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Damaging a PC.

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/damaging-a-pc.137261/

saswat23
saswat23 Original post #1
Feb 26, 2011 at 10:38 PM
One of my friend has a celeron PC with 128mb RAM and 20gb HDD which he is not using. Its very old so, no one is intrested to buy it.
Now, the matter is that he has challanged me if i can damage the PC without actually affecting the H/W within minutes.
So, can anyone of you suggest how to do that???
Plz help me.
The Sorcerer
Feb 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM
First things first correct your signature where it says 4TB ram. There's no such thing for memory sticks. What you mean is is 4GB. 4GB= 4096MB. FYI, Mb and MB are not the same :).
Ishu Gupta
Feb 26, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Why do you want to destroy it? Just give it some poor guy or the PC donation thing.
saswat23
Feb 26, 2011 at 11:23 PM
@The Sorcerer i well know that. But you don't uderstand. Its my future rig.
@Ishu Gupta, as i said no one is intrested in it, its ver old. So, its better to experiment on it.
vickybat
Feb 26, 2011 at 11:32 PM
@ sorcerer

He means down the line sometime in future (lets say 20 years from now) , he'll have 4tb of ram. Now that can actually be possible. Who knows? But no way now.

@ saswat23

Buddy, why don't you try it as a secondary download rig?
saswat23
Feb 26, 2011 at 11:58 PM
@ vickybat
Moreover its not mine so cant really do anything. And talking about using it as a download rig, it wont work at all. My old pc with PentiumD, 256mb RAM n 80gb HDD slowed down tremendously when i opened 3tabs in firefox. And you think this crap can be used for downloading.
By the way why would he use it for downloading when he has a C2D PC, which consumes much less power than this.
But he is planning to experiment on this pc coz it doesnot even support USB-2 drives, restarts frequently, monitor turns pink automatically and after a lot of struggle works normally for sometime and again same problem.
Not worth upgrading too. So, better to experiment.
So, can you help me in this challenge..

---------- Post added at 11:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 PM ----------

Also, he doesn't have an internet connection.
I
Feb 27, 2011 at 12:02 AM
@ saswat23
Buddy, why don't you try it as a secondary download rig?

:+1:

@ saswat23
What personal satisfaction will you or your friend gain by "damaging" the PC?
If your friend does not want to use it, then please donate it for a noble cause.
:smile:
saswat23
Feb 27, 2011 at 12:11 AM
Nothing noble. But is there any such trick available???
Ishu Gupta
Feb 27, 2011 at 12:24 AM
saswat23 said:
But he is planning to experiment on this pc coz it doesnot even support USB-2 drives, restarts frequently, monitor turns pink automatically and after a lot of struggle works normally for sometime and again same problem.
Looks like its already damaged :p.
asingh
asingh #10
Feb 27, 2011 at 12:48 AM
Nothing constructive can be gained from this thread.

Closing.