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Most Common Ways to Kill a PC

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-let-out-the-magic-smoke dept.

Sparky the Service Center Dude writes "PCstats covers the most common ways to kill a PC in this "what not to do" guide. Everything from exploding capacitors, to cat hair, to dodgy components and overclocking account for users killing their own PC's. The most common PC killer? The Power Supply."

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  1. Most common problems by larry2k · · Score: 5, Informative
    Most Common Problems:

    26% PSU and power issues
    23% Bad gear and user negligence
    13% Heatsink related
    15% Assembly and moving
    10% Lightning strike and static
    3% Computer cruelty
    6% USB related
    2% Overclocking

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    The package said "Windows XP or better. Pentium Class Processor or better"... So I got a Mac with OS X

  2. Mirrordot copy by Phil246 · · Score: 5, Informative

    heres the Mirrordot copy incase the thing totally dies: http://mirrordot.org/stories/4ec4acbeb790ac0270a10 94afdd09d56/index.html

  3. Re:Interesting by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 5, Informative
    Obviously you've never worked on a heavy smoker's computer if ANY amount of fluffy gray dust can still bother you...

    Once you've seen the gooey orange stuff, you'll be thankful for mere hairballs.