what hardware have you killed

DanishDevil · Jun 23, 2009

JrRacinFan said:
I've killed one peice of hardware; a kit of PNY XLR8 PC8500 2x1GB.

Thank you for admitting it outright :laugh:

I've killed an HIS IceQ4 3870, but after removing everything, wiping it down with alcohol, and putting it back in, I was good to go

So I've only temporarily killed 1 thing.

Although my Blackberry killed my 4GB MicroSDHC.

wiak · Jun 23, 2009

i killed a Abit KV8-MAX3 board with a Athlon 64 3200 S754

i also killed a pair of twinmos value PC3200 ram sticks

Frick · Jun 23, 2009

I removed an AC Silencer 5 from my x800GT, and one of the memory chips got ripped from the card. Sad day.

Also, I overclocked my current CPU to 2.7 Ghz without voltage adjustments, on my current motherboard. I was able to play around in the bios for awhile, but something bad happened. It's not what it used to.

Zebeon · Jun 23, 2009

I killed a 15' LCD monitor one time, it fell out of the back of the suburbon and hit the concrete, it never was right after that... LOL

serveral HD and Mobo- home and work, mostly natural death I think.
a couple of power supplies.

flashed bios on my friends mobo once for him... guess what... it died.....LOL It is possible that it was the wrong one... lucky it was under warrenty!! needless to say he was not happy!

DanishDevil · Jun 23, 2009

If you fried my graphics card I would probably :nutkick:

you

Zebeon · Jun 23, 2009

DanishDevil said:
If you fried my graphics card I would probably you

I know right.... he was not happy... I had to make all the calls to tech support and jump though all the hoops to get it RMA'd.... what a mess....

DarkOCean · Jun 23, 2009

When the 4850 came out i killed my 3870 whit a bad flash;i took it to the store and they gave me my 4850 for it.
I also killed a x550 gfx and a seagate 7200.11 750gb hdd.
That's all for now.

Geofrancis · Jun 23, 2009

i like the "thats all for now" lol

Tatty_Two · Jun 23, 2009

3 Motherboards (2 with voltage mods, one with a overloaded PSU)

2 PSU's (the overloaded one plus one I did a mod and shorted it)

5950Ultra
7900GT
1800XT
8800GTS 640MB
two 8800GT's (both voltmods)
280GTX

2 Damn Athlon 64 CPU's with bent pins.

:cry:

DrPepper · Jun 23, 2009

2x ASROCK k7s41gx
AMD sempron
AMD duron
Several PSU's
Sony CD/DVD Drive
Few other CD Drives
16gb Flash Drive

2 Samsung F1's
Old 20gb IDE
Old 40gb IDE
9550 Pro
X850 Pro
x2 8800GT
GTX260
P5N-T Deluxe
Few old sound cards.

cdawall · Jun 23, 2009

i have killed a bunch of AMD AM3 boards as of recent

M4A78T-E killed with DICE runs (8hrs nonstop benching)
crosshair II killed with a DICE run (dont ask)
M4A78T-E killed with multi DICE runs (2 cpu's into benching it stopped posting)

as for cpu's

phenom 720 on release day trying to hit 1200 cas3

Geofrancis · Jun 23, 2009

Breathless said:
Well, I bought it for like $400 or so. I was gonna sell it, but realized that wasn't going to happen

So now I have a heatspreader that reminds me of that day.

you should make it into a keyring :roll:

Weer · Jun 23, 2009

I haven't killed anything!

You can't prove anything!

You'll never take me alive!

crazy pyro · Jun 23, 2009

When I was 3 I took out my first apple mac, it just started smoking and then caught fire.
My first laptop (my dad's really as I was forced to leave it at his) which developed a fault in the monitor and half of the screen was covered in vertical white lines.
My second laptop which got the PSU killed due to some SERIOUSLY dirty power at my mum's house (her boyfriend had done all the wiring himself and cocked it up).
My third laptop which got a pen stabbed into the CPU's heatsink.
My fourth laptop, The case, the mobo 4 times, the sound card in it, the graphics card in it (this is the one in my sig), the monitor in it.
Maxtor 500GB DiamondMax which stops my system posting whenever I plug it into the mobo, I have to clear the CMOS.
250GB IDE drive
The enclosure from my 80 GB2.5" drive, the drive survived.

