your scariest moment when building your first pc

[BentheMuffin]

When the black piece of plastic over the cpu socket popped out I thought I had broken something. 

[Tech_Dreamer]

Mine would be not knowing whether i put in the CPU on correct orientation while pressing the start button hopping it wont fry the CPU.

[Rettiekadettie]

When i took my AMD CPU out of the box and some pins where bend.

I bend them back with a butter knife,so,powering on was a scary moment.

[CRBrownBeast]

Got everything put together, plugged it in, pressed the power button... aaannnnddd DOA PSU.  

 

EVGA had a new one at my door in 48 hours, plugged it in, pressed power... aaannnnddd nothing.  Then i facepalmed and hit the switch on the PSU.

[spyder]

I was screwing in the motherboard to the standoffs and I literally hit the motherboard so hard with my screw driver where I thought the screw was, thought I literally cracked my mobo, but it was fine

[Elapo]

I was screwing in the motherboard to the standoffs and I literally hit the motherboard so hard with my screw driver where I thought the screw was, thought I literally cracked my mobo, but it was fine

 

PC components are so much more durable than you'd think they'd be.

 

I was helping a friend build a new PC over skype, but he was using his PSU from his old PC, because it was replaced just a year before or so. It was really dusty, so I told him to clean it a bit first.

 

He walked over to the window of his apartment, grabbed the PSU by the cables and started shaking before I could say anything... It still worked.

[carguy86]

building my friends pc, the motherboard was an inch shorter than other AYX boards so 1,5 inches of moba was hanging in thin air. (it flexed like CRAZY when i plugged the 24 pin in)

[LightCode Gaming]

Reading this made me think of my SECOND one (first was taking apart the computer my grandparents gave me to use as a testing rig due to them not needing it; It was weak so I thought I'd get some experience taking it all apart and putting it back in; not that hard due to very few parts)...

So I had a pre-build case and it had a propriatery f-panel. I stuck it in, thinking it would work, pressed the button. Didn't turn on. Called up my friend, said it was wired wrong, needed to hard connect the cables in.

Looking back at that.... Had those been the wrong pins, I probably could have shorted/fried my mobo.... ._.

[neebuilda]

Waiting for it to catch fire cos I thought I would put the thermal paste on wrong

[maxtiggertom]

PC components are so much more durable than you'd think they'd be.

 

I was helping a friend build a new PC over skype, but he was using his PSU from his old PC, because it was replaced just a year before or so. It was really dusty, so I told him to clean it a bit first.

 

He walked over to the window of his apartment, grabbed the PSU by the cables and started shaking before I could say anything... It still worked.

wow just wow he could have dropped it out the window however lol 

[iCrushDreams]

Probably installing my RAM. I've done it many times before my first build on other builds, but that time I had to put a lot more pressure than usual and the board was flexing quite a bit.

[OneManArmy]

when i was done and realized i put the case/power connectors on backwards.. PC didn't turn on and i thought it was broken

[deVIZtation]

The scariest moment was when I had to pop out a 5.25" bay to put in a bluray burner 3 years ago. I didn't want to break the bay, and ended up cutting my hand because I had to force it out.

[BOT Edward]

Having my CLC start leaking when I turned the machine on for the first time. Had to use stock cooler for another week until the new part came

[Counter-Strike Player]

my lga-775 board refused to boot because the optical drive's power connecter was disconnected. #2006Problems