The NEXT contest...

[TheGreatSatan]

I have something great that I want to give away here at TBCS!:banana:

Does anyone have any contest ideas?
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[Omega]

Well, I liked the "write a story" idea, but it's been done before.


Perhaps we can have a contest for the most obscure thing in your bedroom, with a story and picture to go with it (for proof, and possibly to increase the obscurity).

[TheGreatSatan]

That's a possiblity. Any computer related ideas?

[Omega]

That's a possiblity. Any computer related ideas?

I'm stumped.... for now.

[sirkillalot617]

What about one for someone who has don somthing amazing for other people

[Omega]

What about one for someone who has don somthing amazing for other people

I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of people who do, and anyways, there's always going to be somebody at a disadvantage =/

[SgtM]

What about one for someone who has don somthing amazing for other people

nevermind

[samurai_crip]

Too close to the naughty/nice contest I feel. Computer related huh? How about computer and explosives? Most creative way to kill an old worthless box?

Sounds good :D

[Slug Toy]

oh i think i might have a shot at the destructive crown too.

[ESX]

I've been awarded with some "destructive mind" comments in the past, so I think I've got a shot aswell :D

[Mitternacht]

Will you be accepting videos? :D

[slytherock]

How about a litlle mod that can change the way we all build our comp? I mean, a little circuit, software, mod or tool we never think about, but can increase our work. Some can show little worklogs and those who cant build it, just explain it, draw it, name it...

[SgtM]

Sly might be on to something there.. Good idea. +rep

[armadilloben]

how about the stupidest ways u destroyed an electronic

[Mitternacht]

how about the stupidest ways u destroyed an electronic

Yea I got that covered.

New case? $30
500W PSU? $65
12 volt source + 5 volt ground = smoke? Priceless...-_-

[TheGreatSatan]

I do like the "Most Creative Use of Crap Case"....

+Rep to Sgtm for thinking of it. ;)


Will you be accepting videos? :D

Yes, I would...:D
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Also, I thought a Custom Fan Grill making competition would be interesting too



How about a litlle mod that can change the way we all build our comp? I mean, a little circuit, software, mod or tool we never think about, but can increase our work. Some can show little worklogs and those who cant build it, just explain it, draw it, name it...

Yeah...

I considered an idea shooting contest where members explain a certain tool, methodology or layout (*cough* Thinner ATX*cough*) that would benefit modding if invented/patened/created, etc. +Rep for Sly too.:up:

Keep it coming this is interesting.

[slytherock]

Yea I got that covered.

New case? $30
500W PSU? $65
12 volt source + 5 volt ground = smoke? Priceless...-_-

I beat you, I went to help a friend installing her new setup. she called me when she was about to plug the wires. When I arrived she already screwed the mobo on the mobo tray; I plug the wires, but did not see that she screw it without the spacers (WRONG!!!) I pressed start...Boom!

[SgtM]

I beat you, I went to help a friend installing her new setup. she called me when she was about to plug the wires. When I arrived she already screwed the mobo on the mobo tray; I plug the wires, but did not see that she screw it without the spacers (WRONG!!!) I pressed start...Boom!

That had to hurt! But it's still funny.

[slytherock]

That had to hurt! But it's still funny.

Yes it hurted, but only the board was fried, we made an RMA, and obtained it :)

[TheGreatSatan]

You press start = YOU PAY:twisted:

[simon275]

How about most rugged PC. And what it is rated to survive Falls, explosions, EMP.

[nil8]

Simon has a good idea. The only machines professionally built that can take some massive abuse is Panasonic toughbooks. I've seen an EMT drop it and kick it across the ambulance garage with no damage done while running. It was rather impressive.

[simon275]

Yeah in a magazine they poured coke on one of those panasonics and dropped it off the second floor of a house.

[DaveW]

Gonna have to point out that we don't want any of our members doing anything dangerous or stupid and getting themselves hurt. That means no switching the live and neutral wires and plugging stuff back in. Or overclocking your pentium 2 to 5000MhZ.

I think Rankenphile's planning to come back with a new Modder's Challenge in the next couple of days, so keep your eyes open for that too.

TGS, when you get your competition finalised, start a new thread for it and I'll sticky it. Oh, and +rep for being such a damn good sport. :D

-Dave

[TheGreatSatan]

Thanks a million. I will let you guys know enough in advance to put it on the home page too. :D

[SgtM]

How about most rugged PC. And what it is rated to survive Falls, explosions, EMP.

I'll vote for this one.

[jdbnsn]

No need to sit this one out Minty. IMO it's competative by nature, so if you keep winning it just means the rest of us need to get off our asses and take ya down! ;)

[armadilloben]

I beat you, I went to help a friend installing her new setup. she called me when she was about to plug the wires. When I arrived she already screwed the mobo on the mobo tray; I plug the wires, but did not see that she screw it without the spacers (WRONG!!!) I pressed start...Boom!

hey only i can do that!@

[armadilloben]

Yeah in a magazine they poured coke on one of those panasonics and dropped it off the second floor of a house.

they did that in popular magazine right?

[armadilloben]

No need to sit this one out Minty. IMO it's competative by nature, so if you keep winning it just means the rest of us need to get off our asses and take ya down! ;)

i still dont get what imo stands for someone PLZ explain!

[slytherock]

hey only i can do that!@
If you absolutly need the crown of stupidities, I'm offering it to you without problems ;)

[armadilloben]

If you absolutly need the crown of stupidities, I'm offering it to you without problems ;)

rofl o that was real nice...

[Zephik]

i still dont get what imo stands for someone PLZ explain!

imo = In My Opinion

Also, Just to let you know. This forum has a really awesome feature that allows you to quote multiple people all at one time. Just click the middle button with the plus sign on everyone you want to quote. Then click reply. Tah dah! That way you don't make double, triple or even quadruple posts all in a row. :)

TGS: You the man! +rep

[TheGreatSatan]

Do you get to participate, if you already won a contest?

Yes you can!

[TheGreatSatan]

The Contest is coming REAL soon....

[ReignInPain]

Oooh, sounds exciting!

[Zephik]

TGS, you are the best!

Have you an idea or are you still looking for them?

I was thinking we (we being the TBCS members) could just build a free style case mod, as this is a modding forum, and vote on which case we like the most at the end of however long you give us time wise.

lol of course I like that idea the best because I have an idea that I want to do and money to go along with it. :p

[TheGreatSatan]

No modding. It's gonna be story based again.

