MY COMPUTER CAUGHT FIRE!!!

[x86]

<< You're exactly the kind of person they make Apples for. >>



Firstly, I hate Apples. Secondly, screw you. Thirdly, stick with the topic!

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Don't be too surprised if I, like the rest here, view your story with utter incredulity. When you first arrived at AT your posts had a fairly consistent theme; AMD makes inferior products and Intel has intellectual ownership of everything AMD produces, or ever will produce. (Kind of ironic if you ask me...)


...my foot accidentally knocked the power button when I was installing a water cooler on the CPU to overclock it.

So let me get this straight; turning it on caused a fire because AMD chips are (well known) to spontaneously combust, or you spilled water on the CPU/mobo and then accidently turned on the system? Why on gods earth would you be installing water cooling on a system connected to power? And why would you not leak test before dropping it in a box with valuable electronic components? And don't you mean "installing a water block?" You did familarize yourself with water cooling components before concocting this story...er...I mean trying to stick them in your computer didn't you? :frown:


Thankfully, I had a pitcher of water for the water cooler by my side. So I quickly poured the water onto the motherboard and CPU.

Pouring electrically conductive water onto a powered system that's on fire. I'm not going to sit here and call you unintelligent, but damn...



They are both ruined and I am trying to get a refund.

Grrrr.....:disgust:


Now I need a replacement computer, all of the accessories and peripherals are still in good shape, it is just the motherboard and CPU that are ruined. I am never going to use an AMD setup again because of its high flammability.

I hope your future efforts at computer building are more successful but AMD's "high flammability" had nothing to do with this fiasco.




Dude... your getting a Dell!

 

[thirdlegstump]

Sorry to hear that but you should not even think about asking for a refund when you are the one that screwed up. Accept the tragedy and move on. It's a small loss. It's not like your balls went on fire and rendered them useless. It's just a machine and it's easily replaceable. I personally would be embarrassed to ask for a refund, even if I lied about it. It ain't right and you know it.

 

[erikiksaz]

<< no kidding. a PLUGGED in computer with WATER nearby, and like you said, tap water which is a no no for water cooling, and then he bumps the power switch and it magically sets on fire. duh. if youre gonna have a naked processor, UNPLUG YOUR COMPUTER. and then pouring water on it. wow. and then trying to get a refund. wow again. and then blaming amd. i guess the p4's thermal protection was meant for geniuses like you !! >>


<<<Stick with the topic>>>

I don't quite understand, they're just reinforcing your stupidity, they are ON topic. Now Mr. Genious, maybe you'll learn a lesson next time, as outlined above. Give me a second please....

< am never going to use an AMD setup again because of its high flammability>>

BAWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH. Ahh, that got it out of my system. Wait, not quite yet.... AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH... You would think that if you do something stupid, one would keep it to yourself.

 

[x86]

<< Refund? And as a result of this fire that you started you're going to buy intel?

I wonder if a mod can change your login to DocFarts.... >>



Umm, no. You are probably just an AMD Zealot trying to start trouble.

 

[imgod2u]

Ok, first of all, it is just plain stupid to be making that kind of modification without unplugging your computer. Secondly, this was entirely human error, so a refund seems unlikely. As for the matter of turning to Intel, if you haven't learned anything from this and expect you'll be making more similar mistake later on, yes, Intel chips do have a throttling mechanism that'll keep it from overburning if there is too much heat. This is the first time I've heard of human error being the reason to choose one proccor over another. However, if you do have a water cooling kid, I would suggest the i845-D chipset with DDR SDRAM and overclocking a Northwood to near 3 GHz.

 

[erikiksaz]

Haha, in regard to DocSmart's last post:

<<<Stick with the topic>>>

 

[x86]

<< Don't be too surprised if I, like the rest here, view your story with utter incredulity. When you first arrived at AT your posts had a fairly consistent theme; AMD makes inferior products and Intel has intellectual ownership of everything AMD produces, or ever will produce. (Kind of ironic if you ask me...)


