Your worst experience with computers?

[asim1999]

What was the worst experience you have had with computers? My worst experience was when our first PC died when i was 4 years old. It has a Pentium III, 512MB RAM and Windows ME. I was happily playing NFS II SE, when the computer blue-screened and then popped (literally the PSU popped). I was shocked and started crying, but my granddad couldn't fix the damn thing (he is actually really good with PCs, been building and upgrading them since the early 1990s). 

 

So what has your worst experience been with computers, past and present?

[PillowSmoke]

@Darkman 

[minibois]

I was just watching some YouTube video or something and my screen went black, PC shut off etc.

Wouldn't  turn on anymore. Since it was (is) a pre built I just brought it to the store (after consulting my uncle, who came to the same conclusion) which said the motherboard went dead and it had to be replaced.

Thank god it was under warranty and costed me nothing, except for time with my CPU.. Apparently they had to get a new motherboard from Czech Republic

[improbablepants]

My Secondary drive absolutely sucks. There have been many times where I swap around the sata config on hardware, or just remove it, and the computer wont even go to BiOS. It takes hours of troubleshooting and really isnt worth it. 

 

There is also my old monitor. It was hardcore dying for the longest time. It was dying so hard, that for a good four months I couldn't turn it off, because when I did it took a good half hour to get it to boot up again. Then, 6 months ago It finally went kill. RIP in Peace you Westinghouse piece of shit.

[salecar3]

when windows XP  died on a 7 year old pc(back than now is 9 years old)and still wokrs realy good for internet and scoolwork casual games like lol mc...

[RollinLower]

when i was opening up my first ever laptop i accidentally popped the GPU off of the MOBO. it was a soldered on one.

yeah needless to say, i wasn't very happy.

i still have the GPU in question, too!

[asim1999]

when i was opening up my first ever laptop i accidentally popped the GPU off of the MOBO. it was a soldered on one.

yeah needless to say, i wasn't very happy.

i still have the GPU in question, too!

Which GPU?

[RollinLower]

Which GPU?

i honestly wouldn't know. it is a Nvidea one from a laptop that was about 4 years old now.

[KE2012]

When I got a one of those viruses which lock you out of your computer...... right before some work for uni was due. Angry was not the word. I had back ups but dam, I still lost hours and hours worth of work.  

[Litargirio]

I dropped my brand new Titan X on the floor. It is dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lol just kidding

[Larnce]

In the middle of a great competitive cs:go game, really reking some scrubs.

SUDDENLY

my computers keyboard stops working.

I tried plugging it in to all my other USB ports but nothing happened

We lost the match.

 

It was the worst match i have ever played.

 

skeltal cuz lel

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[MrTiC]

I dropped a 1000$ AMD Cpu one, bended some pins rekt myself then went back to the store and bought a new one

[Gilbert]

Was stupid enough to try and install Linux on my already full of games PC... Did not go well and i have to re install all of the games.

[Delusional Phil]

Bluescreens and stutters at least one per day ... Might be cause by virus but the drive have been wiped twice ...

[BOT Edward]

Playing CS:GO with a team of unranked and silver1's and having them force buy scouts every round they could (neglecting armour ofc).

:lol:

[Pomfinator]

When I was young and not as in the know computers wise I got a downloader from a shady pr0n site....yeah embarrassing 

[linuxfan66]

And ransomware/adware/spyware/junkware infest phenom II...the was a pain to clean

[BrandonTheCat]

Good question. I actually like this. 

 

So It all started when I ordered my first legitimate computer. before that, I had a desktop that wasn't that great, and a Xbox 360. So this HP was a Touchsmart T2? (Don't remember it very well) 

It had one of the worst screens, 4GB of ddr3, 500GB hard drive, and it was great for about a year. Then as you know things die, and it eventually died. I took it to HP and they said it was my fault somehow. After 3 tries, I finally gave up. Bought a Macbook Air, been happily using it for 3 years now, and building my First PC now. That stupid HP. Hate it. Won't even dare to buy another HP product again. 

[cragger89]

Using a metal bolt as a standoff where no standoff needed to be. Result = a lot of heat.

 

When we first got a digital camera in the Windows 98 days, constantly formatting/reinstalling windows and NEVER remembering to back anything up. We lost a shit tonne of photos thanks to me doing that.

[TwOne]

I remember watching my little brother as he was watching a Spongebob episode on Nickelodeon's website. Then suddenly the CRT screen (HP 17" screen) started spazzing out and making high pitched noises (those you can only hear as a kid, or someone with sensitive hearing, like me). I turned it off as quick as I could and it left a burn smell in the room for a few hours. It was pretty freaky, since I never saw a CRT monitor fail. Later my dad brought it to the recycling center.

 

And some random stuff happened. I once tore a Compaq case apart because well the plastic was in a terrible condition and it just broke when force was applied. I dropped an GeForce FX 5200 by accident. I killed a motherboard by playing Team Fortress 2 continously at High settings on an iGPU. This caused my parents to not trust me PC wise for 3 years.

[APersonWithABrokenChair]

I remember watching my little brother as he was watching a Spongebob episode on Nickelodeon's website. Then suddenly the CRT screen (HP 17" screen) started spazzing out and making high pitched noises (those you can only hear as a kid, or someone with sensitive hearing, like me). I turned it off as quick as I could and it left a burn smell in the room for a few hours. It was pretty freaky, since I never saw a CRT monitor fail. Later my dad brought it to the recycling center.

And some random stuff happened. I once tore a Compaq case apart because well the plastic was in a terrible condition and it just broke when force was applied. I dropped an GeForce FX 5200 by accident. I killed a motherboard by playing Team Fortress 2 continously at High settings on an iGPU. This caused my parents to not trust me PC wise for 3 years.

CRTS scare me for some reason

[TwOne]

CRTS scare me for some reason

Yeah me too, for about half a year after that. We still have an 90's JVC widescreen CRT in our living room that hasn't failed once an still looks great at 576i50. It will be replaced by a good modern TV in the near future though.

[asim1999]

Yeah me too, for about half a year after that. We still have an 90's JVC widescreen CRT in our living room that hasn't failed once an still looks great at 576i50. It will be replaced by a good modern TV in the near future though.

Still have a CRT in parents bedroom 

[MarkPlays]

Was Playing GTA On My PC So This Was Recent And I Smelt Burning So I Looked Down At My PC And t Was Actually On Fire I Was Thinking It Was A Power Supply Failure.

 

There Goes An I5 4690K

[carguy86]

my crt exploaded! it was on my desk next to my bed and i was waiting on a large download (update for my ps3)  so i went to the bathroom and while taking a sh!t i heard a crackling noise followed by glass shattering. (and yes i had that crt from 2000 until it exploaded in january 2015 and made me get my asus vn247h )