[ReignInPain]

But when?! I like stories! :D

[armadilloben]

imo = In My Opinion

Also, Just to let you know. This forum has a really awesome feature that allows you to quote multiple people all at one time. Just click the middle button with the plus sign on everyone you want to quote. Then click reply. Tah dah! That way you don't make double, triple or even quadruple posts all in a row. :)

TGS: You the man! +rep
thank you snowfire :D

[TheGreatSatan]

Get ready.....starts February 1st!

[ReignInPain]

:eek:

[TheGreatSatan]

Bump!

[TheGreatSatan]

DaveW gave a thumbs up, jdbnsn gave a thumbs up and so has Paul. I believe it goes on the home page tonight.

[Ironcat]

we're waaaaaaaaiiiiiiting...

[jdbnsn]

hammering it out now, be patient my children, the fun begins soon. Thanks TGS!!!

[jdbnsn]

It's 5:31PM Eastern time USA. You have 21600 minutes to submit a story. Good luck!

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com

[Luke122]

So do we post the story right here in this thread?

OK, here we go.

In 1998, I was working as a part time "Junior Technician" for an IT department at a college. We had just built 3 new classrooms, and each contained 30 workstations, with Pentium 166 processors.

The supplier had assembled all the computers for us, and done a 48 hour burn in test before delivering them so we would be sure that they worked.

As we setup the labs, we began to power them up and ghost the correct images for each different class. Some of the machines fired right up, but some appeared to be dead! Oh no... 90 new PC's, and probably 25% of them were DOA.

We began to troubleshoot a few of them.. there were 4 techs there, including myself. What we discovered was that the CPU's weren't seated correctly, and after they heated up and cooled down a few times, they would work themselves loose, and were no longer making good contact. The solution? A quick re-seat of the CPU, and it was good to go.

Remember how I said "SOME of them" had troubles? Turns out that they all did. Over the next few weeks, we ended up reseating nearly all of the CPU's, and some of the RAM. (No, we didnt continue to deal with that supplier.)

The reason I mention this story is what happened during one of the reseatings.

I was called mid-day, to come up and check out one workstation that had suddenly turned itself off, and wouldnt come back online. There was a class of students in the room at the time, and this one poor fellow was without his workstation.

I ran up to the class, screwdriver in hand to be the hero, and make this thing work. I pulled the case screws off to remove the one piece cover (*shudder*), and picked up the tower to turn it on it's side, to make it easier to work with. Whoops, slippery fingers!

*BANG* Tower slips from my fingers, and lands HARD on the desk, in the middle of a lecture. Everyone turns to look at me.. a few people jumped from the noise.

Without missing a beat, I raised my hands in a calming gesture, and said "Dont worry everyone... I"m a professional." Trying hard not to act too embarassed at my accident. "please dont be ruined" I thought to myself.

I hit the power button, and the computer jumped to life. The fall had firmly seated the cpu, and the machine was whirring away without a care in the world. There were gasps and whispers.. one person whistled.

As I picked up the tower, I was careful not to repeat my performance, and reassembled the cover. The room was eerily silent.. everyone, including the prof was watching me with astonishment. As I walked out, I heard one student say to another, "I'm gonna try that when I get home."

TRUE STORY!

[Ironcat]

Alright, here's mine...


* I have a few friends who work for computer companies.
* 4 of them actually work for IBM.
* 1 of those was actually chosen by IBM to go over to Japan and fix some problems they were having over there.
* I don't know how to do ANYTHING except play games, so when and if my computers have problems, one of them comes over and fixes it.
* In return I have to make them dinner.




...I'm probably not going to win this contest...

[dgrmkrp]

Hi everybody :)

I'm gonna try my luck at this here competition, with a.. true... horror... computer repair.. story :)

Not long ago, I was sleeping happily after a long night of cramming maths and theories in my swollen brain. Albeit in the middle of my exams, I was receiving countless cries for help from several fields, some easier to tackle than others (I help other people with projects and written papers). That's why I believed I could help out a friend.. This is where the HORROR began!

As I was called to check a P4 system that sometimes refused to start and which frequently just shut itself off during avid sessions of counter strike or graphical design, I never would have guessed that my knowledge and inventiveness will be put to the test by that infernal machine.

First step i took was to see if it started... It didn't.. We (me and the owner) were thinking: bad PSU, CPU or mother board. So, I took the PSU and tested it independently: i disconnected the wires from all devices and used the paper-clip trick to jump start it.. It worked (literally). So, it wasn't the PSU..

Second attempt at diagnosing the system was to dismantle everything and put it back piece by piece.. I used the motherboard, CPU and the on-board POST display.. It found the lack of RAM so I concluded those parts were OK. I plugged in the twin RAM modules and the system detected them too.. OK.. I plugged the video and.. OK :) all essential parts were OK.

Then I tried to plug the TV tuner inside and was shocked! ... The signal wire was charged with static electricity :P Anyway, the system worked.. on the table.. So, I said it must have been a fluke and put the stuff back in the case.. It was down on the floor, in the middle of the room, under the light bulb.. And it worked! I put it under the table and started gathering my stuff..

Tragedy! Now it wouldn't do anything again.. no power at all.. well, back to pieces with it.. we cleaned everything carefully, tried the POST routine again and it worked.. dang..

After several "it works!" and "what the..?", with different PSUs even, we were seeing the following: if in the middle of the room, lay flat and with the lights on, the system would power up.. put the system under the table.. no response.. "What the..?" We moved the computer like a couple of idiots and tested to see whether the geometric parameters were influencing the working status or whether magical gremlins were mocking us..

DAY 1 end...

..zZzzzZZzzz..

DAY 2..
System has been taken apart and made to work on the table.. several days pass.. I was busy and had to go to an exam... days pass, system works flawlessly..

..ZzzzZZzZZzzZZ...

Final day:
At this point, we thought there has to be some type of short under the motherboard and used duct-tape to insulate the mother board tray.. Again, same symptoms.. System works if flat.. Oh, this time I was again zapped by the TV cable, in the foot.. It was funny (not).. I gave up after the system refused completely to power up and we concluded that the PSU had passed away.. So i gave him my spare PSU.. Shock! It didn't power up... Damn.. Now I had no spare PSU! I left disappointed.. but his case was now clean, had a nice wiring job and was almost 20 degrees cooler processor-wise... but refused to work in a case..

A friend took over and.. this is the high point of the story.. tried all possible combinations and realized one thing through empiricism! All the weird behavior of the PC was caused by one thing: <<drums>> a faulty power cable! Take that out of the equation and you find your culprit!

