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duckduck · 09-11-2003, 05:20 PM

Ok. This is a bit humiliating.

It was the day before I left for university. I had just read about all these cool, new-fangled things called "case mods." I determined that I would mod my comp and my friend, who was rather profficient in electronics, would help me. I envisioned a thing of beauty. A custom window on the side, an interior all lit up, and my own baybus. I had to come back from youth group and my friend said he would start on the electronics until I got back.

I pull into the driveway and .............. see a plume of black smoke rising up out of our mini-garage. Suddenly, my friend bursts our of the door, waving his hands in front of face, screaming wildly, and running towards me at a breakneck speed.

He's babbling to the point I can't understand him. I calm him down, ask what he did, don't get an answer, and proceed into the garage. I find my computer hooked up to the wall socket..........only the cable has split in multiple spots and the wires are sticking out all over the place like a ballerina's tu-tu. My friend to this day doesn't know what happened.

But the story doesn't end there.

Oh no, that would be too simple. I'm a mule-headed person and a minor setback like this wasn't gonna stop me. We get a new power cord and begun work on the interior lighting again. I was using a 110 Volt light setup so we decided to open up the power supply and take the power direct off the prongs. We soldering the wires on fine and began to route the wires. I just happen to place one of the wires too close to the metal side of the case while we testing the lights. It arced, shocked me quite well, the power cable went into a metal tu-tu schtick (again), and all of the lights went out. We go to the breaker, flip the switch, and............nothing. We, disappointed, transferred all of our equipment to our shop next door. We won't even go into what happened in the shop.

Suffice to say, we latter found out the next day what had happened. Flipping the breaker didn't restore power because we had physically shot the breaker switch out of the breaker box. It was only 1/2 in the box and we didn't notice that in the dark.

Sadly, this wasn't the last of my computer modding ordeals.

09-11-2003, 05:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
duckduck Psycho Location: Where hockey pucks run rampant	Ok. This is a bit humiliating. It was the day before I left for university. I had just read about all these cool, new-fangled things called "case mods." I determined that I would mod my comp and my friend, who was rather profficient in electronics, would help me. I envisioned a thing of beauty. A custom window on the side, an interior all lit up, and my own baybus. I had to come back from youth group and my friend said he would start on the electronics until I got back. I pull into the driveway and .............. see a plume of black smoke rising up out of our mini-garage. Suddenly, my friend bursts our of the door, waving his hands in front of face, screaming wildly, and running towards me at a breakneck speed. He's babbling to the point I can't understand him. I calm him down, ask what he did, don't get an answer, and proceed into the garage. I find my computer hooked up to the wall socket..........only the cable has split in multiple spots and the wires are sticking out all over the place like a ballerina's tu-tu. My friend to this day doesn't know what happened. But the story doesn't end there. Oh no, that would be too simple. I'm a mule-headed person and a minor setback like this wasn't gonna stop me. We get a new power cord and begun work on the interior lighting again. I was using a 110 Volt light setup so we decided to open up the power supply and take the power direct off the prongs. We soldering the wires on fine and began to route the wires. I just happen to place one of the wires too close to the metal side of the case while we testing the lights. It arced, shocked me quite well, the power cable went into a metal tu-tu schtick (again), and all of the lights went out. We go to the breaker, flip the switch, and............nothing. We, disappointed, transferred all of our equipment to our shop next door. We won't even go into what happened in the shop. Suffice to say, we latter found out the next day what had happened. Flipping the breaker didn't restore power because we had physically shot the breaker switch out of the breaker box. It was only 1/2 in the box and we didn't notice that in the dark. Sadly, this wasn't the last of my computer modding ordeals. __________________ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way!