DIYers: What was your first costly "booboo"

2006-12-27 13:46:33

#1

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6979|...

Mine was when i first installed a processor, Pentium II, I did not put the fan/heat sink on when powering up ... hmmm smell that lacquer. Fortunately I was able to convince them to send a replacement.

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-12-27 13:48:43)

2006-12-27 13:55:24

#2

Pernicious544: Zee Tank Skank; +80|7157|MoVal So-Cal

um...I lost the doohicky that goes into the back of the hard drive that tells your computer which is teh master and which is teh slave.

2006-12-27 13:56:27

#3

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7080|Camp XRay

bent the pins on a 3500+

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2006-12-27 13:57:15

#4

S3v3N: lolwut?; +685|6975|Montucky

jsnipy wrote:
S3v3N wrote:
T0rr3nt wrote:
wow, just wow.
BTW that was years ago ... so from day one you perfectly did everything?

Yes I Did as far as computers go.. now building my first 350 V8 (5.7L) was a different story.

2006-12-27 13:58:25

#5

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7006|UK

I just did one today, I snapped a 150GB raptor in 3 bit's 8-) fuckin lovely. Getting replacement no problem though, I blamed there packaging/delivery basically everyone except me and there sending another free of charge

Martyn

2006-12-27 13:58:38

#6

CrazeD: Member; +368|7129|Maine

Pernicious544 wrote:
um...I lost the doohicky that goes into the back of the hard drive that tells your computer which is teh master and which is teh slave.

You mean the jumper? Those are sooo cheap lol. You can buy like 100 of them for a few dollars.

I haven't made any real costly mistakes yet, and I hope to keep it that way.

2006-12-27 14:56:46

#7

Drykill: I Like Waffles.; +47|7148|England

I was playing about with the little red switch on the back of the PSU to see what it did (230v ~ 130v or something) and it went with a loud crack and shortly after, smoke started coming out of the PC. Never touched the little red thing since.

2006-12-27 14:58:08

#8

Mr.Casual: p-n*|3eergogglz; +136|6965|Minnesota eh

Drykill wrote:
I was playing about with the little red switch on the back of the PSU to see what it did (230v ~ 130v or something) and it went with a loud crack and shortly after, smoke started coming out of the PC. Never touched the little red thing since.

OMG, did the same thing. I thought i was teh only dumbass.

2006-12-27 15:01:07

#9

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6809|uk

Drykill wrote:
I was playing about with the little red switch on the back of the PSU to see what it did (230v ~ 130v or something) and it went with a loud crack and shortly after, smoke started coming out of the PC. Never touched the little red thing since.

lmao.... stupid little red thing

2006-12-27 15:01:50

#10

daffytag: cheese-it!; +104|7032

Damaged a radeon 9600xt, which made it artifact games. I got a replacment though.

2006-12-27 15:11:24

#11

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6905

Drykill wrote:
I was playing about with the little red switch on the back of the PSU to see what it did (230v ~ 130v or something) and it went with a loud crack and shortly after, smoke started coming out of the PC. Never touched the little red thing since.

rofl did that as well when i got my first computer xD I had to change the power supply

2006-12-27 15:11:45

#12

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6809|uk

not my booboo but read about it on another forum

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/Titch249/7800wontwork4ai.jpg

2006-12-27 15:13:24

#13

Mr.Casual: p-n*|3eergogglz; +136|6965|Minnesota eh

Titch2349 wrote:
not my booboo but read about it on another forum

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … ork4ai.jpg

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2006-12-27 15:15:48

#14

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7300|Alberta, Canada

Titch2349 wrote:
not my booboo but read about it on another forum

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … ork4ai.jpg

Wow, he must be P/O'd at his friend right now lol. What a bunch of losers.

What forum is that on? I'd like to read the rest of the thread

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2006-12-27 15:20:20

#15

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6809|uk

ryan_14 wrote:
Titch2349 wrote:
not my booboo but read about it on another forum

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … ork4ai.jpg
Wow, he must be P/O'd at his friend right now lol. What a bunch of losers.

What forum is that on? I'd like to read the rest of the thread

http://www.tech-forums.net/showthread.p … genumber=1

2006-12-27 15:28:53

#16

basetballjones: Member; +30|7205

The most costly mistake I ever made?

My socialite, elitist, debutante of an ex-wife.

God forbid you fail to meet your monthly maintenance costs on an expensive woman.

2006-12-27 15:43:23

#17

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7093|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Same as above. With my first pc i switched the voltage. Good job it was a shit pc.

2006-12-27 15:47:33

#18

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|7027|USA

scottomus0 wrote:
Same as above. With my first pc i switched the voltage. Good job it was a shit pc.

haha, last year i really wanted to see what would happen if i switched that. decided to not do it though.

none yet, but i've only built one pc though...so...time will tell.

2006-12-27 16:00:10

#19

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6950|N. Ireland

Titch2349 wrote:
not my booboo but read about it on another forum

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … ork4ai.jpg

avforums, right? i believe i posted in that thread.

2006-12-27 16:08:01

#20

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|7110

I remember in the Steam forums years ago someone took "disable your onboard video chip before installing your new video card" a bit too literally and proceeded to stab his motherboard with a screwdriver untill the chip was destroyed enough that he was sure it was disabled.

heh, classic

2006-12-27 17:04:52

#21

JE3146: Member; +109|7027|Oregon

Few years ago when I was sleeving my PSU cables to clean up my interior, I accidentally sleeved a molex splitter wrong and accidentally swapped the 5V wire with the 12V. The wires on my PSU were color coded, so it was easy to distinguish, and I tested everything before hooking stuff back up, but forgot to test the splitter.

Zapped an 80GB HD and a DVD-ROM drive.

Powered on and heard a loud POP, and smelt smoke.

I about had to change my underwear lol....

2006-12-27 19:01:36

#22

The#1Spot: Member; +105|6996|byah

the worst thing i did was i screwed in a 120mm case fan while my computer was running and the fan was spinning at full speed and cut my thumb pretty deep for plastic fins. My thumb burned for the rest of the week.

2006-12-27 20:22:36

#23

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7098|Deep In The South Of Texas

Only time I've ever had something go tits-up on me was with a MSI mobo that had bad capacitors. SOB waited until 2 weeks after the warranty expired to kick the bucket.

2006-12-27 22:15:54

#24

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7208|good old CA

Titch2349 wrote:
not my booboo but read about it on another forum

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e305/ … ork4ai.jpg

omfg....LMAO

2006-12-27 22:17:55

#25

thtthht: maximum bullshit; +50|6787|teh alien spaceshit

did somthing to my computer and burnt out the power supply.

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