I replaced the cable with one of my own and the system never again.. true story.. weird behavior.. shocking developments.. happy ending.. :)

[TheGreatSatan]

Good stories guys. I am loving the length you guys are putting in to these. Already I can see a hard decision on who's the winner.

[gobygoby]

so here it goes...


So I was building a computer for my father for Christmas. I was already in the computer buildign spirit because I was currently in the middle of building a new rig for myself. So my office was already in disaster mode.....wires and tools everywhere, UPS man dropping by my door every day for weeks. and my testing station taking up the entire office desk...and everytime my wife walks in the room I get the evil stare of death. Ya you know what I am talking about, the one where she is thinking " Why did I marry this computer geek, with obsesive compulsive disorder, who broke the bank all for a new computer and totally trashed the office....I would have been happy with an eMachine."..........ya that look.

So anyway, I was hapilly modding along for a week when I was about finished. I had hid all the wires, did a few mods and made a really nice rig. The last component to install was the video card.

So I install the card, tie up any loose ends and power this baby up! Whoo-hoo. I finish installing windows and begin configuring everything. I get everything all setup and the files from the old computer transfered to the new one....

.....oh ya. might I mention this is all happening on Dec 24th and he is getting the comp. on Christmas day...in less then 24 hours...and its like 5pm.

so just as I was installing some stuff on the comp. the screen flashes yellow for a second. I was like what the helk? maybe my eyes were playing tricks....so I continued.

abotu five minutes later it flickers yellow a few times in a row. Now I am starting to get mad. glaring at the darn XFX video card. after a few seconds the screen goes back to normal....so again, WTF?

and then, the screen just gets a yellow hue all over everything! and doenst go away. I am about to drive over to XFX and put the video card where the sun dont shine.

So I go through all the troubleshooting steps....re-install the drivers, re-install the card, un plug wires...plug them back in. Nothing! still yellow! and I am really mad thinking I have to drive 45 minutes to Frys, to get another video card. but before I leave, I get on newegg and RMA it.

So I get my coat on and grab my keys...and by now its like 7pm, and I still have to get ready to drive 4 hours the next day to meet my family for Christmas!!!

anyway, about ready to walk out the door, when I had another thought.....just for ****s and giggles, I think what if the monitor is bad? The monitor I had been using was Sony 17" CRT that was my everyday monitor for 6 years. Surely it wasnt the problem. So I go into the basement and grab another monitor.

so back up in the office. I decided to hook up the sony to my new rig....and low and behold, the screen is yellow as well....and I'll be damned if my ATI x1900 AIW is bad.

So at this point I know its the monitor. I hook up the new moniter and everything is fine. I cancelled the RMA, and thanked god for not having to waste another 2 hours on Christmas eve.

in conclusion, my father was so excited to get the new computer. His old computer was a Dell 733 mhz. tan box POS! He thought the new rig , which was a Pent. D in an Armor Jr. was so cool with the blue Leds and stuff. He said he had never gotten any thing like that was was really excited!

Happy ending! :)

http://www.kbellair.com/armorjr/DSC06370.jpg

http://www.kbellair.com/armorjr/DSC06368.jpg

[Luke122]

so just as I was installing some stuff on the comp. the screen flashes yellow for a second. I was like what the helk? maybe my eyes were playing tricks....so I continued.

abotu five minutes later it flickers yellow a few times in a row. Now I am starting to get mad. glaring at the darn XFX video card. after a few seconds the screen goes back to normal....so again, WTF?

so back up in the office. I decided to hook up the sony to my new rig....and low and behold, the screen is yellow as well....and I'll be damned if my ATI x1900 AIW is bad.


I have a 19" Dell LCD that's about a year old, and it does the same thing... totally random, just flickers yellow for a second, then it's fine.

Solution? Hit it. :banana: I have to hit this monitor a couple times a day.. and it's very satisfying. ;)

[TheGreatSatan]

Great wiring job. That is really clean

[tybrenis]

I have a 19" Dell LCD that's about a year old, and it does the same thing... totally random, just flickers yellow for a second, then it's fine.

Solution? Hit it. :banana: I have to hit this monitor a couple times a day.. and it's very satisfying. ;)

I used to have a monitor that did the same thing, an old Dell CRT. But it wasn't always just yellow... it varied on a day to day basis :p .

[TheGreatSatan]

That's 3 stories so far from:

gobygoby
dgrmkrp
Lukifer122

[Ironcat]

I'm relatively new to the site so I don't know what all has and hasn't been done... forgive me if I rehash...

OBVIOUSLY this is your contest since you're giving stuff away...
and OBVIOUSLY since it is your contest, you can run it however you want...
and OBVIOUSLY this is a modding forum and therefore for comp people...
and OBVIOUSLY I would never tell you what to do...

but...

Some people (there's gotta be someone) are on their first computer so they have never HAD a computer problem.
Some people haven't the first foggiest idea about how to fix computers so they have never had a PC from hell story.
Some people are only 15 or 16 or 18 and aren't going to have had the life experiences yet to win a best thing ever or worst thing ever contest.
Some people can't sculpt or afford to kit bash so they can't build a DOOM 3.

Is there any way to have a contest where EVERYONE on the site has the same chance of winning?

Submit your favorite recipe for peanut butter pancakes.
Write a story about what you'd do to mod a PC if money were no object.
Write about how you'd mod it if money WAS an object and you only had 10 bucks and a roll of duct tape.
How many jellybeans are in the jar?

[TheGreatSatan]

I've done other contests here and on other sites and have given away the following:

2 Server towers (for 2 contests)
A mini ITX mobo
A projector
A few books on PC repair
A heatsink
and just recently I gave away a brand new case here on TBCS

I've given these prizes away to all types of members, not just the experienced. I make sure to include everyone. Someday you may even win one of my contests. It could be by telling a story, drawing a concept PC, or building an unusual mod. I am a community PC person and enjoy the opportunity to give back to a community that constantly gives me things. I am proud to be amongst such fine people!

There will be more contests as long as I live....:up:

[moon111]

Reading the last comment about how this isn't fair to new computer users etc... I'll tell a story about my first computer.

This goes back to the days before Windows. I was a starving student, yet had just purchased an awesome system. 120mb harddrive!!! Anyways, I loaded up 'Wing Commander' and was calibrating my joystick when a static shock jumped from my hand to the monitor. I was left with a messed up image on the monitor, no sweat - reboot. No reboot. Same image. Get sick feeling in stomach. Fear. Panic. Get friend who's taking computer programming to look at it. He says it's fried. More Fear. More Panic. Get cousin who's completing an electrical engineering course to look too. He sticks his amp meter in there. He states it's fried too. Depression. Calculate that if I eat nothing but Macaronni and Cheese for a month, I can afford to bring it into a shop. Pay shop to tell me it's fried, but they can replace motherboard, CPU, and memory. Can't afford. More Depression.

Spring Break.

Looking at the computer sitting there, I get thinking about taking it apart. What can go wrong? It's useless junk now. Lets see what's inside. I open it apart and break it down piece by piece. I see an electronic 'millipede' with the word BIOS on it. I pry on it, it finally comes out, but I bend some legs and break one leg off it. The next day I decide to put it back together. I had labeled the power connectors so I knew which one went to the harddrive and which one went to the CD-rom drive. Not knowing what to do about the 'millipede', I use a staple and jam it in the motherboard so there should be an electrical connection back to the BIOS millipede thing. I fire it up.

Beer for 'expert' friends - $20. Shop labour -$45. Fixing your computer yourself - Priceless.

[tybrenis]

Reading the last comment about how this isn't fair to new computer users etc... I'll tell a story about my first computer.

This goes back to the days before Windows. I was a starving student, yet had just purchased an awesome system. 120mb harddrive!!! Anyways, I loaded up 'Wing Commander' and was calibrating my joystick when a static shock jumped from my hand to the monitor. I was left with a messed up image on the monitor, no sweat - reboot. No reboot. Same image. Get sick feeling in stomach. Fear. Panic. Get friend who's taking computer programming to look at it. He says it's fried. More Fear. More Panic. Get cousin who's completing an electrical engineering course to look too. He sticks his amp meter in there. He states it's fried too. Depression. Calculate that if I eat nothing but Macaronni and Cheese for a month, I can afford to bring it into a shop. Pay shop to tell me it's fried, but they can replace motherboard, CPU, and memory. Can't afford. More Depression.

Spring Break.

Looking at the computer sitting there, I get thinking about taking it apart. What can go wrong? It's useless junk now. Lets see what's inside. I open it apart and break it down piece by piece. I see an electronic 'millipede' with the word BIOS on it. I pry on it, it finally comes out, but I bend some legs and break one leg off it. The next day I decide to put it back together. I had labeled the power connectors so I knew which one went to the harddrive and which one went to the CD-rom drive. Not knowing what to do about the 'millipede', I use a staple and jam it in the motherboard so there should be an electrical connection back to the BIOS millipede thing. I fire it up.

Beer for 'expert' friends - $20. Shop labour -$45. Fixing your computer yourself - Priceless.

You just made my day. That is one of the best feelings in the world... when your at your wit's end, your angry, your frustrated, and confused, and suddenly, something just clicks and it works. +rep for a great story.

[DaveW]

Is there any way to have a contest where EVERYONE on the site has the same chance of winning?

My sig *cough cough* honestly... ;)

-Dave

[TheGreatSatan]

Thanks for the sticky!

[DaveW]

Thanks for the sticky!

Thanks for having such a great community spirit ;) :D

-Dave

[xmastree]

Right...

This wasn't written specifically for this competition, so some of you may have seen it before. Since it's already on my website, I'll just link to it, with one photo here as a teaser...

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/6.jpg (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/)
Click that for the full horror...

Most of the pictures are clickable, for extreme high-res gore.

Enjoy...

[TheGreatSatan]

Doesn't work...

[jdbnsn]

The clickable link works, but for entry you should copy some pics and tell the tale here, it looks good!

[xmastree]

I'm was given a laptop to fix, which refuses to turn on without pressing the button many times, then when it did start, it complained about the CMOS settings.
I suspected the backup battery, but didn't know where to find it or what type it was. I couldn't even get inside the thing at first.
Here (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/openitup/) is how I eventually got into it.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/1.jpg

W00T!

Looks like I found the battery, or rather, two of them.
One six-cell and one three cell. My guess is that the larger one is the one which keeps it alive when you put it to sleep and do a quick battery swap, and the smaller one is the backup.

I think I'll take a closer look...

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/2.jpg (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/big2.jpg)

Eeeew... what a mess!
What's all that blue cack I wonder.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/3.jpg

Lovely clean connections. NOT!
Those are on the smaller battery, with the three way plug.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/4.jpg

The other one was worse.

Not obvious from this picture is something that's missing from the next...

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/6.jpg (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/big6.jpg)

Oh dear, that doesn't look so good.

I figured I might be able to remove the plastic from the two way header, and solder the battery directly to the board


http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/7.jpg

Then I noticed this little mess.


http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/8.jpg

The header pretty much fell off

Q30 was nowhere to be seen, (or so I thought until I was looking at these photos again and noticed that it's there in the first two) and D40 and D41 fell off as I was cleaning it up.

My guess is that something was spilled in there, (see the ventilation holes in the first picture) and the batteries discharged through it over a long time, causing some kind of electrolytic reaction.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/9.jpg

At this point I decided it was probably futile trying to reconnect the larger battery, as I had a feeling it needed these components to function correctly.

Also, since there's only one main battery, the staying alive thing is irrelevant.

So, I cleaned up the connectors for the smaller one, reassembled it without the large one, and what do you know?
It started up right away. M0RE W00T!

So, to make it better still, I figured I ought to try to find a suitable battery to put in there.

I couldn't find exactly the same battery. There was a choice between a smaller one or a larger one.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/11.jpg (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/big11.jpg)

I went for the larger one since I thought the charging current might be too high for the smaller one.

http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/itworks.jpg

And there she is, up and running, with Damn Small linux.

Don't tell my wife... :rolleyes:
http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/openitup/th_7.jpg (http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/laptop/openitup/7.jpg)

[Logic Zero]

opps, only pc repair stories

[TheGreatSatan]

PC, laptop, computer...

[armadilloben]

I'm relatively new to the site so I don't know what all has and hasn't been done... forgive me if I rehash...

OBVIOUSLY this is your contest since you're giving stuff away...
and OBVIOUSLY since it is your contest, you can run it however you want...
and OBVIOUSLY this is a modding forum and therefore for comp people...
and OBVIOUSLY I would never tell you what to do...

but...

