Step-by-Step Computer Destruction 296
Unixrevolution writes "Dan's Data has an excellent article on how an enterprising user (or repair tech) can easily destroy their computer. Most of us don't destroy nearly enough hardware, so this should be helpful."
Meh (Score:5, Interesting)
Very incomplete... (Score:3, Interesting)
Defenestrate (Score:3, Interesting)
so old (Score:3, Interesting)
reminds me of a description I saw once:
Unplug the fans. (Score:4, Interesting)
destroying an imac with a sledgehammer (video) (Score:5, Interesting)
http://tuxedo.housing.uiuc.edu/~ckuehn/imac.mov [uiuc.edu]
if anyone's curious, it felt pretty good.
Re:My own story... (Score:2, Interesting)
The stupid part? I tried to remove the CPU with my fingers. I managed to lever the processor out and hold it for maybe two seconds before the smell of burnt skin and that wonderful, searing sensation reached my brain. The burn hole on my fingertips was the worst pain I've ever felt.
He forgot one of the best ways (Score:5, Interesting)
1) Put it on 90 degrees wrong, so that most of the CPU core is left uncooled (have a friend who did that)
2) Use loads and loads of cooling paste (it must be there for something, right?)
3) Apply the enormous amount of force necessary to fasten the hooks, but apply it unevenly so that the underlying CPU cracks. (the most common way to destroy your computer when building it yourself nowadays, according to my favorite computer store)
4) When applying said force, slip with the screw driver/tool of choice and redesign your motherboard (another classic)
5) Attach the power cable to the wrong connector. Preferably some random jumpers. Alternatively become so proud of succesfully getting the damn thing hooked on, that you forget to plug the insignificant little cable in.
6) Become intimidated and decide to try to run the computer without it. Smile smugly when it turns out that the computer indeed can run without it. For a while. (have a friend who did that too)
Removing processor while on (Score:3, Interesting)
I felt like such a failure.
Re:Meh (Score:2, Interesting)
Yes, IBM saw us coming.
Here's one they forgot (Score:3, Interesting)
Oh, and the best part of this one was where the user told me that she had data on her computer that was "absolutely irreplacable" and that I just had to fix it. When I asked her if she had backed her data up she said "no" and I replied "Well, then I guess it really is 'absolutely irreplacable'."