Worst Day Computing wise?

dicecca112 · 06-22-06, 10:09 PM

What is your worse day computing wise?

Mine is today.

Lets detail.

Dying motherboard (Asus in Sig), Dead Raptor (also in sig), and DOA Pump (also in sig)

To recap 1K worth of new parts, a usable computer for 2 Days.

I know I think Guatum has fried more parts and had a worse day. But seriously today just stinks.

Silversinksam · 06-22-06, 11:23 PM

This was many years ago but I once recieved a new Abit motherboard from hell that was a real peach. It fried 2 or 3 of my processors, and then when the vendor tested it, it fried one of his processors as well.

The vendor reinbursed me for all the damage, but it was a bummer day, but your day sounds worse.

Falcon-K · 06-22-06, 11:31 PM

wasnt really a day but over a week, but I had a 9700 Pro die, then my brand new athlon 2400 died because my heatsink fan stopped working during a game of bf1942. Then a few days later my roomate stole the entire computer, speakers, stereo ect. That week sucked

Captain Slug · 06-23-06, 12:15 AM

My first attempt at building a machine from scratch (for my sister) and realizing that I couldn't get it to work.
But thinking back it was a Socket 7 system and I think the parts were incompatible or one of them was defective. I was too inexperience to have been able to diagnose the problem. Especially since they were Socket 7 part which can be torture to get working correctly (multiple jumper sets anyone?). It wasn't until much later that I actually learned how to properly configure and build with Socket 7 hardware.

A close second would be the day I screwed up the BIOS flash of my first real machine and had to rewrite the image blind from the floppy drive. Most nerve-racking 15 minutes of my life waiting for that glorious triple-beep code that says "Congrats! You're not screwed after-all!".

dark_15 · 06-23-06, 01:19 AM

That would have happen to be when our company's small business server finally croaked. It was running our print / file shares, networking support (DNS,DHCP, etc.), Exchange, and a few custom webapps. Since I was the only IT guy at the time, I had to get the system back up and running within 24 hours. Oh and did I mention that are backups were shot? Needless to say, it was not a fun 24 hours...

UnseenMenace · 06-23-06, 02:19 AM

knocked over a full cup of tea that was sitting on the side of the case (which was open) kt8-master-2far based SMP opteron with two 500gb maxtors in raid 0 and 2 gig of ram... fizzed everything and lost my cup of tea at the same time (own stupid fault though, but it was not a good day)

PWatterson · 06-26-06, 06:43 PM

Screwing up my motherboard somehow

. I had to use a painfully slow laptop for a week while I waited for a new motherboard. Even worse, it took a large chunk out of my savings to buy the thing.

ThePerfectCore · 06-26-06, 08:28 PM

The day that my NF7-S motherboard burst into flame.

Monday, March 1st, 2004. I had just updated my nVidia drivers so I could play the Far Cry demo. I remember zooming in with the sniper rifle, and then flames shot out of the case.

http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=306623
http://forum.abit-usa.com/archive/in...p/t-42083.html

Scared the **** out of me.

Gautam · 06-26-06, 08:31 PM

Sorry about your losses guys, but dicecca speaks the truth, pretty sure I win.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

I know I think Guatum has fried more parts and had a worse day. But seriously today just stinks.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=460111

Xaotic · 06-27-06, 12:44 PM

AC repair guy(to use nice words) comes into the lab to work on our 120K BTU cooler. Doesn't ask what the Emergency Power Off switch goes to, just hits it. Unfortunately, it's not the AC, it's 4 full racks of servers and expansions. most of the servers recovered, one didn't. Of course, it was attached to 3 SCSI expansions and the DASD plane was shot on the server. 1.2TB of data(tape library was down), 2 hot swap expansion power supplies, one expansion controller module, 2 SCSI RAID controllers, one dead server and a whole lot of frustration later, I managed not to strangle the AC guy... though I was strongly tempted to tell him to go do some anatomically impossible tasks.

benbaked · 06-27-06, 01:50 PM

is that emergency power off switch under lock and key? there were no UPS units attached? four racks of servers down that sucks, i know the pain of having to reload several servers in a time crunch when you've got people breathing down your neck

Cheator · 06-27-06, 02:34 PM

That one is easy to remember.

A ViperJohn modded 9500>9700 Pro radeon from ebay. Fried: Asus A7v333, A7v600, and 2xa7n8x-x, as well as a power supply and ram. And the card was artifacting, so i threw it out

