Mysterious PC damage

[bitslice]

Ethernet signals have to pass through a signal transformer, you can induce high voltages or short them out without a problem.

Soldering to a live motherboard though... Fizz bang

 

[Destination]

well the staple was accidental, whilst the cable was being routed a day or two before

the soldering was obviously a mistake, but i didnt think heat alone would short something out

Yu didnt think adding heat to a circuit board that was live, and indeed adding conductive metal solder whilst it was molten, would do damage?
Really?
Do you make toast while having a bath? Or use a hairdried whilst swimming also?

 

[Biohazard]

hahahaha.

i'm going outside to run a length of rope through my throttle body to see what improvements I will make. It will of course be running, filler cap off and water being flushed through the engine too and sand as an additive.

Bet it'll run sweet.

I've also just thrown a bucket of water over the telly to change channel, proper boss ya' know!!

 

[ElliorR]

Nice work.

Hang on a sec I can see a little bit of fluff in the live pin slot of a nearby wall socket. I'll just fetch my metal tweezers to get it out. Actually before I do I better flick the switch to on first.

 

[J-FRO]

hahaha that's priceless!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Which of the following is likely to cause the damage:

1) a live ethernet cable with a heavy duty staple through it

2) soldering a vga cooler fan cable which the PC is powered on and running

The damage to the motherboard is a no longer functioning onboard ethernet port and 6 onboard multi-coloured sound jack ports.

2) soldering a vga cooler fan cable which the PC is powered on and running

 

[Hades]

Most likely the Extreme Soldering killed it. But just in case its a coincidental driver issue it might be worth booting off a linux live cd such as ububtu or mint and checking if they work with that.

 

[Biohazard]

Extreme soldering lol Bootong!

Should have used a gas welder tbh.

 

[TheBigCheese]

I see a new thread being created...

"So what bonkers thing did you do that seemed like a good idea at the time?"


Honestly...why couldn't you turn it off before soldering?

 

[Cosimo]

Extreme soldering has its rewards but you have failed.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Soldering a circuit while it's switched on? Well, this is in GD, so it's definitely a troll post

 

[Mutt]

Frank approves of your actions OP.

 

[Blue160]

Surely a troll?

No one could fail so hard as to solder a live system could they?

Muppetry of the highest order if it's genuine

 

[TheBigCheese]

Frank approves of your actions OP.

lol!

 

[Cosimo]

Frank approves of your actions OP.

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Frank would have done that in style and blown himself up at the same time as the motherboard. :D

 

[fornowagain]

the soldering was obviously a mistake, but i didnt think heat alone would short something out

The heat travels down the cable don't forget, the header could have gotten very hot.

 

[~>Dg<~]

Why would you solder a fan on a running system? My mind boggles.

nearly as good as a friend who ordered close to a 1000 quid in pc parts and took motherboard out box and said ohh we dont need that plastic cpu holder it will melt and ripped out the main cpu socket looool

 

[TheBigCheese]

Frank would have done that in style and blown himself up at the same time as the motherboard.

On roller skates!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

nearly as good as a friend who ordered close to a 1000 quid in pc parts and took motherboard out box and said ohh we dont need that plastic cpu holder it will melt and ripped out the main cpu socket looool

epic.

 

[Theophany]

with mad skills like that there should definitely be a career with the purple shirted ones on the cards.

Actually spat my wine out. Goddammit!