Messing up an old computer?
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Re: Messing up an old computer?really? that mature, well if you want you can go on loads of online porn and download as many dodgy torrents as it can handle untill its completely full of viruses and wont turn on.(Original post by M4LLY)
I have an old computer thats pretty much obselete right now, snyone got any interesting and creative ways to mess it up beyond repair?
Or alternatively, remove the hard drive, unscrew it and open it up and then hit one of the disks with a hammer
Completely and utterly ****ed.
Or have a look at the motherboard to locate the CPU and then with a nicely strong magnet, spend about 5-10 minutes swiping it aroundit randomly so it's screwed
But honestly, take what you can out of it and sell it on ebay, youd be surprised what you might get. -
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Re: Messing up an old computer?Liking it(Original post by Coulson72)
have a look at the motherboard to locate the CPU and then with a nicely strong magnet, spend about 5-10 minutes swiping it aroundit randomly so it's screwed
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Re: Messing up an old computer?I don't its going to be worth much to anyone my little **** of a brother thought it would be funny to riddle to hard drive with viruses so its painfully slow. Plus its basically been abused and never been maintained and i have a new laptop for work anyway so i may as well have some fun with it(Original post by robo donkey)
Wipe it and give it to a charity or something, seems fully pointless just destroying it for 'the lulz' if you ask me. -
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Re: Messing up an old computer?Well reasoned I guess for getting rid of it.
Here are apparently 102 ways to kill it
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10..._to_kill_your/
Enjoy!
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Re: Messing up an old computer?Run an experiment! You could buy 20L of cheap cooking oil, fill a water-tight container with it, drop your computer in and see how well it keeps cool. (Be aware of safety issues!)
Have a go at overclocking various components, or learn how to set something up as some sort of server for web, gaming, media, or similar.
If you can't think of anything, then donate it to charity. Lots of groups would love an old computer to use e.g. the Scouts or local branches of advice charities
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Re: Messing up an old computer?Might try this myself, I have my grandparents old PC sat in my room, I raided it for RAM and the HDD... I also have a cheap memory stick lying around. Imma set up a liveUSB, find a big enough tub and get cooking(Original post by DarkWhite)
Run an experiment! You could buy 20L of cheap cooking oil, fill a water-tight container with it, drop your computer in and see how well it keeps cool. (Be aware of safety issues!)
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Re: Messing up an old computer?It's great fun, potentially a good way to teach thermal transfer as well!(Original post by A.J10)
Might try this myself, I have my grandparents old PC sat in my room, I raided it for RAM and the HDD... I also have a cheap memory stick lying around. Imma set up a liveUSB, find a big enough tub and get cooking
Fish tanks are ideal size mostly; just remember that oil, like everything else, can ionise over time, and that's when the short-circuits become possibilities!
I did do it a few years back, happy to advise
Completely and utterly ****ed.