...my foot accidentally knocked the power button when I was installing a water cooler on the CPU to overclock it.

So let me get this straight; turning it on caused a fire because AMD chips are (well known) to spontaneously combust, or you spilled water on the CPU/mobo and then accidently turned on the system? Why on gods earth would you be installing water cooling on a system connected to power? And why would you not leak test before dropping it in a box with valuable electronic components? And don't you mean "installing a water block?" You did familarize yourself with water cooling components before concocting this story...er...I mean trying to stick them in your computer didn't you? :frown:


Thankfully, I had a pitcher of water for the water cooler by my side. So I quickly poured the water onto the motherboard and CPU.

Pouring electrically conductive water onto a powered system that's on fire. I'm not going to sit here and call you unintelligent, but damn...



They are both ruined and I am trying to get a refund.

Grrrr.....:disgust:


Now I need a replacement computer, all of the accessories and peripherals are still in good shape, it is just the motherboard and CPU that are ruined. I am never going to use an AMD setup again because of its high flammability.

I hope your future efforts at computer building are more successful but AMD's "high flammability" had nothing to do with this fiasco.




Dude... your getting a Dell! >>



Didn't I say that this was my DAD's computer?! He likes AMD for some reason and he asked me to OC it. You are blaming me just because of your AMD lust. AMD should have Heat control as their #1 priority instead of this proprietary Pentium numbering rating! It was not 100% my fault, AMD takes blame as well for not caring for its overclockers.

 

[tornadobox]

<< Didn't I say that this was my DAD's computer?! He likes AMD for some reason and he asked me to OC it. You are blaming me just because of your AMD lust. AMD should have Heat control as their #1 priority instead of this proprietary Pentium numbering rating! It was not 100% my fault, AMD takes blame as well for not caring for its overclockers. >>



why the heck would your dad ask you to overclock HIS computer? if your dad knew enough to know what overclocking WAS wouldn't he do it himself? i dunno, that's just strange to me.

 

[SpeedTester]

<< It was not 100% my fault, AMD takes blame as well for not caring for its overclockers. >>

\

It is to 100% your fault, Get a friggin clue before doing something you know nothing about.

 

[x86]

<< Ok, first of all, it is just plain stupid to be making that kind of modification without unplugging your computer. Secondly, this was entirely human error, so a refund seems unlikely. As for the matter of turning to Intel, if you haven't learned anything from this and expect you'll be making more similar mistake later on, yes, Intel chips do have a throttling mechanism that'll keep it from overburning if there is too much heat. This is the first time I've heard of human error being the reason to choose one proccor over another. However, if you do have a water cooling kid, I would suggest the i845-D chipset with DDR SDRAM and overclocking a Northwood to near 3 GHz. >>



THANK YOU FOR STICKING TO THE TOPIC!

By the way, you should NOT unplug your system because it needs grounding. This is probably lesson 1 in A+ certification.

 

[x86]

<<

<< It was not 100% my fault, AMD takes blame as well for not caring for its overclockers. >>

\

It is to 100% your fault, Get a friggin clue before doing something you know nothing about. >>



That didn't make the slightest sense.

Note to everybody: The posts here are usually biased by the "I bow down to AMD" Zealots here.

 

[SpeedTester]

<< By the way, you should NOT unplug your system because it needs grounding. This is probably lesson 1 in A+ certification. >>



Bullsh1t! You should ground yourself to the computer not leave it plugged in.

 

[SpeedTester]

<< That didn't make the slightest sense. >>



The only thing that doesnt make the slightest sense is why your dad let you build him a computer in the 1st place.

 

[Yzzim]

<< By the way, you should NOT unplug your system because it needs grounding. This is probably lesson 1 in A+ certification. >>



Sorry to get OT, but are you A+ Certified?

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Didn't I say that this was my DAD's computer?! He likes AMD for some reason and he asked me to OC it.

