[rescue] Accidentally destroying hardware..

[Torquil MacCorkle III]

Back when I had a job, we were installing a p3-733 for some guy, and i
wasn't paying attention and i forced the floppy drive in backwards, it
killed the board, processor, and floppy.... "Yes, the goods were DOA".

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:50 PM
Subject: [rescue] Accidentally destroying hardware..


> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 02:40:33PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   Oh Christ I *HATE* that sound.  One day I was replacing a hard disk
> > controller in a Pro350 one of those for a customer, and I happened
> > upon a particularly loud one...I thought "Oh SHIT I just destroyed
> > this multi-hundred-buck board..."  Most disconcerting.
>
> Poll:
>
> Whats the most expensive piece of equipment you've
> accidentally destroyed, and gotten away with it without having
> to pay for it?
>
> I think for me it was a pair of 4G Seagate HDs.  Thank god for
> warranties. 8-)
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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