Is Engraving for security OK?

[ding5550123]

I am now paranoid about people stealing my things after they took my laptop.

I was considering getting an engraving pen (the one that makes all the little dots) to engrave my name into the side panels and motherboard tray, CD Drives, HDD (sticker?), PSU, ect.

Will it mess them up?

 

[DaveSimmons]

It will lower the value if you want to sell them. Otherwise it's OK if you're careful and don't do something stupid like engrave on a motherboard itself and cut through circuit traces in the process.

 

[ding5550123]

Would it be OK to but a label on the bottom?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

someone stealing your sht already knows the stuff isnt theirs, what good do you think writing your name on it will do?

 

[Bryophyte]

Being more careful with your laptop is the best security measure. Don't leave it unattended. Lock the bag you keep it in. Never leave it in your car, especially where it can be seen from outside.

 

[MrBond]

When I was probably 7-8 years old, one of our barns was broken in to and they stole a bunch of stuff from our travel trailer.

My parents had some fairly expensive folding chairs (not your average $5 WalMart chair) and Dad used a woodburning pen to engrave our last name under the arms. .

The thieves just took something sharp and scratched the whole thing off.

The stuff they stole was recovered, but not because it was engraved.

It wouldn't hurt to put printed labels on everything. Maybe stick them some place not so obvious, like the underside of the CDROM drive. That way if your computer was stolen and sold to a pawn shop, it'd make recovery easier.

I've used those engraving pens before and they're pretty hard to use. It's hard to write decently with them, everything turns out like a 6 year old wrote it.

 

[Bryophyte]

If you had your computer stolen at school (I assume middle school since you're 13), you're probably thinking it would be easier to prove it was yours if it was found in another student's possession. You can write down any serial number you have on the laptop, or engrave it with some identifying marks in a location where it'd be impossible to remove. If you plan on selling it, don't mark it up.

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
someone stealing your sht already knows the stuff isnt theirs, what good do you think writing your name on it will do?

Incase the Police find it, they try to sell it

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
If you had your computer stolen at school (I assume middle school since you're 13), you're probably thinking it would be easier to prove it was yours if it was found in another student's possession. You can write down any serial number you have on the laptop, or engrave it with some identifying marks in a location where it'd be impossible to remove. If you plan on selling it, don't mark it up.

My school is retarted and doesn't allow computers

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: ding5550123

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
If you had your computer stolen at school (I assume middle school since you're 13), you're probably thinking it would be easier to prove it was yours if it was found in another student's possession. You can write down any serial number you have on the laptop, or engrave it with some identifying marks in a location where it'd be impossible to remove. If you plan on selling it, don't mark it up.

My school is retarted and doesn't allow computers

i dont think you really need a laptop in middle school, really. i got by fine in college without one.

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: udonoogen

Originally posted by: ding5550123

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
If you had your computer stolen at school (I assume middle school since you're 13), you're probably thinking it would be easier to prove it was yours if it was found in another student's possession. You can write down any serial number you have on the laptop, or engrave it with some identifying marks in a location where it'd be impossible to remove. If you plan on selling it, don't mark it up.

My school is retarted and doesn't allow computers

i dont think you really need a laptop in middle school, really. i got by fine in college without one.

Yea, I wasn't planning to, but I was thinking in high school.
(i'm too lazy to use the agendas)

 

[jakedeez]

How is someone going to steal your rig? How was your laptop stolen?

 

[ding5550123]

Originally posted by: jakedeez
How is someone going to steal your rig? How was your laptop stolen?

Break in,

and car larseny (theft)

[in a backpack, on floor out of sight. stolen while i left for no more than 3 minutes]

 

[jakedeez]

Talk to your parents, in the case of a break-in, home owners insurance should cover it. I am sorry about your laptop, if the pen will make you feel safer, I would get it, however, specifically for your rig, in your home, I think your covered anyway. (thats why I say talk to your parents, to confirm home owners insurance)