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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. Getting drunk and mistaking it for a urinal? by Timmy+D+Programmer · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't see it on the list, surely I can't be the only one?

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  2. The most common PC killer award goes to... by CAIMLAS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Women with shaved lips and hairy armpits wearing Greenpeace tshirts and men's pants!

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  3. Re:PSU and power issues? I can't imagine that. by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Troll
    Office manager was cold, so she bought a 1500W electric space heater. She needed a place to plug it in and there just happened to be an empty outlet on the UPS that fed the server, which was conveniently located right across the hall from her office.
    It's always women who plug space heaters...
  4. Re:The keyboard lock.. by Vellmont · · Score: 0, Troll

    And where in the short story is anything mentioned about how the rental car was destroyed intentionally?

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