What is the biggest computer hardware failure/fault you've ever faced?

[Anusha]

My Radeon 9700Pro video card's memory got corrupted as it got very hot. This happened about 1.5 years after purchasing it.

 

[dpg]

I accidently blew up a psu(HP-Branded), The dealer said a new one would cost around Rs.15000! So i got it fixed for Rs. 750

 

[Anusha]

Rs.15,000 for a PSU? I mean there are such expensive PSU's, but I don't think HP have them in their (dumb) PCs.

 

[dpg]

Rs.15,000 for a PSU? I mean there are such expensive PSU's, but I don't think HP have them in their (dumb) PCs.

It was just a small psu (400W)

 

[Anusha]

It was just a small psu (400W)

Those scumbags!

 

[shanX]

a p3 motherboard got screwed after trying to plug a usb cable

 

[mlakmal]

lost booth mboard and cpu while tryin to OC arnd 50K dat time

 

[Anusha]

a p3 motherboard got screwed after trying to plug a usb cable

Hehe. I've heard of these probs, never thought I'll talk with somebody who's actually experienced it hands-on.

 

[shanX]

Hehe. I've heard of these probs, never thought I'll talk with somebody who's actually experienced it hands-on.

then talk !

 

[Anusha]

then talk !

Well, chatting using words will be more appropriate

 

[shanX]

I plugged in a scanner's usb cable, suddenly the system hanged. No response. Restarted, everthing is running smooth except keyboard + mouse, coz ps2 ports have gone down! usb ones were pricy those days, so bought a new board straight away

 

[sri_lion]

Until mid 2004 I owned a DELL Latitude CPx P3 machine, and accidentally spilled water on it!! Do I need say more?

 

[zCexVe]

Only one failure in ma life and thats CPU
AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz last one to come on a porcelane die..
[I didnt tried that multiplier hack and cache hack on that,really.by shorting 2 copper dots u could get additional 128 KB cache on that CPU!!!]

 

[zCexVe]

Until mid 2004 I owned a DELL Latitude CPx P3 machine, and accidentally spilled water on it!! Do I need say more?

did u played water polo or something near it?Its ok if u spilled water on kb..
But on the system,i dont knw what to say...

 

[zCexVe]

I plugged in a scanner's usb cable, suddenly the system hanged. No response. Restarted, everthing is running smooth except keyboard + mouse, coz ps2 ports have gone down! usb ones were pricy those days, so bought a new board straight away

How much did the board cost shan?
and buy that Orite Digicam frm extreame computersi think its the only cheap thing..

 

[shanX]

oh he's been using it while bathing, i guess at the bathtub

 

[sri_lion]

did u played water polo or something near it?Its ok if u spilled water on kb..
But on the system,i dont knw what to say...

Not on the Keyboard! probably it went inside from the fan vent I guess!!! Anyway...my warranty was long gone by then... and I sold the parts for about Rs.10k

 

[shanX]

board cost me just 6k, but it was a big deal for me those days

 

[zCexVe]

what bout digicam?u got one?

 

[shanX]

no men, i couldnt afford a cam, am gonna buy cam+phone a N70 or N73, now i have 6630