What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
One of the things I read today on our family of sites is a thread over on Geeks asking what the worst thing is that has ever happened to a computer of yours. Oh boy did that ever get me to thinking. Sadly, some of the “worst” things that have happened to me all show up somewhere out there in YouTube land. I guess maybe it was the time Wicket threw up all over my Macbook. That may not have broken anything – but it certainly was disgusting!
In all my years of doing this stuff, I’ve heard thousands of “computer boohoo” stories. Things break – or we break them ourselves. What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to a machine of yours? Was it your fault, or just plain bad luck? Leave a comment and tell us your story! And while you’re thinking of what to say – make sure you check out what else is going on in our Geek realm.
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10 Comments
Sushrutt Alekar
April 14th, 2009
at 3:40am
I care so much about my computer n stuff.
It happened way back when i was a kid.I had my pentium III,i was running a new cd(don’t remember which one) in it,and after sometime i heard a *BANG*…..At first i got confused ,later i found that the noise came from the CPU.I opened the cd drive and found atleast thousand pieces of that cd…After that even the cd tray refused to go in…
God knows what happened in there,but i had to change the drive.
Thats the worst thing happened SO FAR…..but i still care bout my PC….It’s my life ;-)
Andrew Portess
April 14th, 2009
at 5:53am
I think the worst thing I did to a PC was about when I was 7 years old – I had a computer in my room that my parents let me have, that we upgraded from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.
It’s fair to say I wasn’t as computer literate as I am now but I was aware that Windows was very customizable and enjoyed doing various tweaks. One day though, I came across some settings to do with the processor in the Control Panel and thought it would be great idea to change the 16 bit option to 32…
“Would you like to restart to apply setting? Yes”
The end result was nothing more than a flashing white cursor in the top-left of the screen after the reboot – MY DAD WAS FURIOUS! Probably because the Windows 95 manual with the serial key was at his workplace (where they have hundreds with different codes for their PCs too).
Because of this, my Dad had to dig them all out while he worked and ring my Mum constantly, saying each code until they got the right one. Unfortunately, this process took several days and I was forced to sleep while the computer was on the setup screen as punishment (computers were much louder in them days)! Oh and I wasn’t allowed to use the computer at all for a MONTH after they sorted it! I was one bored geek!
AG Wright
April 14th, 2009
at 7:11am
How about sparks flying out of the back of the power supply?
Fortunately it was my testing server and there was nothing critical on it.
AG
TylerAKATC400
April 14th, 2009
at 8:59am
Lets just say my cousin who is good at crashing computers got on our desktop.
END OF STORY!!
Nick Sargente
April 14th, 2009
at 9:49am
Worst thing that happened:
On A Mac- Mac OS 8, initialized the Hard Drive, erased system files, couldn’t restore system from OS 9 disks (firmware too old) went on ebay to get OS 8, disk cracked in half during shipping, no insurance.
On A PC- Putting memory in for a friend, he bought DDR2, his computer only supported DDR, forgot to ground, shocked the motherboard while showing him the difference between the two. computer fried, no longer boots, BIOS beep of death…
Cameron foster
April 14th, 2009
at 10:24am
I installed windows vista on my main PC and laptop and thats the worst thing to happen so far
Joel
April 14th, 2009
at 12:05pm
Worst thing that happened to me was on a 386 computer. I was very young and stupid. I had a plain text file that wasn’t opening, so I used the DOS “type” command and it wasn’t text anymore. So I changed the extention to “.exe” and ran it. It crashed the computer so I tried to reboot, but somehow the hard drive got currupted entirely, so I had to re-format and install.
Colin Huang
April 14th, 2009
at 8:26pm
Well, a ton of dust got into my old system and it just melted part of the casing. I was fortunate to realize the melt before I started to play a game. :)
JFK
April 22nd, 2009
at 4:02am
Fire – Fire – Fire
Yes we heard of those possibilities and it did happen. Fortunately, I was able to remove the cause. The FDD shorted. The pin that caused the short was found but the reason was unknown. It was a fast spreading fire. There was a lot of smoke This happened while the FDD was being replaced. There was no fire extinguisher in this computer lab either. The fire was contained quickly and the unit managed to survive and be put back into service.
noneofyourbuisness
June 27th, 2009
at 6:18pm
Well stupid broken electronics isnt the worst that could happen in life. Im trying to be a normal person and one thing is stopping me. I hate talking about it or when people bring it up. So hello, just zapping you into reality (: