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Cheapskate Crispy

2007 Reader Submission
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A 20-year-old Chinese student known only as "Wu" decided that it was too hot to run his computer indoors without air conditioning. After all, the processor might overheat. But, air conditioning costs money, and that's something a student doesn't have a lot of.

So, sweating in his apartment, he decides to remove the case to allow air to flow through and cool the processor more efficiently. Shouldn't disrupt his game, right? It's just too bad that he didn't read the manual first -- especially not the part that says never open the case without unplugging the machine and turning it off first.

He was found with blood in his mouth and bruises on his legs from where he'd touched the wires.

2933,(Tech note: The really sad part? Removing the case disrupts the airflow around the processor -- cases are designed to direct air a specific way, namely towards the processor. They only work properly when fully closed. Not to mention that he's not even saving a lot of money. Running a computer in a hot environment, even if it does not technically overheat, shortens the useful life of the processor by a span of months or years.)

Submitted on 07/31/2007

Submitted by: Andi
Reference: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,291543,00.html (7/31/2007)

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Bruce said:
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The supplied URL didn't work. Here's one that worked for me: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291543,00.html Poking around in electrical equipment that's plugged in is definitely NOT a good thing. I've managed to zap myself a few times doing similar things and it's not fun. Thanks for sending this in, Andi!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
The FIRST thing I do when opening a computer is unplug it. Yes, I might check the components AFTER I've installed them with the case off, but I NEVER touch the wires. I add points here because this was apparently over a game (I at least use my computer to create animation; I have no time for games! :-) Thanks, Andi!


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