Some people (there's gotta be someone) are on their first computer so they have never HAD a computer problem.
Some people haven't the first foggiest idea about how to fix computers so they have never had a PC from hell story.
Some people are only 15 or 16 or 18 and aren't going to have had the life experiences yet to win a best thing ever or worst thing ever contest.
Some people can't sculpt or afford to kit bash so they can't build a DOOM 3.

Is there any way to have a contest where EVERYONE on the site has the same chance of winning?

Submit your favorite recipe for peanut butter pancakes.
Write a story about what you'd do to mod a PC if money were no object.
Write about how you'd mod it if money WAS an object and you only had 10 bucks and a roll of duct tape.
How many jellybeans are in the jar?

dont forget the 13 yr old:D i built my first pc when i was 10 with my dad and i have 4 so young doesn't mean you lack building experience or horror stories but i see what u mean ironcat

[jdbnsn]

Keep in mind that your story doesn't necessarily need to detail complicated mechanical/software issues, just bad times. Here is a horror story of mine for example of no technical quality.(I cannot participate in the contest, this is just for entertainment)

After having lived here just outside Philadelphia for no more than a month, I was beyond dead broke. Financial aid had run out months ago and all expenses were credit card coverage only (2.5 cards maxed, 1 new one). As a student, it is vital for me to connect to the internet and many extremely important files concerning school curriculum and hosptial site were on my PC (and of course, my back-up system involves a spare internal hard-drive on the computer). One day while I was trying to watch the History Channel on Win XP Media Center 2005, the system hung, then powered down. Despite my common sense that the machine powered down for a good reason, I foolishly decided to push the power button and turn it back on. What followed was what I like to call the "flash-bang" effect. Through the clear plexi side window I saw a very bright, white flash of light accompanied by a loud "KABOOM" (actually sounded more like a gunshot, very loud and quick bang) Then the -bang effect, this is the internal "thud" of my stomach hitting the floor upon the realization of my moronic actions. Alas, after that moment I could not obtain any vital signs from my computer. I hung my head in a solemn moment of silence, and then cried like a 12 year old girl. What I had in my system that could have been dead to my knowledge [Athlon XP 4400+, DFI-LanParty Crossfire MB, ATI 1900XTX, 2 200GB HDD's, Soundblaster X-fi Fatality, 550watt PSU (antec I think), 2 GB Corsair VS RAM]. I was sunk, and I was also desperate for a new computer because I needed the data on those HDD's that week and had no time for part-by-part trouble shooting. Out of desperation and panic, I bought a PC off of Craig's List.com (overpriced average home build) and at the same time ordered new components (PSU, MB, CPU) hoping the others were alive. When all the new stuff arrived I decided to throw together a test setup and see if anything was still alive. Component by component every item checked out until I got to the PSU. I spent over a thousand dollars on credit buying duplicates of many of my components that were in perfect working order, all because it never occured to me to take out my $15 Volt-meter and test my $60 PSU to see if it would turn on. Now I have a spare motherboard, CPU, and whole other out-of-date computer laying on my living room floor collecting dust, and still haven't paid off the credit balance. Moral of the story, don't panic I guess.

[DaveW]

Now we know where that 4400+ for the community PC came from. Hard luck Jon, that's a kick in the ass, eh?

-Dave

[isunktheship]

Submit your favorite recipe for peanut butter pancakes.
Write a story about what you'd do to mod a PC if money were no object.
Write about how you'd mod it if money WAS an object and you only had 10 bucks and a roll of duct tape.
How many jellybeans are in the jar?

HAHA you are hilarious, I'm going to have to post mine now..

[isunktheship]

Hello, this topic is perfect for my story, since it all JUST happened about a week ago.

My girlfriend Kim has a rabbit named 'Cheerios'. I think the rabbit is named because of the food that it eats. You may think that this story ends up with the rabbit eating into my wires or something, but no animals were harmed during this ordeal. I don't mind rabbits, and Kim loves them.

My roommate Chris, on the other hand, hates rabbits. Of all the things he fears, rabbits are the worst. Chris is like 5'11'' and plays soccer.

This whole story takes place in my room, where I was putting together my computer again. I just rewired it after having ordered two cold cathode kits, and was trying to figure out a better way to manage all of the cables. I unplugged my computer and put it in the center of my room. I then took off the sides, I have a Raidmax Smilodon, and I LOVE IT.

I hadn't started organizing my case at all, I just hooked up the lights, made sure they worked, and then unplugged it again. It was about that time when Chris walked into the room. I promised him that I would build him a computer whenever he decided to spend money on the parts. He walks in, and sees me sitting there with my tower, so I stood up to show him the boxes that the cold cathodes came in. As I turned around to get the boxes, Kim's rabbit, Cheerios, runs over to Chris.

/Sigh

Chris then freaks out, and steps backwards, tripping over my case with his left foot, and slams his left foot into the corner of my metal desk.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/1270/pic2bu8.th.jpg (http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic2bu8.jpg)

My computer topples over and slams on the floor, Chris is sprawled held over my desk and computer.

Kim and I immediately burst out laughing, and Cheerios was scared stupid, to which he ran under the bed in panic. After the laughter died down, Chris took up, and realized his leg was really hurting. He kept complaining about it, he said he couldn't walk on it.

After about 45 minutes we took him to the emergency room, and he got an X-ray. Turns out he broke his ankle, or cracked it somehow... the X-rays are below. Chris gets a cast this week.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/6484/pic1zh0.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic1zh0.jpg)

I went back to my computer, pushed it back over, and started it up. Unfortunately it didn't start up. I was really concerned about this, but just figured I didn't connect something crucial (I'm smart like that!).

After about an hour of checking everything, the computer didn't boot up. I used my laptop to check out forums, and saw that if your computer doesn't boot up properly that the hard drive may be borked (dead). I ran a few more tests, making sure it wasn't my PSU, by switching PSU's.

Fortunately I hadn't slotted in a new 250Gb hard drive that my friend just sold me. He had a server of 250Gb drives, the same drives that I use, because I built his computer. I slotted in the "new" hard drive, and up she started.

I reformatted my computer, and everything is basically back to normal... except for Chris's foot.:down:

This is the second hard drive I have killed, one of them was killed in an overclocking disaster, and then this one was killed through the fatal drop/landing.

I've always heard that dropping a HD could kill it, but it had never happened to me. I'm not exactly a ninja when it comes to handling my laptop either...oh well.

I hope you enjoyed my tale! I'll try to get a pic of Chris up here when he gets back from a late night study group.

