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Nighttime Degenerates Thread

Not truly degenerated but funny. My desktop PC stopped working the other day, and I got around to fixing it. The RAM was fried for some reason, but not surprising since in Indonesia, finding a grounded power socket is considered nothing short of a miracle (yes, my amp hums like a mother...). So I plug things back in and merrily play some games.

30 minutes later, it suddenly dies on me, just *pwwwt* gone. So I'm sitting here going "what the..." and push the power on button again. The instant I do that, loud popping noises, sparks and flames shoot out the back of the power supply.

Now it was about 1am and I was sleepy already, so I'm just sitting there looking at it, going "oh, wow...". Look some more, now it's smoking too! Then my wife yells from the living room "hey what the <bleep> are you doing in there? What's going on?". I pull the usual "uh, nothing dear.. really.. just my PC blowing up. For real. With flames and stuff".

She got cranky at me, thought I was pulling her leg :(

Wish I was, there's a scorch mark on the wall, and the motherboard and PSU in my PC have turned into little puddles of ... ooze.
 
That sucks!

pics of the wall?


Not truly degenerated but funny. My desktop PC stopped working the other day, and I got around to fixing it. The RAM was fried for some reason, but not surprising since in Indonesia, finding a grounded power socket is considered nothing short of a miracle (yes, my amp hums like a mother...). So I plug things back in and merrily play some games.

30 minutes later, it suddenly dies on me, just *pwwwt* gone. So I'm sitting here going "what the..." and push the power on button again. The instant I do that, loud popping noises, sparks and flames shoot out the back of the power supply.

Now it was about 1am and I was sleepy already, so I'm just sitting there looking at it, going "oh, wow...". Look some more, now it's smoking too! Then my wife yells from the living room "hey what the <bleep> are you doing in there? What's going on?". I pull the usual "uh, nothing dear.. really.. just my PC blowing up. For real. With flames and stuff".

She got cranky at me, thought I was pulling her leg :(

Wish I was, there's a scorch mark on the wall, and the motherboard and PSU in my PC have turned into little puddles of ... ooze.
 
tastybasslines said:
The dog is ok? or he/she ate some grass?

Grass and bunny poo, too. Darn lucky it was just turds this time and not the rabbit itself that came back up. He seems ok tonight luckily.

So that's a good intro into night-time snacks, isn't it?
 
tastybasslines said:
mmmmmm

TASTY

as I speak, my wife on the phone is telling me my daughter is trying to put her own shoes on!

Awesome! I take it your daughter is little and this is a milestone?

Or perhaps your daughter is older and just very stubborn? If not, she'll get there! :-)
 

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