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The worst way to destroy a laptop

This is inspired by this thread which unfortunately got locked.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/533815-the-need-to-destroy-my-laptop-with-no-evidence/

Wanna hear your thoughts!

A few of mine:

Pee all over the CPU

Pee all over the motherboard

Pee all over the gpu

Cut the ram in half, pee on it, then put it back in

Pee on the keyboard and say your dog did it.

Poo on the motherboard and say your dog did it.

What are your ideas?

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That's pretty disgusting.

 

I'd just take the Jeremy Clarkson approach.

 

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Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.  Rub the laptop with oil and lightly season however you like.  Bake the laptop for 45 minutes or until the laptop forms a nice burned crust around the outside.

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Install OSX on it.

 

or windows vista and norton.

 

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Installing Windows Vista (pre SP2) on it.

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or windows vista and norton.

All the Norton hate man, so undeserved...

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That's pretty disgusting.

 

I'd just take the Jeremy Clarkson approach.

 

 

What about strapping a V8 engine to a blender and putting in the laptop? Don't forget the brick.

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If I loved the laptop - throw it on a funeral pyre.

If I hated the laptop, throw it repeatedly onto my driveway until it breaks apart. It's soooooo satsifying.

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All the Norton hate man, so undeserved...

 

Nah, it's quite deserved.

 

Pretty damn heavy resource usage compared to other antivirus software, protection is meh, pain in the ass to uninstall too.

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Nah, it's quite deserved.

 

Pretty damn heavy resource usage compared to other antivirus software, protection is meh, pain in the ass to uninstall too.

And it keeps asking you for money.

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Install Windows XP (no SP) and click ALL the ads

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One of those really big magnets > rub the laptop all over (no innuendo intended) > set the laptop on fire > grind what is left of it > set that on fire > spread it across the world in 53 different locations (NOT MORE, NOT LESS, EXACTLY 53) > Grab a beverage of choice because you have just done it

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Step 1. Laptop

Step 2. 10kV to power in

Step 3. Profit???

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Flash the gpu's bios with one from a different gpu. 100% impossible to fix or diagnose.

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Nah, it's quite deserved.

 

Pretty damn heavy resource usage compared to other antivirus software, protection is meh, pain in the ass to uninstall too.

Nah, sorry. Used to be true, but not any more, using it right now, using no CPU and 8MB of my RAM. Simply not true.

 

Virus protection is really good as well. Look at some reviews for the 2014 or 2015 versions and you'll see that it's well acclaimed.

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I am not a professional. I am not an expert. I am just a smartass. Don't try and blame me if you break something when acting upon my advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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carefully remove the parts that you can sell then download ram.

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Remove the battery, strip a power cable and touch the live and earth ends to the power contacts the battery would normally connect to. Poof

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I would throw P95 + Furmark at it, and put it in my microwave for maximum temp testing.

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Use this and I'll assure you that there wont be much evidence left.

 

Good option... However I suggest drop laptop into inferno and melt it.. :) or drop in lava(if one is near u ). :)

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I've seen a couple blackberry phones to their doom in a 4,000lb drop forging hammer.. I suppose the same could be done with a laptop  :D

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