[jdbnsn]

That was awesome! Cheerio the ankle breaking HDD killing wabbit! And even an X-ray to boot! haha

[DaveW]

Yeah, that's pretty damn good!

Anyone else? Can you better this?

-Dave

[Airbozo]

Ok I have one. This is only for your amusement since I am NOT entering this contest;

I used to work for a company that provided hardware and software for the on demand package industry. One day I got a call from a particularly upset customer that is usually one of our high maintenance custy's. It was the owner of a company based in New York and they were trying to print out month end statements that had to be at the bank the next morning. They were unable to get the printer to print anything, so I asked him to check the power cord and interface cable.


That set him off and he started screaming at me (louder than when he first called); "How dumb do you think I am you piece of s***, fix this f-ing thing now or I will sue you all to hell and back!" I was having a bad day too and decided I did not want to have anyone making my day worse by cussing at me and threatening me, so I told him to call me back when he was a little more calm and ready to work through his issue.

That was my first experience with a New Yorker and asking him to calm down had the exact opposite effect. I thought the guy was going to go into coronary right there on the phone, when he started screaming cuss words at me I have never heard (and I was in the navy). I asked him again to stop with the abuse then hung up when he started the next tirade, and headed right to the owners office to wait for the ensuing phone call.

The phone was ringing as I walked into the office and I briefed the owner on what had happened. He told me not to worry about it, he is _always_ like that. The owner picked up the phone and the screaming started before he ever said hello. Once he took a breath the owner asked if he had indeed checked the cables and the screaming started again. I left the office to work on other things and 15 minutes later the owner transfered the call to me again. I explained to him that I had a set trouble shooting checklist and needed to have him check certain things in a particular order to ensure _I_ did not miss anything. He said fine, but if you ask me to check the power cable again I will lose it. OK good enough, check the data cable. Is the power on? Are any lights lit? Cable fine, power switch is on, no lights. OK, get ready for the screaming, could you please check the power cord and/or the location it is plugged in to make sure it is getting power. Screaming ensued. I tried between his breaths to explain that it was either bad power or a bad printer. He hung up on me.

He called back an hour later sheepishly admitting that the power cord was unplugged. Everything was fine. Thanks.

A couple of months later we were having a customer conference and he came up to me and insisted on taking the wife and I out to dinner. He took us to a place that required a coat and tie and proceeded to treat us to one of the most expensive meals I have ever had ($1200 for 4 people, not including tip). He turned out to be one of our best customers and never screamed at me again (although the profanities still flowed heavily).


I have many more....

[moon111]

Airbozo I completely understand having dealt with businesses in New York too. As soon as I picked up the phone, this IT guy from NY is screaming. I finally get his information up on the database and briefly see, and comment he has a tech coming out to replace a CD-Rom drive on a mini-tower. Note: These units can be put upright or on their side. Now he's furious that it doesn't have enough USB ports. It dawns on me maybe he's not even aware there is a front cover panel. I ask him if he was aware of the front USB ports, under the cover to the left of the power button. Well if he doesn't explode calling me and the company I work for ever name under the sun. He rants about how stupid we all are, that we don't know what side the power button is on and that we even put our logo on upside down...

..."Sir, the logo isn't upside-down, but the computer is. I'm going to cancel the work order for the CD-rom replacement, you have a good day."

[Airbozo]

Ok, here's another one that got me lots of kudo's.

I was hired by McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach CA, back in '85 to work in the destructive test department (they destroy airplane panels and measure the force required to do so), among other things. One of the systems I was hired to work on was a Concurrent Computer 3220 (wish I could show some pics), a semi mainframe system they used to run the tests and measure the forces in the destructive test center. Turns out this system was _extremely_ sensitive and worked when it wanted to. For the first month I worked there, I would get a call twice a week that this system was not functioning. I would go down to the test building and sure enough across the room I could see the trouble lights on. As soon as I got within 5 feet of it, the trouble lights would go off and the system would boot up normally. This went on for a month until I just finally got tired of it.

I had the system taken out of the test rotation and tore it completely apart down to a bare frame and a pile of boards. Cleaned EVERYTHING including the power and ground connectors on the edge of all the boards. Stress tested every board in our testbed to make sure did not have any intermittent problems (even used a space heater to keep the system hot, in case it was heat related). No board failures. Put everything back together leveled the rack, wired it up and it fired right up. No issues. I thought I had figured it out until a couple of days later I was called to fix the same machine. Same issue. Across the room I could see the trouble lights. As soon as I got close to it, the trouble lights went off and it started booting up normally.

It hit me what the issue was. It was like the proverbial light bulb going off except it was as bright as the stadium lights. I moved the system over about 5 feet and started pulling the floor tiles up. I found that when the contractor installed the computer floor they forgot to put in spacers on some of the tiles that were causing the system chassis to flex. When the system flexed, the power connectors on some of the boards (usually different board every time) came loose and the trouble light came on. When someone got close to the system the floor moved _slightly_ and the chassis flexed back to where it was supposed to be and the power connectors made contact.

I installed the spacers on the floor tiles, moved the system back to where it was and it was still running 3 years later when I left the company.

[DaveW]

These are gold. C'mon, who has more?

-Dave

[SgtM]

I have one.. Although I'm not entering, I thought I would share. I just can't beat any of these.

On Monday, I started a new job in a call center. I'm going to be a "billing specialist". (it's a BS job until a better one comes along) Anyway, they have an online knowledgebase, and wanted us to log in so they could show us around. Well, we got a login screen, but after that 500 errors popped up across the board.

Trainer - Everyone log out. Now, see the little button with the green light on the computer, press that and hold it until the computer shuts off.

Me - NO!!! That's a BADDDDD idea.

Trainer - We do it all the time.

(meanwhile I hear computers turning off all around me)

Me - It's a bad practice, and will mess up the windows image, and possibly some hardware. We could have just elected to restart the machine, which I have already done, and will not fix the problem anyway. You need to call IT and submit a trouble ticket. It's a problem with the user ID we are using, and multiple logins.

Trainer - And you're so sure of this? What makes you think you know, you've only been here 2 days.

Me - (pulls out MCP card) I'm Microsoft certified. I build and mod computers because it's fun. I'm capable of maintaining the server room.

Trainer - </pics up the phone and calls IT>

Today will be my 3rd day of work there. I swear I'm losing IQ points each second I spend in the building.

