Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[0s4x]

Plugging in a new case fan with the PC turned on. Didn't destroy any parts thankfully, but blew up one of the LED's on my keyboard. To this day I'm still not sure how that happened.

[felixbearpig]

True.

Unfortunately it really happened but the liquid only got on the ram chips so I was fine

[Richyo]

A series of events for me.
1. I was laying my case down on its side and my fingers slipped dropping the case from maybe 160 degree angle to flat(180).

2. Computer wouldn't boot checked everything!. Last resort was to check CPU, I tried removing the heat sink and cpu came with it...

3. on experimenting with multiple cpus on the motherboard, i accidentally hit the cpu pin onto the motherboard locking pin/stick and bent some pins.
4. at the time i didnt watch Linus's videos(NCIX) and i only just realised it was linus's video i watched. Learnt how to unbend the pins to my Phenom 955.
5.ordered a "refurbished" motherboard from ebay and the ethernet port and audio is busted within one week to a month.(not my current gigabyte board)

Edited July 6, 2013 by Richyo

[Samdb]

i was messing with a radiator with unsecured barbs while my computer was on and then the liquid spilled on my titan...

Ouch.

[LDX]

I was waiting NFS World to load up so i started to press the keys randomly

but the game loaded up OR perhaps it saved all the key strokes, so they worked

 

and I accidentally erased my user and my achievements

I had a Lamborghini, Now I drive a VW

[FORGDEDELILT]

Had a bit of money to buy a upgrade so i got a GTX650 to replace a GTX 545, realized it was a pointless upgrade then got a 660 later on.

[FireFox]

I had an old battery operated radio and thought it would be a good idea to see how it copes with 240v from the mains when I was about 14, it didn't cope well lol

[FireFox]

knocked the huge tv over face first onto a hardwood floor

 

I imagine the TV wasn't too happy about that

[CjlabanG]

Hi! I'm gonna try to start a thread just for fun.

Here you can post the stupidest, most embarrassing thing you've done that is PC related.

EDIT: Let's make it 'The most stupidest thing you've said, heard, or seen that is PC related'

Please dictate if you've heard it, seen it, or done it.

FIRE!

[M-ursu]

I bought GTX 650

[Judahnator]

I used a 30GB SSD for a boot drive...

[pewpewmerica]

I bought a prebuilt pc. (A year ago, I built a new one 2 months ago) Oh, and I got a 2nd gtx 550 just for sli, some people consider that a fail

[Volbet]

Modded Solaris so it wouldn't prompt me with setting up software RAID. In turn it can't show any information about the storage now

[smokincola]

on my first PC I installed a new graphics card without removing the drivers for the old one first, that was fun :( Course the only bad mistake is one you don't learn from

[Emperor_Piehead]

I poked my 8pin while it was on the other day and shut off the computer. I haven't done anything really stupid.

[Damikiller37]

Thought I did a good job building cabel managament and all that, tried to turn my PC on and realized I forgot to install the PSU xD

EDIT: WOW now I feel real stupid :D but that was back when I knew hardly anything about computers and had to figure stuff out on my own.

EDIT 2: Now this post is popular... fantastic xD Everyone knows how much of an idiot I were...

[Cacao]

We have multiple threads on this subject already.

 

I do a lot of research before buying or doing anything so I can't really think of anything stupid that I've done, I'm sure there was something though :D

[MrGidwani]

I accidently inhaled a good amount of compressed air while cleaning my PC. Had a massive headache and my eyes really hurt for a few hours.

 

Also, I power shut-off my PC during a Windows update. Completely ruined the OS, couldn't even re-install Windows. I had to buy another license.

[super_teabag]

Upgrading to 4 gigs of ram with a 32 bit os lol :blink:

[JordanMac]

Thought I did a good job building cabel managament and all that, tried to turn my PC on and realized I forgot to install the PSU xD

That is the best thing i have ever heard. :D

[CoolBeans]

Bought a laptop.

[miyabwah]

Bought a GT 620.
 
Still have it.... shame. (August 09 2013.)
 
STILL have & use it... Shame.

EDIT - (9-18-14/18-9-14) I have a pile of graphics cards sitting behind me now.

from top to bottom

1. GT 620
2. HD 4870
3. HD 7750 (bricked via bad bios)

Edited September 18, 2014 by Lanoi

[Tomtom565]

Its not exactly PC, but I was fiddling with one of the new HP ProLiant DL360 G8's at college, and had it out on rails. I had finished doing what had to be done, and went to slide it back into the rack when I knocked the cabinet and the screwdriver on top rolled off and hit the PCB head first. It never booted again....

There wasn't any physical marking so we managed to RMA it and get a new unit. I don't want to think about what would have happened to me if we couldn't..

[fracking4oil]

Built my entire system (sig) from locally bought parts from Fry's Electronics and Best Buy. Could have built it a lot cheaper or a lot better while spending the same if I bought over the internet, but I wanted to support our local economy and I hate waiting for parts to arrive (mainly the latter). 

[Damikiller37]

That is the best thing i have ever heard. :D

True Pro PC Enthusiast xD