What is the worst luck you have ever had building a system? - Page 2

aKho · 1st Jun 2006, 12:42 AM

lightning strike killed my astech adsl router...sent for RMA (hehe) and bought a new one so i don't experience downtime.

my first LCD had a dead pixel, didn't realise until after the first week of using it...and less than a year later, it started giving problems, not able to switch on. RMA it and still waiting for it to come back (1 month already).

Max_87 · 1st Jun 2006, 09:00 PM

My X1800XL started artifacting slightly after two/three months using it and the card refused to overclock as it was before. The card artifacts soooo slightly (very hard to notice) that I had to....... kill it for RMA

I'm so evil

Dashken · 2nd Jun 2006, 11:57 AM

Not actually building a system but one 3.2GB hdd of my first ever PC died suddenly, taking everything with it. Didn't even say goodbye. I had a hand in sending him to heaven, it fell from a box, about 5 cm high.

About 1/2 year ago, I bought my most expensive graphics card, the 6800GT. Died on me after about 2 months. RMA for about 1 month, then died again after a week I got it back from RMA. Now, after the 2nd round of RMA. It's with Chai now. Hopefully when I get it back, it won't go again.

In total, I only play with it for 3 months. Sigh...

I wish I waited and got the 7800GS.

ZuePhok · 2nd Jun 2006, 02:45 PM

Last year, I accidentally threw 2 pair of brand new DDR RAM (4 modules) away. I only had them for like 30mins (paid at shop, took it back home, and ..

).

I was cleaning my room after opening up all my new stuff. didn't realise the RAM was still in one of these big plastic bags which i later used to collect all the useless manual, boxes and rubbish. worst experience ever.

Dashken · 2nd Jun 2006, 03:13 PM

Can I say... lich?

s p r a n k i k o · 3rd Jun 2006, 01:02 AM

wow... that sucks....

Wurn · 21st Jun 2006, 10:15 PM

Ive been lucky so far then, ive never had any blowups or serious problems.

xinoxide · 26th Jun 2006, 12:10 AM

but man, thats why i buy from newegg, AFTER reading all the customer feedback stuff. alot of shipping problems happen during bulk shipping from the manufacturers. when the stack in the warehouses.

not too long ago i spilled mountain dew all over a brand new evga k8-nf47, recovered it by soaking it in a bathtub and drying it with a hairdryer, works fine.

K B Ng · 27th Jun 2006, 02:02 PM

I remember once when it was possible to do that, I plugged the power cables into the mainboard the wrong way around. Talk about instant death.

The_YongGrand · 27th Jun 2006, 05:37 PM

When I hot-flash my BIOS, I accidently put the chip in the wrong way (the notch was facing the wrong way at all) and when I try to flash it with Uniflash - it didn't move at all...

... until I heard quite a loud pop... and there's a black hole on the chip, and I realized that I have already killed my good old Asus VX-97...

1st Jun 2006, 12:42 AM	#11 (permalink)
aKho beat around the bush Join Date: 3 Jun 2005 Location: Kuching, Sarawak Posts: 2,806 Reputation: 1169 Rep Power: 17	lightning strike killed my astech adsl router...sent for RMA (hehe) and bought a new one so i don't experience downtime. my first LCD had a dead pixel, didn't realise until after the first week of using it...and less than a year later, it started giving problems, not able to switch on. RMA it and still waiting for it to come back (1 month already). __________________

1st Jun 2006, 09:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: Sarawak, Malaysia. Posts: 11,331 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 37	My X1800XL started artifacting slightly after two/three months using it and the card refused to overclock as it was before. The card artifacts soooo slightly (very hard to notice) that I had to....... kill it for RMA I'm so evil __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

2nd Jun 2006, 11:57 AM	#13 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,821 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Not actually building a system but one 3.2GB hdd of my first ever PC died suddenly, taking everything with it. Didn't even say goodbye. I had a hand in sending him to heaven, it fell from a box, about 5 cm high. About 1/2 year ago, I bought my most expensive graphics card, the 6800GT. Died on me after about 2 months. RMA for about 1 month, then died again after a week I got it back from RMA. Now, after the 2nd round of RMA. It's with Chai now. Hopefully when I get it back, it won't go again. In total, I only play with it for 3 months. Sigh... I wish I waited and got the 7800GS. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

2nd Jun 2006, 02:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,628 Reputation: 3005 Rep Power: 45	Last year, I accidentally threw 2 pair of brand new DDR RAM (4 modules) away. I only had them for like 30mins (paid at shop, took it back home, and .. ). I was cleaning my room after opening up all my new stuff. didn't realise the RAM was still in one of these big plastic bags which i later used to collect all the useless manual, boxes and rubbish. worst experience ever. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

2nd Jun 2006, 03:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,821 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Can I say... lich? __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

3rd Jun 2006, 01:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
s p r a n k i k o "0104" Join Date: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Manila Posts: 780 Reputation: 213 Rep Power: 6	wow... that sucks.... __________________ Main rig: Opteron 170/3Ghz \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=163569 OCZ Platinum Elite Edition 1Gb/2-3-3-5/1T \| EVGA7900GTO Secondary rig: Opteron 144/2.9Ghz \| Abit KN8 Ultra \| http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=212009 Team Xtreme 1Gb/2-3-3-5/1T \| XFX7900GS

21st Jun 2006, 10:15 PM	#17 (permalink)
Wurn Just Started Join Date: 18 Apr 2005 Location: Cape Town Posts: 48 Reputation: 14 Rep Power: 0	Always a way out Ive been lucky so far then, ive never had any blowups or serious problems. __________________ We're only a spec of dust in a Universe of Sand!

26th Jun 2006, 12:10 AM	#18 (permalink)
xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	lucky so far? but man, thats why i buy from newegg, AFTER reading all the customer feedback stuff. alot of shipping problems happen during bulk shipping from the manufacturers. when the stack in the warehouses. not too long ago i spilled mountain dew all over a brand new evga k8-nf47, recovered it by soaking it in a bathtub and drying it with a hairdryer, works fine. __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks

27th Jun 2006, 02:02 PM	#19 (permalink)
K B Ng +Anima Human ! Join Date: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 79 Reputation: 18 Rep Power: 0	I remember once when it was possible to do that, I plugged the power cables into the mainboard the wrong way around. Talk about instant death.

27th Jun 2006, 05:37 PM	#20 (permalink)
The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,365 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	When I hot-flash my BIOS, I accidently put the chip in the wrong way (the notch was facing the wrong way at all) and when I try to flash it with Uniflash - it didn't move at all... ... until I heard quite a loud pop... and there's a black hole on the chip, and I realized that I have already killed my good old Asus VX-97... __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Asus P5B-E Plus, Galaxy Geforce 7300GT DDR3 Wolfdale baby!