[Airbozo]

That is funny sgtm! Hey at least they were using the power button.
I had a customer that swore he was shutting his computer down properly. "I hit the button, wait a few seconds and pull the power cord". Me: So long as you don't mind paying my fees to fix your computer every 3 months you are using the correct procedure...

[TheGreatSatan]

I build and mod computers because it's fun. I'm capable of maintaining the server room.

Trainer - </pics up the phone and calls IT>

He probably had no clue what you meant by Mod..

[DaveW]

Wouldn't it be good to have a 'STFU' card? It could be like the Phsycic paper from Dr Who, except more insulting.

-Dave

[Airbozo]

Wouldn't it be good to have a 'STFU' card? It could be like the Phsycic paper from Dr Who, except more insulting.

-Dave

My favorite is RTFM! People are always asking me stupid questions and I always ask if they have bothered to read the manual. The only vanity plate I have ever wanted was RTFM, and I see the guy that has that plate at least half a dozen times a month on my commute.

At the hockey games, they have a STFD card. (Sit The Frick Down) Both in yellow and red. The yellow one is an informational warning, the red one is a "do it again and your gone".

BTW Dave, you never responded to the SEP comment...

[Luke122]

On the topic of fun acronyms, I've always been a fan of "DILLIGAF".

"does it look like I give a f...?"

:D

[armadilloben]

I have one.. Although I'm not entering, I thought I would share. I just can't beat any of these.

On Monday, I started a new job in a call center. I'm going to be a "billing specialist". (it's a BS job until a better one comes along) Anyway, they have an online knowledgebase, and wanted us to log in so they could show us around. Well, we got a login screen, but after that 500 errors popped up across the board.

Trainer - Everyone log out. Now, see the little button with the green light on the computer, press that and hold it until the computer shuts off.

Me - NO!!! That's a BADDDDD idea.

Trainer - We do it all the time.

(meanwhile I hear computers turning off all around me)

Me - It's a bad practice, and will mess up the windows image, and possibly some hardware. We could have just elected to restart the machine, which I have already done, and will not fix the problem anyway. You need to call IT and submit a trouble ticket. It's a problem with the user ID we are using, and multiple logins.

Trainer - And you're so sure of this? What makes you think you know, you've only been here 2 days.

Me - (pulls out MCP card) I'm Microsoft certified. I build and mod computers because it's fun. I'm capable of maintaining the server room.

Trainer - </pics up the phone and calls IT>

Today will be my 3rd day of work there. I swear I'm losing IQ points each second I spend in the building.

I PITY, I PITY THE SGTM! some of these people i mean holy **** i remeber my 6th grade pc teacher (i class i easily got a+ duh lol) in that class she basicy thought we coudlnt use word meanwhile i was using proxys to get into albino blacksheep bc i had already finished typing a sentance in word and i had topped all of the 8th graders cuz i was coding in dreamweaver when they were bragging how they made a movie with a moving car... man that class bored the **** out of me i mean she made us close every single program down b4 opening another up! like she had no ****ing clue were the minimize button was! and i could understand doing that if u had a pc with minimal rescources but i mean we were running 2gb of rambus and 3.8 p4's

[xmastree]

i had already finished typing a sentance in word
Heh, did you spellcheck it? :rolleyes:

[DaveW]

BTW Dave, you never responded to the SEP comment...

??? I think i missed something.

-Dave

[TheGreatSatan]

*************Ends on the 16th; you have 5 days remaining********************

[crenn]

I can't enter this, since it was my mother who repaired the problem, but this should give someone a smile.

I was 11 or 12 (I can't remember the exact age) at the time of the incident. At that present stage I thought I knew EVERYTHING about computers (Pfft) and I had my own computer (although I hadn't built it) running for a long time with no problem. Then one day I had a problem with my monitor, it wasn't turning on. So me beginning the 'computer know-it-all', I decided to fix it without anyone's help. I did my usual thing of checking the monitor cables for power etc, that didn't help. I tried the usual thing of whacking the monitor (yes, I used to think that would help with fixing a computer). And then after about 10 minutes of checking things and whacking my computer and monitor, I noticed a little red switch at the back of my computer saying 230v. I thought I haven't tried that so I flicked it so it now said 120v. I think you can imagine the blue light that came out of the back of the computer... and now the computer wouldn't turn on as well, plus there was a smokey smell coming from the back. After a couple of hours... I finally told my father who got very angry to say the least. After my mother investigated the powerboard from the powersupply, she saw the fuse had blown and said she could fix it. 3 months later (to teach me a lesson I suspect), she solders in a quick fuse changer and puts in a new fuse, and also finds out that the problem with the monitor was the cable was fault... and also the VGA cable. We replaced the entire monitor only a month later when the VGA cable broke apart.

Moral of the story, the switch on the PSU can make a computer go BOOM!

[TheGreatSatan]

Moral of the story. Don't let your kid fix their PC.

[Airbozo]

??? I think i missed something.

-Dave

It was in response the the "obscure" reference to 42...

[xRyokenx]

Moral of the story. Don't let your kid fix their PC.


I learned that the hard way... luckily, it was something simple and retarded, as usual, and my dad fixed it quite easily, and I learned something from the experience, unlike a lot of people I know.

[DaveW]

It was in response the the "obscure" reference to 42...

Man, this is too obscure for me. Ok, this is a Hitchhikers Guide thing, right?

SEP, Sombody Else's Problem? I'm totally lost now. :)

-Dave

[xmastree]

SEP, Sombody Else's Problem? I'm totally lost now. :)Haven't you read the books? There's a thing called an SEP field, which makes things invisible. Things like a flying bistro.

And, it is somebody else's problem, that's why you can't see it.

[TheGreatSatan]

******************2 Days left********************

[nil8]

I've been repairing computers for years and have a few interesting stories, but none are restoring or fixing pcs. Almost all of the PC work I've done is boring. Bad mobo batch, users getting mad and kicking computers, replacing fans, replacing hard drives, etc.

The only neat stories I have deal with things outside the box, like monitors or faxes or printers.

[Zephik]

When I was 14 or 15 years old, I had this old CRT monitor that my dad didn't want anymore, so he gave it to me for my *first* computer. For some reason, it didn't work, so one day I got bored and took it apart. As I was taking it apart, something snapped on the inside and I thought I heard gas leaking. My first thought was, OMGOSH! POISON GAS! Then I thought, oh... my... god... the furnace is on. I ran out of my house screaming at my younger brother to get out too because the house might catch on fire and/or blow up.

