LinkedKube
Posts: 3,385 +55
I remember I saw a post on hardforumz about a guy crying that his motherboard temp was 65C and his cpu temp was 75C. His pc ran on fans and guess what...he lived in an unairconditioned house in Arizona
Dumb stuff people do on their computers
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tifc8lraz
:unch:
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Ahh, I remember when I was a n00b like that
. Nothing like plugging in the power cord for a hard drive when the computer is on....it started smoking .
JimShady23
Posts: 360 +4
Xp
I ran XP a few years back on a K6 233mhz machine with 256mb of ram.
The thing didnt actually do to terribly bad but it was slow. I think the 256 of memory did helped it the most. It was a special board that used SDRAM PC66 memory dimms although it did have IDO SIMM slots also.
I ran XP a few years back on a K6 233mhz machine with 256mb of ram.
The thing didnt actually do to terribly bad but it was slow. I think the 256 of memory did helped it the most. It was a special board that used SDRAM PC66 memory dimms although it did have IDO SIMM slots also.
GeekieNick101
Posts: 350 +1
I ran Win XP Pro on a 500 hz Intel p3 from 1999 with 64 mb and a 10 gb hdd and thn before on an amd k6 with 256mb+ ram and a 20 gb hdd, this computer was from 1999 as well
kitty500cat
Posts: 1,391 +6
That is quite a feat.
Or did you mean 500 mhz? I didn't dust my computer put for five and a half years and the CPU caught fire .
I had to replace the motherboard, audio card, power supply, tower, headphones (unrelated), keyboard and mouse (also unrelated). I also needed a new hard drive for the system reload, and my monitor isn't in great shape either.
My video card miraculously survived, and I still have the same microphone and desk lamp.
Total cost: $350-something CAD (yeah, I got some cheap parts).
Oh, and now I dust my computer more often.
.I had to replace the motherboard, audio card, power supply, tower, headphones (unrelated), keyboard and mouse (also unrelated). I also needed a new hard drive for the system reload, and my monitor isn't in great shape either.
My video card miraculously survived
, and I still have the same microphone and desk lamp.Total cost: $350-something CAD (yeah, I got some cheap parts).
Oh, and now I dust my computer more often
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tifc8lraz
I learned never to drink coke next to a computer :grinthumb ! That 0 on the number pad is still sticky...and that spill was a good 4 years ago !
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tifc8lraz
Umm......no comment.......:grinthumb !
LookinAround
Posts: 6,429 +186
Things a user can do
McDonalds installed PCs with custom applications in their stores to interface with cash register, inventory, etc to help run the store. There was also a Help Desk, of course. Someone at one of the stores called because they were having problems with the PC.
Granted, this one happened years ago (when floppy disks were common in all those PCs) but i still think goes one better in examples of tech phone support and what users on the other end can do. TRUE STORYJimbo420 said:
McDonalds installed PCs with custom applications in their stores to interface with cash register, inventory, etc to help run the store. There was also a Help Desk, of course. Someone at one of the stores called because they were having problems with the PC.
- Help Desk tells them to insert a diskette
- User says "What"?
- Help Desk tells them to insert a diskette into the slot
- User says OK and after a pause says nothing is happening
- Help Desk finally figures out User stuffed a biscuit into the diskette drive
mysvxrocks
Posts: 16 +0
dumbest thing i did... chose to get a computer with windows Mistake Edition.... shoulda stuck with 98SE
momok
Posts: 2,127 +6
dumbest thing i did two years back on my desktop (when I was still quite a noob at everything):
discovered some terrible malware and virus. I reformatted the system and reinstalled windows XP which took freeakinggggg lonnggg.
I did a search for the bad files which turned up nothing, then did a search in windows registry. It showed up, so I deleted it. Later on I researched for the files in hidden files and folders which again turned up nothing, then search in registry which showed up again.
I thought this was terrible (somebody told me it was possible the infection resided in the hard disk or something) and did a reformat + clean install again.
Repeated this entire process like 3-5 times before I realised that the value showing up in the registry was under HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Search Assistant\ACMru\5603 and the full impact of the words Search Assistant hit me.
-_-"
discovered some terrible malware and virus. I reformatted the system and reinstalled windows XP which took freeakinggggg lonnggg.
I did a search for the bad files which turned up nothing, then did a search in windows registry. It showed up, so I deleted it. Later on I researched for the files in hidden files and folders which again turned up nothing, then search in registry which showed up again.
I thought this was terrible (somebody told me it was possible the infection resided in the hard disk or something) and did a reformat + clean install again.
Repeated this entire process like 3-5 times before I realised that the value showing up in the registry was under HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Search Assistant\ACMru\5603 and the full impact of the words Search Assistant hit me.
-_-"
kitty500cat
Posts: 1,391 +6
:haha::haha:(no offense, of course)
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tifc8lraz
How the...:haha: ?
LookinAround
Posts: 6,429 +186
Well... i'd guess for once the drive actually had a bite instead of a byte.zephead said:
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tifc8lraz
:haha: LookinAround :grinthumb !
I say that there are some people that aren't too technically advanced in this world !
I say that there are some people that aren't too technically advanced in this world
!beef_jerky4104
Posts: 782 +3
cfitzarl said::haha: LookinAround :grinthumb !
I say that there are some people that aren't too technically advanced in this world
Don't take this offensively, but... Thanks Captain Obvious.
chamillitarysk8
Posts: 128 +1
actually my friend is running xp 500 mhz 128 mgs of ram patched bios so he could put three 80 gig drives on it now top that
