Have you ever broken hardware out of frustration?

[arcenite]

I am sure many of you have, as I have. There was a post under GH that gave me this idea. Post your hardward frags!

Bill

Edit: Doesn't have to be just computer hardware.

 

[dabuddha]

no never have
im too poor to be breaking hardware

 

[MikeO]

Two keyboards, cd-burner and a modem.

 

[rudeguy]

i average a keyboard a month...computer at work is really slow, so I break about one mouse a month there "dag nab it computer....hurry up!!!!" (slams mouse on desk)

 

[yoda291]

never...too much of my life hinges on computers for me to jinx myself with disrespecting it.

 

[Ordo1999]

CD burner tray (its broke in one place- still works), and a crashed drive ( I smashed it with a hammer after it wasn't fixable). Oh yea, a keyboard too.

 

[Dedpuhl]

i've never broken my computer equipment, but I went through several nintendo controllers....

 

[MC]

Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
I am sure many of you have, as I have. There was a post under GH that gave me this idea. Post your hardward frags!

Bill

Edit: Doesn't have to be just computer hardware.

I never break hardware out of frustration, now human being on the other hand......

 

[arcenite]

I remember breaking a playstation controller, and more recently my pager because I could not get it to stop beeping, so I threw it against the tarmac.

Bill

 

[Geekbabe]

I've been know to perform an occasional dash it to the wall test

 

[gistech1978]

i broke my desk
the part that slides out that holds the keyboard, i slammed my fist onto it one day and it bent the slider and broke the particle board
cheapo wally world desk, but now i have the sliding part wedged in and its somewhat stable.

 

[pulse8]

Never computer parts, but I got frustrated with someone and threw my phone against the wall causing it to break into about 1000 pieces.

I'll never do that again because then I had no phone and had to go and buy a new one.

 

[notfred]

Does a cell phone count as hardware?

 

[Eli]

Not that I can recall, no.

 

[Shade4ever]

Never broke any this way, but a friend of mine fixed a very irritating problem by slamming my video card into the slot one time, a while back. Just glad it didn't break.



Edit: Oh, and my roommate fragged his mouse recently...he upgraded to the Logitech MX700 for ~$80, so I don't see him doing it again in the forseeable future.

 

[Anubis]

lets see...
many nintendo/ps2/... controllers
3 mice
2 keyboards
1 modem
1 nic
1 PS
2 floppys
1 USb hub
printer
Speakers

 

[brtspears2]

Nope, though most hardware gets the last laugh, as they make you go get a new one...

 

[Ynog]

I have seen several console controllers broken not be me, but by someone else.

Though a TV came out on the losing end of a fight once.

 

[Moonbeam]

Have you ever broken hardware out of frustration?
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Only when I feel that the inanimate object has proved itself somehow superior to me, which is quite frequently.

 

[brxndxn]

ugh..

my Nokia 6160 (stupid x-girlfriend)
nintendo controller
Snake's Revenge for nintendo cartridge
2 super nintendo controllers
computer joystick (back in the ol' 286 days)
3 computer keyboards
2.1 Altec Lansing speakers
4 mice
watch (Timex Triathalon - back in the day)
about 100 cds.. all of which were AOL cds, coasters, or expensive software
Dell server motherboard (500 SC)
power supply - that one smashed apart quite nicely
27" TV.. the piece of crap quit working.. so I worked the piece of crap
2 powerstrips
300VA ups

damn.. there's a lot more stuff that I can't think of right now

I need anger management... or to be convinced that hardware doesn't feel pain when you crunch it.

 

[thirtythree]

Nope. Sometimes I slam my mouse against the desk when I'm mad though ..

 

[captains]

many a mice and keyboards........playing EQ and having people next to me watch me die

 

[toant103]

when i get into a fight with my gf, i would just throw stuff. Last time, it was the new Panasonic cell phone, the other time, a TI-85, then my v60.

Ahhhhhhhhh, end up buying the calculator because i beat it up so bad.

Stupid of me to break stuff

 

[CraigRT]

Yeah I have.... network card and a mouse.

 

[Kev]

one time i kicked my computer because i was frustrated with c++. i kicked it so hard that it turned off and wouldn't turn back on. i fixed it pretty quickly though.

usually when i get frustrated i throw my mouse at the wall. just a gentle heave. one time i winged it at the wall and the buttons got all wacked-out of place. I fixed it by throwing it at the wall again (i'm serious, it worked perfectly after that)

I have also pounded my keyboard several times, sending keys flying all about.


yeah i have issues...