My "little" accident...

darksparkz · Sep 29, 2005

That's why some people say your computer is only as strong as your weakest part...which was your chair, lol.

Well that must've been a pretty big lost, a little fall cost you above $1000 in damages. At least look on the bright side, maybe there's a chance of building a better one.

4GHZ_or_bust · Sep 30, 2005

darksparkz said:
That's why some people say your computer is only as strong as your weakest part...which was your chair, lol.

[snip]

Then the user would be the ultimate weakest point.

Buy a cheap chair, user falls over and knocks over $5,000 worth of computer equipment.

Buy a cheap desk, everything breaks apart and destroy $5,000 worth of computer equipment.

Buy a cheap PSU, blow up $5,000 worth of computer equipment.

Use the computer during a storm, lighting strike blows out $5,000 worth of computer equipment.

Drink too much caffine, the shakes causes you to slip and slide a screw driver across the mobo and destroys it.

Try to upgrade or swap computer part without noticing it's still on, blow out $5,000 worth of computer equipment

... well, you get the idea. Now where is HAL...?

BluntStatic · Sep 30, 2005

that would be horrible

Schalldampfer · Sep 30, 2005

Heilige... I hope the damage is reparable, if not inextensive. Hope your luck changes for the better!

Yuriman · Sep 30, 2005

I'd suggest buying a steel full-tower next time around. The case I got for my mother is strong enough that you can jump on it, any side, any angle, and the case will not budge. I think you could probably break a baseball bat on it. Got it at CompUSSR.

Silversinksam · Sep 30, 2005

GigaForce310 said:
I'd post a picture, but I don't have a camera.

So I was sitting down in my computer chair. It was a cheap chair. Emphasis on was. It tipped and the casters somehow lined up and just tipped. I grabbed the table trying to stop me from falling... didn't work. I grabbed on my way down a shoplight cord going into the same surge protector my computer was on. It yanked it out of the wall socket. I landed on my case which was near my book case. The case flopped over and I hit my head on the book case. Several large books fell and hit me in several locations including my head.

.

The solution to this is simple, if the chair has a pneumatic height adjustment, simply remove the castors and it shouldn't happen again

Captain Newbie · Sep 30, 2005

I'd suggest buying a steel full-tower next time around. The case I got for my mother is strong enough that you can jump on it, any side, any angle, and the case will not budge. I think you could probably break a baseball bat on it. Got it at CompUSSR

All the systems I've built myself are in full-steel cases for that above reason. I'm clumsy. I've done dumb and hideous things with harware and remarkably the thing that killed one of my former systems was a dodgy PSU and not my klutziness.

Sorry about your loss, but at least the user survived!

attack · Sep 30, 2005

is that possible?
that sounds like one of those freak accidents that only happen in movies!

Atleast your ok....Sorry to hear about the hardware man.

Hey_Its_Cole · Sep 30, 2005

As bad as I feel for you, I quickly got a slow motion mentle picture and started LMAO

. Sorry for your loss.

deathBOB · Oct 1, 2005

I want to feel bad.... but I can't, its just to damn funny! LMAO!

chr0nicles · Oct 1, 2005

also this is a great reason to upgrade your parts

jamespetts · Oct 2, 2005

Ohh, poor chap! That is not fun. At least you weren't badly hurt... a cracked motherboard is better than a cracked skull...

ctrl_alt_del_ · Oct 2, 2005

deathBOB said:
I want to feel bad.... but I can't, its just to damn funny! LMAO!

dude that's just wrong... or is it? I can't stop laughing either but I am glad he is OK! I probably just jinxed me though, will probably be electrocuted on my next upgrade...

Wiggles · Oct 3, 2005

Dang! Must have hit the computer case hard to snap parts in half and fracture others. Glad your alright though.

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