the door

bbmarley · Mar 13, 2013, 01:41 AM

about a decade or so ago could not turn my pc on and could not figure out why,a day later noticed there was floppy in that is was trying to boot from

here is another one, upon building 1st pc forgot to put the lil motherboard raisers/jumpers on the case and attatched motherboard to case when trying to turn on lights just went on then off i was baffled for an hour or so
lucky nothing got damaged with my repeat attempt at turning on and off

freaksavior · Mar 13, 2013, 04:04 AM

865pe chipset with a 478 socket p4, tried to overclock it not having a clue what I was doing, the bios freaks out and the system fails to boot. I didn't realize at that time the bios jumper reset the bios or you could remove the battery. That board sat in a closet for 3 years until one day I realized what I did.

Another time I plugged in the power into the ground on a floppy and that wire heated up a nice orange color.....

lyndonguitar · Mar 13, 2013, 04:29 AM

I tried to remove the static in the ram by using the eraser trick, didn't remove the eraser dust properly, so the ram got fried

Hood · Mar 13, 2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by crazyeyesreaper

Was overclocking an Athlon X2 4400 to 3.4ghz when my MSI Nforce 570 board caught on fire.

I know MSI boards run hot, but WTF? Was it just smoke or did you see actual flames? If so, that's awesome! Even more amazing is the ensuing 5+ year lifespan. I rebuilt a P4/778 system (for sentimental reasons) using one of their boards, and whenever you stressed the system like gaming) it would overheat the northbridge at 64c and freeze up the system unless I turned on a very loud Delta fan I had pointed at it. And that was at stock clocks. Last MSI product I ever bought.

Unscrewing fans from the outside top of my case, forgot they were holding up the H100 radiator inside the case - you can hardly see the dent in the cores where it hit the video card...

silkstone · Mar 13, 2013, 08:06 AM

I noticed ants crawling into my case a while ago. After (unsuccessfully) trying to remove them, I gave up and ignored them. A week or 2 later my HDD failed. I opened up my pc and noticed little mounds of silicon on top of the HDD. I took the drive out, I blew silicon dust off off and got swarmed with ants.

It turns out the ants thought the best place to start a nest was in my 500GB Hard-Drive and were not too happy with me disturbing them. I should have taken pics.

1nf3rn0x · Mar 13, 2013, 08:54 AM

I was switching to a m-atx mobo and I had tightened one of the motherboard seating screws in the case so tight I had to use a pair of pliers to literally rip it out of the case. That case can no longer support atx motherboards, only m-atx.

HammerON · Mar 13, 2013, 09:35 AM

Hood - please do not double post. Use the Edit, Multi-Quote and/or Quote feature. Posts merged...

de.das.dude · Mar 13, 2013, 01:33 PM

my latest fail

bumped into a bench while exiting exam hall. i dont have money for this damnit!

brandonwh64 · Mar 13, 2013, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by stinger608

sorry for laughing Brandon, but damn! That is funny as hell man!!!

I'll bet that hurt like hell bro.

Yes it did hurt badly! My hand smelt like burnt skin for the rest of the day. I was thinking about taking an old cathode and cutting the wires off so I could wire it to my door handle and call a friend over LOL.

ste2425 · Mar 13, 2013, 01:47 PM

Did an engine swap on my old corsa, swapped new ecu on the engine with my old one as it had immobilizer built and i didn't hsve the barrel lock or door locks for new ecu. Wasn't watching what i was doing plugged in two multi-block connectors on the ecu upside down and they both had different pin layouts. Needless to say the pins were completely nakard. Soldering iron, long nose pliers, an hour and a clenched bottom and she was running fine again.

silkstone · Mar 13, 2013, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Yes it did hurt badly! My hand smelt like burnt skin for the rest of the day. I was thinking about taking an old cathode and cutting the wires off so I could wire it to my door handle and call a friend over LOL.

I've done something similar with a van der graaf generator before. The effects can be quite comical. Physics labs can be quite fun when you get to play with giant capacitors, liquid nitrogen and dry ice.

