Tech Confession Time!

[jdsb52]

I fried a mobo by plugging a front usb in the wrong spot.

i did that the other day, luckily didnt fry my mobo just killed my challenger pro keyboard, must have been too much voltage for it!

[Helios79]

1. Broke a mounting tab for the socket on a Socket 7 motherboard. That was many many years ago.

2. Crushed my first Athlon XP processor (who hasn't done that?)

3. Built a few of my personal rigs with PCChips/ECS motherboards, when I was a poor poor person. The K7S5A was a good performer though.

4. Constantly ran a few CRT's beyond their supported resolutions, thus killing them after a few months.

5. Didn't know the difference between a good power supply and a crap power supply till 2003.

 

I have already disclosed too much, it's someone else's turn.

[GrmanRodriguez]

This is an ongoing sin: I feel 90% of PC games (the good ones anyway) are either FPS or Online RPGs, and consoles are better for things like sports, racing games, fighting games and pretty much everything else

[Nicolas]

This is an ongoing sin: I feel 90% of PC games (the good ones anyway) are either FPS or Online RPGs, and consoles are better for things like sports, racing games, fighting games and pretty much everything else

I'll give you sports games (because you'd probably play fifa with a controller on PC anyways) but all the others.... I don't think so. Maaaaaybe casual racing games

[mayu]

No SSD

Stock cooler for 2500k

2500k not overclocked, and now even warranty period is over 

60 Hz TN monitor

Nexus 7 without any customization 

Using 32 bit windows until COD Ghots, Watch Dogs came out

[maxib7]

almost $900 computer and didnt get SSD   and also got a power supply that was 1000w but in my defense it was like $100 off and I couldn't not get it at that price. (it's also only semi-modular

[Frankie]

Guys... we are really closer to women then we like to think. Same thing - But those shoes are really pretty of course I get them or in my defence it was on sale. But in our stories these things are PSUs, CPUs, GPUs, SSDs etc.

[xentric]

I'm scared to update my BIOS because my computer is working fine on the current one.

 

Last time I tried to update the BIOS I put the updated file on a Raid 0 drive so it bricked the board. I know I was a noob but I'm scare

 

I'm sorry for my tech crime.

[Accursed Entity]

Lot of you guys sing along!

[Mistgrim]

1. No SSD

2. Played games on integrated graphics(until i installed fraps)

3. Pirated said games

4. Used the fans that came with my case (they're really bad but used them anyway)

5. Bought cheapo mouse and keyboard so i could play pirated games on integrated graphics with 4 GB of RAM 

[fringie]

I nearly fried the gtx 580 the day I got it (sparks were everywhere and fragments were everywhere till I restarted the PC).

I used to put my foot in my bottom fan all the time.

I never ground myself.

I often make small changes to the Computer without turning it off and disconnecting it.

Three times (yes, three) I replaced the faulty audio jack in my R4. The reason why it was three times was because I did it while the pc was on and it kept fucking it up. I ended up just getting the whole case replaced so I didn't look like an idiot.

When re-installing my motherboard in the second fractal design define r4, I kept hitting the back of the motherboard of the stand offs which I think may have made my usb front header not work (not sure).

I connected my power led to the wrong pins so it'd always flash for ages and was too lazy to sort it so the LED is semi dead, I got a replacement and I still haven't re-installed it.

When I changed from a intel stock cooler to a h80 I smudged some of the thermal pad off and just put the h80 on which also has a thermal pad. I'm still yet to replace it with some TIM (it will be soon, I promise).

I bought the wrong white braided cable for the motherboard 24 pin even after being told that wasn't compatible with the rm.

My SSDs are just chilling in a 5.25 inch bay right now, not mounted or anything and when I put my custom loop in I have no intention of mounting it in the place it is meant to go.

I need to buy new cabling for my hi-fi speakers that are hooked up to my amp which is hooked up to my PC, I intend on buying the cabling and cutting them in half to save £5.

I care about my PCs looks more than performance.

I like Razer products.

I do very many bad things to my PC.

[rodion.zissou]

I started with a plan to buy my rig piece by piece over a few months. After the case and mobo I realized the risk of doa was not smart. Thankfully my mobo has a hefty warranty.

I dumped ~$500 into my Probook 4530s for 1080p and SSD upgrade along with fixing broken hinges (twice!).

I bought a first generation product from Asus, the T100,it is being RMAed as I TYPE.

I bought a PS4 and Vita.

[The Law]

For a while I thought the GameCube was last Gen. Now I come to realize the super monkey ball awesomeness. Forgive me, for only now do I see that the GameCube is the closest thing behind a pc

[rodion.zissou]

Forgive me, for only now do I see that the GameCube is the closest thing behind a pc

How so?

[SerMejong]

I did not overclock my 2600k for some years now. Sorry. I even have the D14.

[whatthe_fuzz]

ninite.com my friend 

 

oh trust me. i adore ninite. 

 

however when theres some crazy russian program with the only "legit" download site being CNET....well you get the drift

[Fgtfv567]

On the coolermaster elite 130 I installed a 120 mm rad but used an LED AF fan from corsair

[TopWargamer]

I use duct tape to keep a dust filter in my desktop in place...and I do the same thing with my headphones. The headphones are especially funny to look at, because the left ear completely fell off (but still works!) and there's this huge wad of duct tape keeping it attached.

I could just spend the $40 or so and get the same headphones and a new dust filter, but they both work just fine still, so until they completely bork out on me, they're staying.

Moral of the story: duct tape fixes everything.

[Ruostunut kokis]

I use duct tape to keep a dust filter in my desktop in place...and I do the same thing with my headphones. The headphones are especially funny to look at, because the left ear completely fell off (but still works!) and there's this huge wad of duct tape keeping it attached.

I could just spend the $40 or so and get the same headphones and a new dust filter, but they both work just fine still, so until they completely bork out on me, they're staying.

Moral of the story: duct tape fixes everything.

Mind showing a picture of the headphones you're talking about (in their current condition)? I'd like to see what they look like.

 

And yeah. Duct tape fixes everything. Isn't there anything duct tape can't fix?

[Brendson]

I butchered the back of a Laptop 5 or so years ago trying to take it apart. Didn't get any sleep on that work day and there was a lose piece of metal rattling around inside and needless to say it killed the motherboard.

[TopWargamer]

Mind showing a picture of the headphones you're talking about (in their current condition)? I'd like to see what they look like.

 

And yeah. Duct tape fixes everything. Isn't there anything duct tape can't fix?

[Frankie]

 

 

 

If it looks stupid, but works, it ain't stupid

[terrytek]

Bad idea to bump? It was going so well, until it got dumped.

[ShadowCaptain]

On my 3rd Alienware laptop

 

 

 

 

Not sorry

[Ursad0n]

I cheaped out and bought an AMD chip (a cheap one)