Mandown · Jun 23, 2009

Ok first off i fried a old IBM comp idk model just remember the big-ass blue screen with PS/2 in huge letters every time I started it up. very simple I turned it on and pour water in it. caught fire for a second. :cool:

Then my first rig and god knows why I let my big brother put the motherboard in the case........ oh yeah I remember "SHUT UP I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!!" next thing turn it on and BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.... luckily it only fried the motherboard.

Next was a old video card from asus that I ripped the gpu off the board and tried my very best to solder a broken athlon xp cpu on it, then plugged it in a cut up mobo threw a shitty psu in the mix and BOOM!!! then the rest of the old computer circuitry I tore apart and set on fire. Later I'll think of a fun way to destroy my athlon X2 4200+, for being a manchester.

Braveheart · Jun 23, 2009

i think i win: i blew up a power plant with a crow bar.

Mandown · Jun 23, 2009

Braveheart said:
i think i win: i blew up a power plant with a crow bar.

Don't you die when that happens?

HolyCow02 · Jun 23, 2009

I've been lucky... I've only killed an Antec True Power 550w. Now I'm going to knock on LOTS of wood.

Sasqui · Jun 23, 2009

Lightning killed my 386/25, though I suspect it just wiped the BIOS clean. Insurance bought me a 486/66 upgrade, then I could then play Commanche, LOL

A Cyrix 200+ CPU - forgot to plug in the cooling fan. Didn't like that at all, but survived.

Seagate drive with interior sector turned to dust and heads ground down to nothing.

A Dell P4 630 just died (on 24/7 @work)

Stick of GEIL DDR memory just died (can't really say I killed it... RMA got me a new pair)

An ATI 9800 non-pro, fan plug not in right, stunk up half the house with burning smell, stickers all fell off the card, but it was still working!

Mussels · Jun 23, 2009

if it aint dead sasqui, it dont belong here!

I could go grab some <10GB drives i have lying around, and get a hammer...

DanishDevil · Jun 23, 2009

OH! I killed a 256MB stick of DDR SDRAM by snapping it in half right in the middle of one of the IC's. I always wondered what they looked like on the inside

crazy pyro · Jun 23, 2009

Damn you! I REALLY want to go do that to that rogue SO-DIMM I have lying round now.

DanishDevil · Jun 23, 2009

I have pics at home if you actually have a need for it. That way you can see for yourself without destroying any other hardware. Be careful though. PCB is sharp as a mofo when snapped.

BrooksyX · Jun 23, 2009

Shall I make a list?

AMD Duron 700+ and compaq motherboard.
Old school celeron skt 370 and motherboard.
Ati 9600xt
Nvidia 8600gt
Ati 3850
Ati 3870
Playstation 2 (trying to mod it)

probably a bunch of other stuff too. Ive had some stuff just stop working all together but the next day it worked just fine.

crazy pyro · Jun 23, 2009

DanishDevil said:
I have pics at home if you actually have a need for it. That way you can see for yourself without destroying any other hardware. Be careful though. PCB is sharp as a mofo when snapped.

I don't exactly plan on using it again, it's been sat in a half open anti-static bag for the last 15 months, not like it's gonna still be working (if it is I commend Acer for RAM being the only durable part of that laptop).