Feb 24, 2013, 02:36 PM	#151
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	i didnt have any knowledge related fails as i had my cousin to ask about stuff. but i did put my finger into the cpu fan a couple of times. __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

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Feb 24, 2013, 02:51 PM	#152
theoneandonlymrk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: republic of mancunia UK Posts: 2,238 (1.91/day) Thanks: 848 Thanked 371 Times in 310 Posts System Specs	So many Fails but my dumbest was cutting the extended cone bits off the heat pipes on a hyper 212 hsf cooler, they were obstructing the 200mm side fan. Epic fail as the vapour escaped the heat pipes and my cpu temp hit hyper thermal 265 in bios .I can't believe I was so thick Last edited by theoneandonlymrk; Feb 24, 2013 at 03:05 PM.

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Feb 25, 2013, 06:30 PM	#156
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Mar 12, 2013, 04:03 PM	#158
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Mar 12, 2013, 04:39 PM	#159
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	hahahahahahahaha. that cathode inverter gave you a really nice little love bite XD __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

Mar 12, 2013, 06:47 PM	#160
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Mar 13, 2013, 01:41 AM	#165
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Mar 13, 2013, 04:04 AM	#166
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Mar 13, 2013, 08:06 AM	#169
silkstone Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: HCM Vietnam Posts: 2,187 (1.31/day) Thanks: 323 Thanked 346 Times in 289 Posts System Specs	I noticed ants crawling into my case a while ago. After (unsuccessfully) trying to remove them, I gave up and ignored them. A week or 2 later my HDD failed. I opened up my pc and noticed little mounds of silicon on top of the HDD. I took the drive out, I blew silicon dust off off and got swarmed with ants. It turns out the ants thought the best place to start a nest was in my 500GB Hard-Drive and were not too happy with me disturbing them. I should have taken pics. __________________ Thanks to BradleyKZN for polishing my sig “oooooooooooh fire!!! and girls...GIRLS and fire!!!!!!! oooooooooooooh runz around clapping hands together” -Marineborn

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Mar 13, 2013, 08:54 AM	#170
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Mar 13, 2013, 09:35 AM	#171
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Mar 13, 2013, 01:33 PM	#172
de.das.dude Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild East Posts: 4,585 (4.26/day) Thanks: 2,337 Thanked 1,342 Times in 919 Posts System Specs	my latest fail bumped into a bench while exiting exam hall. i dont have money for this damnit! __________________ my wallet isnt hashwell compatiple sad face

Mar 13, 2013, 01:47 PM	#174
ste2425 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blackpool, uk Posts: 2,775 (1.52/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 282 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	Did an engine swap on my old corsa, swapped new ecu on the engine with my old one as it had immobilizer built and i didn't hsve the barrel lock or door locks for new ecu. Wasn't watching what i was doing plugged in two multi-block connectors on the ecu upside down and they both had different pin layouts. Needless to say the pins were completely nakard. Soldering iron, long nose pliers, an hour and a clenched bottom and she was running fine again. __________________ Womack & Womack : Duran Duran : The Specials : Madness : Lionel Richie : Indeep : Michael Jackson : Taylor Dayne : Frank Sinatra : The Gap Band : Wild Cherry : Fleetwood Mack : Blondie : Bee Gees : Wham : Snap : MC Hammer : Bill Withers : Louis Armstrong : Percy Mayfield : Ray Charles : Ben E. King : Bob Marley : The Temptations : The Marvelettes : Elvis Presley : Chic : Sister Sledge : The Clash : The Ramones : The Sex Pistols Where's all the talent gone?

System Name:	'Cheeeeese Gromit'
Processor:	E8200 clocked at 3.0Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus P5KC
Cooling:	cooler master hyper tx3, 2x 120mm, 1x 80mm
Memory:	4 GB DDR3 OCZ Black Edition
Video Card:	Palit HD 4850 / Reference HD 4850 625/993 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	500GB WD Sata / 60 GB Samsung IDE
Optical Drive:	DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	20" samusng LCD, gaming at 1680 x 1050
Case:	some old amd thing
Sound Card:	external USB mixer
PSU:	650W
Software:	Windows 8

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