ROM-DOS Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Beginners Guides: Most Common Ways to Kill a PC PCstats guides you through the list of the most popular ways by which you will eventually kill your PC, despite your good intentions. This is a good primer for "what not to do" folks. - Version 1.0.0 Most Common Problems 26% PSU and power issues 23% Bad gear and user negligence 13% Heatsink related 15% Assembly and moving 10% Lightning strike and static 3% Computer cruelty 6% USB related 2% Overclocking [move] Stop Computer Cruelty [/move] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 haha i just saw that this morning.. great article! some interesting stuff in there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 that was a very intersting article, lots off good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Now I'm worried to plug in my usb thumbdrive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted April 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 . . .maybe this would be a good place to share some Fatal Distractions and Brain Dead muck ups! Here's one of my latest; WTF ~ LOL ~ OMG (dupid computer) . . .I'm lucky I didn't fry my board!! "Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the . . ." I'm still laughing 'bout that one ~ funny thing was ~ (that I didn't mention) . . . the day before, when I couldn't boot my system, I packed it up and went to my 'neighborhood' PC shop to see if they could get it up and running ~ but, I was so brain dead ~ I forgot it was Sunday! and they were Closed ~ lol ~ [good thing, . . .I would have felt 'really' dupid 'bout the jumper being set to the 'wrong' connecter] What's got me worried now, too, is the USB mishaps . . .is my poor tortured, slammed and abused USB game pad gonna kill my PC? yikes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I've only killed a PC once... plugging in a IDE hard drive while the computer was on. It didn't like that so well. Aside from that I've damaged the odd part with static electricity but not an entire computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 rofl...dude, i'm not calling you an idiot by any stretch, but why the hell did you plug in a hd while the thing was on?? :haha: I was laughing my donkey off reading that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 well, for the most commone ways to kill a pc, here's my votes. http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/ i have seen an etherkiller in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 on friday i saw a guy turn a PC on a media center and fry the PSU it was set to 150V it was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 rofl...dude, i'm not calling you an idiot by any stretch, but why the hell did you plug in a hd while the thing was on?? :haha: I was laughing my donkey off reading that It's not as bad as it sounds... I plugged it in seconds after turning it on when I realised I had forgotten to plug the power cable into it. The bios screen hadn't even loaded yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I've only killed a PC once... plugging in a IDE hard drive while the computer was on. It didn't like that so well. Aside from that I've damaged the odd part with static electricity but not an entire computer. i had to do that to make a hdd for my xbox and it did not damage it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 on friday i saw a guy turn a PC on a media center and fry the PSU it was set to 150V it was funny Should have gotten a video shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Install windows and use IE alot. Easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Install windows and use IE alot. Easy. and the saddest part is that it's true. I'd say for most of the computers I fix, if the owner hadn't used IE or Outlook Express he/she wouldn't be having near as many problems. (If any) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 Install windows and use IE alot. Easy. must be p4, rambus, and millenium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 and the saddest part is that it's true. I'd say for most of the computers I fix, if the owner hadn't used IE or Outlook Express he/she wouldn't be having near as many problems. (If any) the problem isn't the browser. the problem is people not running any kind of protection and surfing with admin rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted April 23, 2006 CID Share Posted April 23, 2006 I use IE, I use Outlook, and I never RUINED a pc, yeah - i got adware and spyware... but damnit, everything else has been fine... I must add, that girl's picture in Swimmer's sig turns ME on, and I don't dance that way.... LOL (often) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 the problem isn't the browser. the problem is people not running any kind of protection and surfing with admin rights. Try using IE 5.5 with no updates for a while and see how you do. Most of the computers do have protection, but it's not updated very often. Not all of them have had admin rights either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 ok. 5.5 no updates. might as well run 4 or 5 then on a win95 machine with no updates. if they don't run the latest patch, thats just stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 24, 2006 CID Share Posted April 24, 2006 ok. 5.5 no updates. might as well run 4 or 5 then on a win95 machine with no updates. if they don't run the latest patch, thats just stupid... Yea... if they knew enough to update I would have a lot less work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 25, 2006 CID Share Posted April 25, 2006 or if microsoft knew how to update people's computers!! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 25, 2006 CID Share Posted April 25, 2006 microsoft does. it's called automatic updates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 25, 2006 CID Share Posted April 25, 2006 I killed 2 again i repeat 2 soket 7 cpu in the last 24 hours i 'll share the story later i got 2 run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted April 25, 2006 CID Share Posted April 25, 2006 I killed 2 again i repeat 2 soket 7 cpu in the last 24 hours i 'll share the story later i got 2 run Never head of a socket 7 cpu... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted April 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 25, 2006 Never head of a socket 7 cpu... http://users.erols.com/chare/sockets.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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