Thought this was kind of sad-funny-interesting

[Eddie3dfx]

Just copying this from someones post on another website.


So i'm building a PC for a friend of mine with lots of money to spend

I order all the parts to start from scratch, case, hardware, watercooling supplies.

The build goes almost perfectly. I install XP Pro and start installing drivers, updates, etc.

Finally get to start benchmarks and testing and then I start experiencing system instability, overheating and it only gets worse.

I eventually take the PC back to my place to troubleshoot this thing.

Main problems:

- Screeching PSU
- Overheating GTX 260 (on water)
- Can't overclock worth a damn

After plenty of research on the forums I decide to upgrade the cooling system by adding another rad (wasen't enough cooling to begin with) and ordering a new, better motherboard.

I order a motherboard and Radiator. "Horray! Parts are here!" I exclaim, until I realized I've ordered the wrong motherboard. Not even an SLI-capable motherboard, it's for CROSSFIRE!

Order yet another motherboard, this time the correct one.

I install the new radiator and motherboard. Still the same thing. Overheating card, screeching PSU, GPU, CPU. System instability.

I finally figure out it's the power supply not providing enough power (faulty)and go ahead and order another one along with another GTX 260 just incase the first one has become damaged.

So the parts finally get here and I go about installing the new power supply and GTX 260. I get everything installed.

Now I decide to change out the coolant to something proper (just added distilled water to the exising coolant to help fill the radiator).

In the process of draining, flushing and refilling the coolant, I did the most idiotic thing i could have ever done with a PC.

I had disconnected a hose from one of the radiators and let it sit above the top level of the case while I was draining the system. Put some new coolant in the res, primed the pump and flipped the switch while on the other side of the PC.

Had I been on the window side I probably would have noticed that the hose had fallen back INTO the case.

It was actually somewhat beautiful to watch as the UV blue-green coolant gushed out at 1200lph all over the motherboard and down into the Power Supply.

Normally I might have screamed and tried in vain to grab the hose to stop it. But not this time. I just stared in awe at what I had just done. With the powersupply still spinning and starting pop and crackle I unplugged the cord from the wall.

I pull the PSU and dump out about a dixie cup worth of water from the thing.

Now i've ordered my 3rd motherboard and powersupply and currently waiting for them to get here.

Another little genious thing I did - after destroying the Antec build, I pulled the CPU and graphics card to test them in my other system. They worked fine.

Only thing was, when I pulled my old CPU to test the new CPU I somehow dropped it on the carpet, apparently damaging the CPU in the process.

Plugged my old CPU back into the MoBo and no post. Plugged the newer CPU in and it works fine.

*Sighs*

Went to newegg again and ordered another CPU.

So in the course of less than one month i've gone through 3 motherboards, 2 video cards, 3 power supplies and a CPU.

And i'm supposed to a PC technician?? lol

I can only hope I dont do anything else wrong..

I'm gonna try and RMA the crap I messed up and hope Newegg doesn't hunt me down lol.

Just wanted to share that little story with everyone - Moral: Pay Attention!
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[philbrown23]

wow I would kick myself in the nuts if that happened to me

[eXa]

I think its something in the air...
Last few weeks i killed my MB, 2 gpus, 1 psu and my brothers cpu. Granted nothing was brand new, but still anoying to kill so much in so short time. And i who hardly have killed anything before...

[afX]

I don't think that a person who purchased a Crossfire motherboard for GeForce cards should attempt watercooling, let alone system assembly.

[Th3MadScientist]

one word comes to mind....n00b

[WoZZeR999]

That goes to show you, do your research first. I would never build a high end PC for someone without figuring out what I needed first.

Another little genious thing I did - after destroying the Antec build, I pulled the CPU and graphics card to test them in my other system. They worked fine.
Only thing was, when I pulled my old CPU to test the new CPU I somehow dropped it on the carpet, apparently damaging the CPU in the process.

... wtf? Guess he didn't know about static discharge.

[TNTSunshine]

Lol, I always like the people that try to RMA stuff that they totally f___ed up because of their incompetence

noob? Naw, more like the bag in which female hygiene flushing products are carried.

[RickCain]

One person can't be that stupid.

[BlueAqua]

That guy is giving "PC Technician" a bad name. I guess we all learn sometime, but damn!

[Frostbyte]

hopefully his friend did not pay up front.

[road-runner]

Hopefully he does not allow his genes to be brought into this world...

[hotdun]

Now that's a bad experience. It happens to everyone I guess but this guy seems to have no patience; plugging in the pump while the tube is diconnected, droppping the CPU on the floor.

It think alot of mistakes can happen when you rush through things without taking a step back and having some patience.....

[freakgeek1337]

Our modern-day society is what caused idiots like him...

[Eddie3dfx]

I mean if it was the dreaded 680i, I can fully understanding, but water shooting into psu, ordering a crossfire motherboard, and destroying a cpu with static, thats just unreal LOLOL.

[hotdun]

Our modern-day society is what caused idiots like him...

I'm down with going back to pre-colonial Native American lifestyle but that might be tough at this point.... Whose with me?

[Eddie3dfx]

I'm down with going back to pre-colonial Native American lifestyle but that might be tough at this point.... Whose with me?

Do you have to fan the cpu by hand?

[Utnorris]

See, at first I thought this was Eddie that did this and I was like "WTF", right? Then I realized it was a post from another site. Personally, ***** happens, even to the best of us. Someone already made the point, patience and thinking your project through will save you money, time and most important, self respect. Anyway, hopefully the person got it worked out.

Utnorris

[ripken204]

See, at first I thought this was Eddie that did this and I was like "WTF", right? Then I realized it was a post from another site. Personally, ***** happens, even to the best of us. Someone already made the point, patience and thinking your project through will save you money, time and most important, self respect. Anyway, hopefully the person got it worked out.

Utnorris

haha wow, i thought the same thing. the whole time im reading it im like, wtf! this is Eddie! how is he capable of such stupidity??

now i have my confidence back in him again

[Eddie3dfx]

haha wow, i thought the same thing. the whole time im reading it im like, wtf! this is Eddie! how is he capable of such stupidity??

now i have my confidence back in him again

Is this like that questionaire that says, only answer question 1 all the way on the top :P

[Flip_Lx]

this remind anyone else of the old "after filling the case with fluid and sealing it up i flicked the switch and it died" post?

[hotdun]

Is this like that questionaire that says, only answer question 1 all the way on the top :P

ha, nice!

[Omastar]

Pretty hasty. I can see a water cooling newb making this mistake, but even if you are completely new to WC, you should have some common sense to make sure any dangling tubes that aren't attached to barbs are contained in a vessel to catch the water...

[Martinm210]

Hehe. I've certainly done my share of stupid things. Count me in for one dead PSU due to my stupid idea of putting a reservoir above the PSU...thankfully that's the only thing I've killed with water.

I have killed a MB by flashing it with the wrong bios, but I think that one was strategic....I managed a simpathy upgrade with the wife on that one..

[Pedalmonkey]

You get an F

[ripken204]

Is this like that questionaire that says, only answer question 1 all the way on the top :P

haha. well i just skipped to the bold.