Throwing staples into an open, running computer is bad.

[ILikeSprite]

Trust me!

 

[tweakmm]

you are very tall

 

[amdskip]

ummm, duh!!!

 

[cliftonite]

Like we didnt know this?

But do tell us what happened And give us some pics.

 

[Frosty3799]

bahaha.... so what did it do? hit one of your fans? short something out?

 

[thomsbrain]

give us the details! enraged co-worker? bad child? clumsy wife?

 

[BubbleHead]

LOL

 

[HappyPuppy]

You now have enough empirical data to complete your doctoral thesis.

 

[ILikeSprite]

Luckly all that happened was a pop and the PSU cut off. I unpluged it and pluged it back in and it powered up fine (thank god). I was pissed and there was a stapler sitting right next to me and i was also in a throwing something mood.... plus i was bored and wanted to see what would happen.

 

[Frosty3799]

<< Luckly all that happened was a pop and the PSU cut off. I unpluged it and pluged it back in and it powered up fine (thank god). I was pissed and there was a stapler sitting right next to me and i was also in a throwing something mood.... plus i was bored and wanted to see what would happen. >>




woulda been cooler if it start smoking then lit on fire... oh well maybe next time

 

[InverseOfNeo]

<< woulda been cooler if it start smoking then lit on fire... oh well maybe next time >>




HAHAHA

 

[ILikeSprite]

<< woulda been cooler if it start smoking then lit on fire... oh well maybe next time >>



well i got a 386 and a few 486 mobos laying around in the closet somewhere...... oh the possibilities......

 

[DaveSimmons]

<< Luckly all that happened was a pop and the PSU cut off. I unpluged it and pluged it back in and it powered up fine (thank god). I was pissed and there was a stapler sitting right next to me and i was also in a throwing something mood.... plus i was bored and wanted to see what would happen. >>

You are now qualified to work as a repair tech for CompUSA, assuming you aren't one already

 

[aphex]

 

[ILikeSprite]

<< >>



eh?

 

[Geekbabe]

Against my better judgement here but I think I'll ask .. details ?

 

[bjb86s]

<< >>



hahahahah! good one aphex!

 

[yakko]

Pics?

 

[rgwalt]

WTG Shawn, WTG. Reminds me of the time I was in the mood to kick something, so I kicked a hole in the wall.

Ryan

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

<<

<< woulda been cooler if it start smoking then lit on fire... oh well maybe next time >>



well i got a 386 and a few 486 mobos laying around in the closet somewhere...... oh the possibilities...... >>


Do it again! Do it again!

 

[joohang]

I was modding a PSU for my little sister's computer to make it quieter. I blew up the PSU (had a spark for some odd reason) and it took down the ECS K7S5A and the Duron 1 GHz with it. Thank god my Matrox and the RAM were fine. At least those were the among the cheapest motherboards and CPUs out there these days. Cheap to replace.

 

[Thegonagle]

<< woulda been cooler if it start smoking then lit on fire... oh well maybe next time >>

Then you could splash a tall glass of water all over it and blame Enermax.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

It's only bad if you hit a capacitor...

 

[HOWITIS]

i think we've found a new entry to the anandtech faq.

 

[Mitzi]

i think we've found a new entry to the anandtech faq.

Hehe....



Should I throw staples or other small metallic objects into a running PC?

Date: March 26th, 2002
Category: General Hardware
Author(s): ILikeSprite


Answer : Depends how stupid you are.

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