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Storage	7200 hard drives
Case	Full ATX tower/SugoB mitx
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Power Supply	750W silverstone/300W mini ITX

System Name	Big Devil
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Power Supply	ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution Rebadge)
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro w/ Media Center
Benchmark Scores	Ducky Year of the Snake w/ Cherry MX Browns & Year of the Tiger PBT Keycaps \| Razer Deathadder Black

what hardware have you killed

DanishDevil

wiak

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Zebeon

DanishDevil

Zebeon

DarkOCean

Geofrancis

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

DrPepper

The Doctor is in the house

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Geofrancis

Weer

New Member

crazy pyro

Mandown

New Member

Braveheart

New Member

Mandown

New Member

HolyCow02

New Member

Sasqui

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

DanishDevil

crazy pyro

DanishDevil

BrooksyX

crazy pyro

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Processor	Dual Xeon E5 2670 V3 Turbo unlocked
Motherboard	Kllisre X99 Dual
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Memory	64gb DDR4 ECC
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Storage	1Tb NVME SSD
Display(s)	19" + 23" + 17"
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Audio Device(s)	XFi xtreme USB
Power Supply	800W
Software	Windows 10

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Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
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Mouse	Coolermaster Storm Octane wired
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Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
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Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
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Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
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Processor	2990WX
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Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

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Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-E \| Asus P5Q Pro \| Gigabyte EG45-DS2H \| Gigabyte EP35-DS3H \| Gigabyte NV73 \| E-Sonic P35-G
Cooling	TRUE [Lapped] \| TRUE \| Thermalright SI-128 \| Stock \| Stock \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill 8192MB @ 1066Mhz \| G.Skill 4096MB \| OCZ 2048MB \| G.Skill 2048MB \| PNY 2048MB \| OCZ 1024MB
Video Card(s)	GTX 280 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 9800 GX2 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 6600 GT \| 8800 GS \| 9600 GSO 512
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Power Supply	OCZ 750w [62A] \| OCZ 750w [62A] \| Antec 380w [31A] \| Antec 650w [54A] \| OCZ 400w [33A] \| GeN [20A]
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Motherboard	MSI H61m-P31/w8
Cooling	Stock
Memory	2*8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7850
Case	Coolermaster Elite 330
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM650
Software	Windows 10

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Processor	Phenom II X4 940BE 3.6 <> Phenom X4 9850BE 3.1 <> Phenom II X3^4 740BE 3.75
Motherboard	MSI K9A2 Platinum <> MSI K9A2-CF V2 <> ASUS M4A785-M
Cooling	ZEROTherm Nirvana <> 2x AC Freezer 64 pro
Memory	4Gb G-skill ripjaws @1200Mhz 5-5-5-18 <> 4Gb - G-skills 1066Mhz <> 4Gb - G-skills 1066Mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 4850 X2 <> HIS 3850 TurboX <> HIS 4670
Storage	WD 750GB Caviar Black <> Western Digital 640GB <> 300GB Maxtor + 500GB Seagate
Display(s)	Hanns-G 28" HG281D 1080p <> Acer 22" X223W <> LG 42" LCD 720p
Case	Antec Twelve-Hundred <> NZXT Apollo Black <> NZXT Apollo Orange
Audio Device(s)	SB Audigy-Logitech Z-5300e <> Diamond Xtreme 5.1 <> 4670 HD Audio
Power Supply	Cosair 850w<> Ultra LSP 750w <> Antec 650w Trio-power
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	mystie
Processor	intel Q9450
Motherboard	gigabyte EP45 UD3P
Cooling	coolit domino ALC
Memory	4GB DDR3 1333
Video Card(s)	sapphire 4870x2
Storage	250GB barracuda, 1.5TB barracuda
Display(s)	15" phillips, HannsG HD 28"
Case	custom built plexiglass cube
Audio Device(s)	Creative audigy SE
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 700W
Software	Vista home premium 64/ Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 64

System Name	Shredder
Processor	Phenom II 955 @stock (for the time being)
Motherboard	MSI 790FX-GD70
Cooling	Noctua U12P
Memory	8 GB muskin DDR3 1600 @ 7-7-6-18
Video Card(s)	2x Sapphire 4870 1GB
Storage	64 GB Super Talent UltraDrive SSD \| 2 x WD Caviar Black 500GB in RAID1
Display(s)	Samsung 22" 2ms GTG
Case	Thermaltake Spedo Advanced Package
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000
Software	Vista Business 64-bit

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Main / Home Media Serever
Processor	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04