How does that fact make this any less idiotic?


You are blaming me just because of your AMD lust.

AMD lust?


AMD should have Heat control as their #1 priority instead of this proprietary Pentium numbering rating!

I don't know what you mean by "proprietary Pentium numbering rating" but I agree with you. The P4 has superb thermal protection. I hope future AMD chips come likewise...


By the way, you should NOT unplug your system because it needs grounding. This is probably lesson 1 in A+ certification.

Ehhh...was that an Ebay A+ certification?

 

[Snoop]

DocSmarts, after your constant bashing of amd in previous threads it makes me wonder wth your doing with an Athlon system. Was it because they are cheaper and just as fast? Or did you just want to give the inferior product a test run?
But, that aside, your explenation of what happened, has GOT to be the most asanine reasons to pick Intel over AMD i have ever freaking heard.

" I am never going to use an AMD setup again because of its high flammability." whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Ausm]

<<

<< I believe that you'll be a freaking retard if you're going to claim for something that you burnt. >>

>>




I Will Drink to that

Ausm

 

[x86]

<< DocSmarts, after your constant bashing of amd in previous threads it makes me wonder wth your doing with an Athlon system. Was it because they are cheaper and just as fast? Or did you just want to give the inferior product a test run?
But, that aside, your explenation of what happened, has GOT to be the most asanine reasons to pick Intel over AMD i have ever freaking heard.

" I am never going to use an AMD setup again because of its high flammability." whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa >>



The former is answered in my previous posts: No, I didn't pick it because it was fast, I picked it because my dad picked it.

My reasoning for building with Intel is because they have better heat protection on their products.

 

[Martin]

I haven't been to GH in a while. I am guessing that this guy is Rison's counterpart? (for those of you who hang out in OT).




<< AMD should have Heat control as their #1 priority instead of this proprietary Pentium numbering rating! >>



Uh huh, well if you bothered to learn anything, you'd know that AMD's thermal protection exists, but is not utilized. If you're gonna blame somebody, blame the people at fault -- the mobo manufacturers. They are the ones not taking advantage of the Athlon's thermal protection.

I belive the ASUS A7V333 will have that incorporated.

 

[JellyBaby]

The most amusing part of this thread is that the guy won't admit his error while blaming AMD for his own ineptitude. Did he expect sympathy? Why even admit to such stupidity in the first place? Why not just ask about Intel platforms and leave it at that?

Do the world a favor and get snipped...suggest it to your daddy, too.

 

[extro]

<< Firstly, I hate Apples. Secondly, screw you. Thirdly, stick with the topic!>>


Or what? You'll come to my house and pour water on my computers?

 

[jamarno]

<< By the way, you should NOT unplug your system because it needs grounding. This is probably lesson 1 in A+ certification. >>


No legitimate A+ certification course will teach that the computer should be grounded to earth. Rather, everything should be grounded to chassis and, for safety reasons, _not_ grounded to earth. But if you absolutely must ground to earth while working on the equipment, put at least 1 megaohm of resistance between the equipment and earth ground, such as with an anti-static wrist strap.

You've also shown the importance of keeping the computer enclosed during normal operation because the case will usually smother the fire, at least a metal case or factory plastic case will. I don't know about cases that have been modified with plastic because almost no plastic sold in bulk is treated for fire retardency.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< The most amusing part of this thread is that the guy won't admit his error while blaming AMD for his own ineptitude. Did he expect sympathy? Why even admit to such stupidity in the first place? Why not just ask about Intel platforms and leave it at that?

Do the world a favor and get snipped...suggest it to your daddy, too. >>


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHHAHA

oops, guess i'm off topic, hey docsmarts, you dont admit ANY fault here? you just blame it ALL on AMD? if so, you sir, are a moron.

 

[Viperbob]

Brethern,

This dude is making this up no one is this stupid, I feel he just really needs attension and doesn't care if it's positive or negitive