11-30-2017, 11:01 AM
(11-30-2017, 01:00 AM)Friendly Dictator Wrote: by the time i got rid of my old laptop both the screen and keyboard didnt work
i remember having it plugged into the monitor from my dad's old desktop and a keyboard, and trying to play minecraft with my friends like that
Hahaha I used to do this with a laptop of mine, except my keyboard still worked. I would plug it into a big TV that I had, that was sweet. Good times.
(11-30-2017, 02:39 AM)Retriever II Wrote: One particular incident was with my first "good" desktop in 2001. I came home one afternoon and noted a pretty funny smell in my room. Then puzzled over why my computer was off. A section of the motherboard had spontaneously burst into flames and did a good bit of charring. The box was a total loss. Still don't have a good idea what could have happened. There weren't even active components on that part of the board.
The first desktop I ever bought myself: I was using it one day and I heard a pop and it just cut off. I tried turning it back on, nothing. I took it to a computer store and they messed with it, and it caught on fire while they were testing it. The only thing that ended up ruined was the motherboard I think. I was very thankful.
(11-30-2017, 02:39 AM)Retriever II Wrote: On a more recent note, my Nexus 5X phone spontaneously died on me last week. The funny bit is I had recently been doing some research and learned that there was a manufacturing defect in the 5X production that would virtually guarantee every device to eventually fail by desoldering its own chips or something. I ordered a new phone and was going to trade the old one in for credit. Alas it failed the night before the replacement arrived. Was it self-aware??
I replaced my Nexus 5X with a 6P, but then dropped the 6P and wrecked the screen. While I was waiting for that one to be repaired I started using my 5X, and this happened. Unbelievable lmao. I had to go buy a cheap Android from Best Buy until mine was fixed.