What? I wasn't the brightest kid when I was younger. ...actually, I'm still not. lol

*hehe, thanks Minty for booting up that "old" memory! :p

[TheGreatSatan]

It's the last day!

[Luke122]

I'm excited! There's been lots of great stories on here, so I'm glad I don't have to pick a winner. :)

[jdbnsn]

I was at work until now, but the contest officially ended 2 hrs ago. The judging will begin and TGS will be informed of the outcome as soon as the panel has reached a desicion. Thanks for all of the awesome stories!

[xRyokenx]

Huh, there was a contest here? What the hell was I thinking? Ah, well... most of my computer fixing stories involve really stupid problems, or buying expensive stuff to replace what broke, ah well...

By stupid problems, I mean something simple, like a minor deal in the BIOS screwing up the keyboard or something like that...

-Anthony

[simon275]

When I was 14 or 15 years old, I had this old CRT monitor that my dad didn't want anymore, so he gave it to me for my *first* computer. For some reason, it didn't work, so one day I got bored and took it apart. As I was taking it apart, something snapped on the inside and I thought I heard gas leaking. My first thought was, OMGOSH! POISON GAS! Then I thought, oh... my... god... the furnace is on. I ran out of my house screaming at my younger brother to get out too because the house might catch on fire and/or blow up.

What? I wasn't the brightest kid when I was younger. ...actually, I'm still not. lol



When I read that I almost died laughing.

[TheGreatSatan]

For your great story and for your willingness to share, I hereby announce that you are the WINNER!

PM is on the way. If you submitted a story and did not win, then I would like to thank you for time and want you to know that there will be more contests to come. I do have another brand new case lying around...:up:




Hello, this topic is perfect for my story, since it all JUST happened about a week ago.

My girlfriend Kim has a rabbit named 'Cheerios'. I think the rabbit is named because of the food that it eats. You may think that this story ends up with the rabbit eating into my wires or something, but no animals were harmed during this ordeal. I don't mind rabbits, and Kim loves them.

My roommate Chris, on the other hand, hates rabbits. Of all the things he fears, rabbits are the worst. Chris is like 5'11'' and plays soccer.

This whole story takes place in my room, where I was putting together my computer again. I just rewired it after having ordered two cold cathode kits, and was trying to figure out a better way to manage all of the cables. I unplugged my computer and put it in the center of my room. I then took off the sides, I have a Raidmax Smilodon, and I LOVE IT.

I hadn't started organizing my case at all, I just hooked up the lights, made sure they worked, and then unplugged it again. It was about that time when Chris walked into the room. I promised him that I would build him a computer whenever he decided to spend money on the parts. He walks in, and sees me sitting there with my tower, so I stood up to show him the boxes that the cold cathodes came in. As I turned around to get the boxes, Kim's rabbit, Cheerios, runs over to Chris.

/Sigh

Chris then freaks out, and steps backwards, tripping over my case with his left foot, and slams his left foot into the corner of my metal desk.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/1270/pic2bu8.th.jpg (http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic2bu8.jpg)

My computer topples over and slams on the floor, Chris is sprawled held over my desk and computer.

Kim and I immediately burst out laughing, and Cheerios was scared stupid, to which he ran under the bed in panic. After the laughter died down, Chris took up, and realized his leg was really hurting. He kept complaining about it, he said he couldn't walk on it.

After about 45 minutes we took him to the emergency room, and he got an X-ray. Turns out he broke his ankle, or cracked it somehow... the X-rays are below. Chris gets a cast this week.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/6484/pic1zh0.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic1zh0.jpg)

I went back to my computer, pushed it back over, and started it up. Unfortunately it didn't start up. I was really concerned about this, but just figured I didn't connect something crucial (I'm smart like that!).

After about an hour of checking everything, the computer didn't boot up. I used my laptop to check out forums, and saw that if your computer doesn't boot up properly that the hard drive may be borked (dead). I ran a few more tests, making sure it wasn't my PSU, by switching PSU's.

Fortunately I hadn't slotted in a new 250Gb hard drive that my friend just sold me. He had a server of 250Gb drives, the same drives that I use, because I built his computer. I slotted in the "new" hard drive, and up she started.

I reformatted my computer, and everything is basically back to normal... except for Chris's foot.:down:

This is the second hard drive I have killed, one of them was killed in an overclocking disaster, and then this one was killed through the fatal drop/landing.

I've always heard that dropping a HD could kill it, but it had never happened to me. I'm not exactly a ninja when it comes to handling my laptop either...oh well.

I hope you enjoyed my tale! I'll try to get a pic of Chris up here when he gets back from a late night study group.

[xRyokenx]

That's pretty hilarious... congratulations isunktheship, you deserve a cookie, and whatever prize you won.

-Anthony

EDIT: Oh, and what was the prize anyway?

[SgtM]

That's pretty hilarious... congratulations isunktheship, you deserve a cookie, and whatever prize you won.

-Anthony

EDIT: Oh, and what was the prize anyway?


It's on the front page.. you just have to scroll down a little. TGS had a whole kit he gave away this time.

Congrats isunktheship.

[xRyokenx]

It's on the front page.. you just have to scroll down a little. TGS had a whole kit he gave away this time.


Shows how observant I am, heh heh... I just checked the homepage, I didn't see it on there... huh... wasn't it a Dremel kit or something though, I remember seeing something like that on there, if so, that's gotta be real nice to have around.

-Anthony

[isunktheship]

Yay, my misfortune, and the misfortune of Chris, has paid off!:D

Thank you very much, if anyone read my LED thread you know that the soldering iron will be put to good use!

[TheGreatSatan]

+rep for winning!

Thanks to all. Please unsticky!

[xRyokenx]

+rep for winning!

Thanks to all. Please unsticky!


Unsticky?

[Crimson Sky]

Congrats man! Silly rabbit, kicks are for Trids!

[SgtM]

Unsticky?


The thread was featured or stickied so it would appear at the top of the page. Now, it will just fall in regular order in the forum.

[xRyokenx]

Ahh, okay. Makes sense.

[jdbnsn]

Congrats isunktheship, what can I say except that was classic!

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/jdbnsn/TBCS/winnerfinal.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

That's a cool new sig for you, isunktheship

[isunktheship]

Congrats isunktheship, what can I say except that was classic!

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/jdbnsn/TBCS/winnerfinal.jpg

Hahaha, awesome man, that's hilarious. I showed it to my girlfriend and she loved it! :bunny:

[Luke122]

Congrats on the win for your great story! :)