I need to break a PC

Felix said:
The only thing, it has to be as if it has just happened and no one has had access to the inside of the PC. Unless it has been dropped in transit etc. Changing the BIOS settings is a good one.
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Can be a easy one to fix tho, stright to the bios and reset it. You could set a bios password after you messed with the setting so that they would have to reset it via the jumper. :)
 
problem solve the "damaged " pc as if it was knocked off the desk, happened to mine a few months back knocked a few components out , just pop them back in :)

or the real reason mine died was the mobo shorted after touching the case, either way your call :p
 
Felix said:
The only thing, it has to be as if it has just happened and no one has had access to the inside of the PC. Unless it has been dropped in transit etc. Changing the BIOS settings is a good one.
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iv seen this happen before, your buying a pc from a highstreet shop, the pc is on display, your trying to sabotage it then ask for a discount.
iv seen this work twice before :cool:
 
A lot of the overclocking stuff probably won't matter if Felix is setting the questions. I'm betting you work for a company that uses Dell/HP kit, so you won't have overclocking functionality in the bios let alone on site?

Unless you've got custom builds, or high end Dell gaming PCs as workstations?
 
Mav you make me laugh some times. And cry some other times lol.

Sorry i read it wrong. Didn't know you were breaking it.

Yeah bios problems would be something they should automaticaly try resetting the cosmos as a no brainer. if they dont then they arn't suited to what ever hardware fixing job this is.

Taking out one of the power cables to the mobo or graphics card could be another.

I think having ram not plugged in is to obious. But a mean one would be to not have the fan on the heatsink plugged in so it overheated and cut out straight away. Wouldn't be to easy to spot but if the fan isn't starting up they should pick up on that.

though which heat sinks are pritty much jsut a fan? Is the stock cooler just a fan with a bit of heat sink? Perhaps if you upped the voltages a bit too. But then they would reset the cosmos and it would work.

MMM lol.
 
If its supposed ot be like its just happened, then just replace fuse in the kettle lead with a blown one. See how long they faff about concentrating in the case for before looking at the obvious, 'cos they prob expect it to be a problem with the something in the case. Maybe then you can seperate the lateral thinkers? lol
 
dr. sarf said:
If its supposed ot be like its just happened, then just replace fuse in the kettle lead with a blown one. See how long they faff about concentrating in the case for before looking at the obvious, 'cos they prob expect it to be a problem with the innards components, and that won't always be the case.
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I like this, very mean!!!!
 
dr. sarf said:
If its supposed ot be like its just happened, then just replace fuse in the kettle lead with a blown one. See how long they faff about concentrating in the case for before looking at the obvious, 'cos they prob expect it to be a problem with the innards components, and that won't always be the case.
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Excellent, do this one caught me out a few times at work :eek:
 
I'd perhaps be looking at simply removing the 4/8pin power lead to the motherboard as it will either not boot or if it does it is likely to be unstable. Don't connect up the start button or swap around some of the front panel connectors.

//edit or if you are going to allow it to boot then maybe change the boot order in the bios also.
 
dr. sarf said:
If its supposed ot be like its just happened, then just replace fuse in the kettle lead with a blown one. See how long they faff about concentrating in the case for before looking at the obvious, 'cos they prob expect it to be a problem with the something in the case. Maybe then you can seperate the lateral thinkers? lol
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If something breaks at home i always say fuse first thing. Its the easyest to fix :) lol.
 
Lots of ideas in here involving changing voltages and FSB and general BIOS settings.

Almost certainly will be a prebuilt machine and therefore a locked BIOS so all of those can't happen (not to mention they were not very useful ideas as you shouldn't be messing with overclocking your own company's computers).

I would advise a hardware error such as RAM, power cables, slipping GPU slightly out of position. Ask them to explain what they are looking for at every stage, too.
 
yeah i did wonder that after rereading his post but physical errors seem so obious that how can they not pass the test? They should be given something which doesn't work and be told to identify it and explain their choise.

Eg dead ram.
 
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