06-22-06, 10:09 PM	Thread Starter #1
dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	Worst Day Computing wise? What is your worse day computing wise? Mine is today. Lets detail. Dying motherboard (Asus in Sig), Dead Raptor (also in sig), and DOA Pump (also in sig) To recap 1K worth of new parts, a usable computer for 2 Days. I know I think Guatum has fried more parts and had a worse day. But seriously today just stinks.
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Silversinksam Moderator/ Silver Paste Taster© Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sunshine State, USA	This was many years ago but I once recieved a new Abit motherboard from hell that was a real peach. It fried 2 or 3 of my processors, and then when the vendor tested it, it fried one of his processors as well. The vendor reinbursed me for all the damage, but it was a bummer day, but your day sounds worse. __________________ -15 May 2012: On Hiatus helping bees and the planet at the moment -You have over 101 posts and Can't see the classifieds??? Click this link. My Heatware
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06-22-06, 11:31 PM	#3
Falcon-K Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maple Grove, MN	wasnt really a day but over a week, but I had a 9700 Pro die, then my brand new athlon 2400 died because my heatsink fan stopped working during a game of bf1942. Then a few days later my roomate stole the entire computer, speakers, stereo ect. That week sucked __________________ My main rig- Q6600, Abit P35 Pro, Nvidia 8800GT, 8 GB GSkill PC800, , 2xSeagate 250 gb , 600 watt Fortron Blue Storm II power Supply, Audigy 2, Logitech Z680 Speakers Dell 2005FP Monitor
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06-23-06, 12:15 AM	#4
Captain Slug Helpful Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Asteroid B-612	My first attempt at building a machine from scratch (for my sister) and realizing that I couldn't get it to work. But thinking back it was a Socket 7 system and I think the parts were incompatible or one of them was defective. I was too inexperience to have been able to diagnose the problem. Especially since they were Socket 7 part which can be torture to get working correctly (multiple jumper sets anyone?). It wasn't until much later that I actually learned how to properly configure and build with Socket 7 hardware. A close second would be the day I screwed up the BIOS flash of my first real machine and had to rewrite the image blind from the floppy drive. Most nerve-racking 15 minutes of my life waiting for that glorious triple-beep code that says "Congrats! You're not screwed after-all!". __________________ \|\|[ Oni is a bot! ]-[ My Heatware]-[ Project: Metal Slug ]-[ In the event of an emergency, the nearest senior member may be used as a floatation device. ]\|\| \|\|[ OC Forums Apparel is now available through cafepress ]-[ If you want a particular item with a particular image just PM me ]\|\|
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06-23-06, 01:19 AM	#5
dark_15 Internet Expert Senior Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Out on the road again...	That would have happen to be when our company's small business server finally croaked. It was running our print / file shares, networking support (DNS,DHCP, etc.), Exchange, and a few custom webapps. Since I was the only IT guy at the time, I had to get the system back up and running within 24 hours. Oh and did I mention that are backups were shot? Needless to say, it was not a fun 24 hours... __________________ JNCIE-SEC #69, JNCIS-SSL, JNCIS-AC, JNCIA-IDP, JNCIA-WX HEAT Register Personal Blog
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06-23-06, 02:19 AM	#6
UnseenMenace UnseenModerator Join Date: Apr 2001	knocked over a full cup of tea that was sitting on the side of the case (which was open) kt8-master-2far based SMP opteron with two 500gb maxtors in raid 0 and 2 gig of ram... fizzed everything and lost my cup of tea at the same time (own stupid fault though, but it was not a good day) __________________ one M15x is never enough
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06-26-06, 06:43 PM	#7
PWatterson Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD	Screwing up my motherboard somehow . I had to use a painfully slow laptop for a week while I waited for a new motherboard. Even worse, it took a large chunk out of my savings to buy the thing. __________________ Personal: Intel E3110 - Biostar TPower I45 - 2x2Gb Mushkin Redline - eVGA GTX260 Core 216 - WD VelociRaptor 74Gb RAID 0 - Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w - Antec Twelve Hundred Spare: AMD Opteron 165 (2601 MHz @ 1.325v x 110%) - DFI nF4 Lanparty SLI-DR - 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum - eVGA 7800gt SLI - WD 120Gb - Enermax 350w Gov't Issued Desktop: Intel E8400 - Dell Motherboard- 4Gb DDR2 - ATI Radeon HD4670 512 Mb - 320Gb Seagate Gov't Issued Netbook: Intel Atom Z520 - 1GB DDR2 - 40Gb PATA
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06-26-06, 08:28 PM	#8
ThePerfectCore Red Raccoon Dojo Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Texas	The day that my NF7-S motherboard burst into flame. Monday, March 1st, 2004. I had just updated my nVidia drivers so I could play the Far Cry demo. I remember zooming in with the sniper rifle, and then flames shot out of the case. http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=306623 http://forum.abit-usa.com/archive/in...p/t-42083.html Scared the **** out of me.
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06-27-06, 12:44 PM	#10
Xaotic Very kind Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greensboro NC	AC repair guy(to use nice words) comes into the lab to work on our 120K BTU cooler. Doesn't ask what the Emergency Power Off switch goes to, just hits it. Unfortunately, it's not the AC, it's 4 full racks of servers and expansions. most of the servers recovered, one didn't. Of course, it was attached to 3 SCSI expansions and the DASD plane was shot on the server. 1.2TB of data(tape library was down), 2 hot swap expansion power supplies, one expansion controller module, 2 SCSI RAID controllers, one dead server and a whole lot of frustration later, I managed not to strangle the AC guy... though I was strongly tempted to tell him to go do some anatomically impossible tasks.
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06-27-06, 01:50 PM	#11
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WA	is that emergency power off switch under lock and key? there were no UPS units attached? four racks of servers down that sucks, i know the pain of having to reload several servers in a time crunch when you've got people breathing down your neck __________________ HEATWARE (22-0) \| Folding/SETI/Rosetta (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) *My computer hardware is too old and embarrassing to list in my sig.* StaTek is my hero
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06-27-06, 02:34 PM	#12
Cheator Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada	That one is easy to remember. A ViperJohn modded 9500>9700 Pro radeon from ebay. Fried: Asus A7v333, A7v600, and 2xa7n8x-x, as well as a power supply and ram. And the card was artifacting, so i threw it out __________________ Optimus (Main): Antec P180, Asus P5Q-E, E8400, 4 GB G.Skill PC8000, ATI 4850, Seagate 320gb, Antec TrueControl II Teletraan I (htpc): Asus M2N-E, X2 4400+, 2 GB DDR2, ATI 3450, Sapphire Theatrix, 1.25TB storage, Antec SP2 400w Galvatron: Asus M2NPV-VM, 4200+ X2, 2GB DDR2, ATI 2900xt, Seasonic 500w Tracks: Acer AS5920, C2D 2.1ghz 45nm, 3GB DDR2, Nvidia 8600m GT, 250gb hdd Gears: Asus Eee PC 701, 1 GB DDR, Win XP My Heatware! "Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together." - Malpine Walis
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