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Offline Dastrdly

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you ever have 1 of these moments
« on: July 22, 2009, 09:28:20 AM »
Once upon an early morning...... One eye pealed open the other starting, coffee brewed hot & fresh. As i make my way to my chair i sit my glorious cup of Jo on my tower. Getting seated i swing my legs past & nudge the corner of the tower & watch in horror as the out of reach cup starts to tip & fall from tower. My tower (side panel removed in order to run extra fan on it) lay helpless & exposed to the upcoming splash back.

SPPPPPLLLLAAAAAASHHHHHHH DOWWWWWNNNNN!

IT couldn't of been a more perfect splash back, coating mother board, vid card & other components. The popping, sizzling, arks & fireworks told me it wasn't looking good. It wasn't, my system is fried  :cry

So ladies & gents i guess i am grounded for now. Being i am laid off still & funds bleak it may be a while before i can return.

Happy flying, hope to return as soon as possible.
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Offline frank3

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2009, 09:38:36 AM »
That's bad luck! Good luck repairing/buying a new one!

However, you can't say the coffee didn't wake you up :)
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Offline Wreked

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2009, 10:01:39 AM »
Wow - tough thing to have to watch happen - like it was in slow motion I bet. Best of luck replacing funds to repair it.

ALL the more reason to ONLY drink cognac when flying - I'm SO paranoid about not wasting a single drop of this precious fluid there is never any chance of it ever spilling.

cheers eh!
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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2009, 10:28:00 AM »
  That Bites!


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Offline TonyJoey

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2009, 10:32:25 AM »
Arrrrrgh!  :( Good luck getting it worked out.
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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 10:35:32 AM »
Yikes!  That is bad luck and especially while your unemployed and have a little extra time to play but I'll bet you never put another drink on top of your computer.
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Offline FireDrgn

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 12:50:53 PM »
Well I came home from work and sat down to play for a few.....Only to notice my "Fatality1" keyboard was not working. Upon some investigation i noticed the residue of what looked like soda pop on the underside. Yes it was full of soda. One quick question and i knew by the look on my daughters face who had done it.


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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2009, 01:16:02 PM »
This sounds obvious dude your asking for trouble putting coffee on a pc  :lol
I'm one to talk though I've spilled tea on the same keyboard about 3 times and had to dismantle it and clean it all, I'm no stranger to sticky keys lol it sucks  :D If my tower wasn't under the desk I'd probably be writing this thread a few times  :lol
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Offline -pjk--

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2009, 01:29:17 PM »
Not coffee, but 4,5dl glass of dry whitewine(about pint,if i have figured right :D). Best part of incident, it was 1st one at that evening and full when it all filled my laptop :huh
After 3 days not touching and trying to dry poor machine i pushed "on" button and the thing worked as well as before accident :rock. I still have same laptop to play AH..
Thx god for my good taste; wine must be DRY :devil
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Offline DaCoon

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2009, 06:08:08 PM »
 That is a tragedy....after 2 days I start to get "Itchy Trigger Finger Syndrome". Hope u can work it out.    :salute
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Offline Gixer

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2009, 08:23:28 PM »
Would of thought moments like that you'd blame the lizard and claim on insurance as "damaged caused by a wild animal"...

Sorry to hear about your run of bad luck mate, hope all turns around for you very soon and to see you back up in that 110. At the moment I'll just make the most of any 110s I come across knowing your not behind the controls..  :D

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Offline Strip

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2009, 08:26:40 PM »
Quote from: Dastrdly on July 22, 2009, 09:28:20 AM
Once upon an early morning...... One eye pealed open the other starting, coffee brewed hot & fresh. As i make my way to my chair i sit my glorious cup of Jo on my tower. Getting seated i swing my legs past & nudge the corner of the tower & watch in horror as the out of reach cup starts to tip & fall from tower. My tower (side panel removed in order to run extra fan on it) lay helpless & exposed to the upcoming splash back.

SPPPPPLLLLAAAAAASHHHHHHH DOWWWWWNNNNN!

IT couldn't of been a more perfect splash back, coating mother board, vid card & other components. The popping, sizzling, arks & fireworks told me it wasn't looking good. It wasn't, my system is fried  :cry

So ladies & gents i guess i am grounded for now. Being i am laid off still & funds bleak it may be a while before i can return.

Happy flying, hope to return as soon as possible.

I have a BFG 8600 GT OC I would let you borrow or even donate. If you get the rest up and running let me know if you need a card. Plays on med-high settings in AH2 and hardly drops below 45 fps.

Edit: Its a PCIe card btw

<S> Strip

« Last Edit: July 22, 2009, 10:04:34 PM by Strip »
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Offline AWwrgwy

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2009, 08:53:29 PM »
I'm pretty sure you're supposed to use the built in cup holder so this won't happen.




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Offline phatzo

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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2009, 08:57:34 PM »
Its just not AH without Dast. There's a graphics card up for grabs, does anyone else live close enough to him to donate any spare gear to get him going again if they have spares? A good old fashioned whip around.
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Re: you ever have 1 of these moments
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2009, 12:30:13 AM »
I fried a joystick one time  by knocking a glass of lemonade into it,

Stuck it down on AFK climb  and heard bullets spraying went to grab throttle with left hand and the joystick went fizz bang SMOKE! 

Sent it back to saitek and said it "OVERHEATED"   got a brand new stick but felt really stupid  :o.  anyhow it was a stupid place to stick the throttle on the cyborg evo.

See it this way dast you wont do that again in a hurry.
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