BURNTHEPRIEST Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 This happened just a couple weeks ago, had Mcafee trial on and was searching for 360 magazine pdf to put on my iPad 2. Well got hit with that AV virus and hit hard, tried everything on boot up but nothing worked. My laptop is a Vaio so I hit the assist button and it was able to do the factory restore from there. Of course ALL my stuff was gone because I never did a backup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreepindeath69 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 so far ive had my power supply crap out on me but wasnt that bad...didnt get to go on my computer for a few weeksBut just last night i had several cases of Java Trojan Open Connection A.I. in my comp; took me about 6 hours to fix it...and that would have to be my worst one yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 My first and only computer disaster was I fried my Intel P4 2.4GHz 2 years ago. I had removed the processor to apply thermal gel over it and I couldn't apply it properly and my sister ran processor intensive program on it and it just fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikochuu Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Wish it won't happen again but the day of my 16th anniversary a flower pot fell down on my laptop... The water spread inside of it... I had this laptop for my 14th anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†Irish Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I put my Sledge Hammer into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†Shirσ Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Probably..when my old COMPAQ S4020WM's motherboard got fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hAbUrA Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 A year ago when i just got internet again i didn't have any anti-virus on my computer,and after just one night of browsing trough the internet i infected my computer with about 500 troyans,i think that's a new record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuLake Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I've actually never really had a big meltdown or anything. Had a hard drive blow once, but it wasn't my main computer so it really didn't bug me.Ironically, I'm the only real downloader in my family, and have only gotten a virus from it once or twice (and it always got picked up by an antivirus or something before it did any damage). That said, I have had to deal with hijackers on my sister's and a friend's computers. Both turned off the internet, disabled most programs, and would offer to sell me an anti-virus program. The one on my friend's computer had the added bonus of turning off the desktop. That was a long night.The funniest thing I recall though is that once my dad started bragging to me about how he just found a list of all the programs he never used on his computer, and was deleting them all to make it run faster. I'd never heard of something that simple so I looked over his shoulder. The list? Change or Remove Programs. It's a damn good thing I got to him before he uninstalled the modem, that would've really sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†L4ugh Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 This happened a few weeks back but I thought someone might get a kick out of these pictures. They're from my PSU that suffered a bit of a burn out. I was able to fix it pretty easily but the amount of damage it did looked pretty cool. Sorry my photography skills couldn't catch it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Holy shit L4ugh. Never seen that happen before. o.OThe worse thing to ever happen to one of my PC's is it simply won't show up on the screen. o.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmun Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 the worst I can remember is when my laptop got a nasty virus, where the thing actually locked me out of everything, I couldn't access any of my stuff. Every time I tried to get on the internet the virus blocked me with a pop up of some fake anti-virus thing that told me I had viruses and demanded that I buy this product from them to get rid of the virus.I finally managed to fix it by shutting down and restoring my laptop to an earlier date while in safe mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†L4ugh Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Holy shit L4ugh. Never seen that happen before. o.OThe worse thing to ever happen to one of my PC's is it simply won't show up on the screen. o.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmun Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 The funniest thing I recall though is that once my dad started bragging to me about how he just found a list of all the programs he never used on his computer, and was deleting them all to make it run faster. I'd never heard of something that simple so I looked over his shoulder. The list? Change or Remove Programs. It's a damn good thing I got to him before he uninstalled the modem, that would've really sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joethehaze Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 huhuhu disaster with computer? got many exp with that~ since i always tried various way to overclock my pc.there also a time when my pc mainboard exploded...noted that my cooling system are no good 4 overclock...when it come to OS the worst are my com jammed during my pvp event so close to win it..anyway i lose ...^^V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcxz Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 When first getting a personal computer in 1999/2000 and being a noob for not having anti-virus. Downloaded a bunch of songs from Napster and DBZ OVAs for a few years and then losing it all:oh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C24 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 All of my Microsoft Office applications stopped working, and I had to download a free program just so I could type my stories again, and I still haven't found out what's wrong with the programs, or my computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorendius Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Ahhh computer disasters.... my mistress.Most recently:Have (had) a pretty beastly thing (6k worth of beast) and decided it was time to update Windows 7 to Service Pack 1. Took it for granted and 'next next next'ed the wholeprocess... but little did I know that it was downloading Creative drivers for my Auzentech (which uses a Creative chipset) soundcard.After restarting, the sound was retarded as: soft then loud then soft then normalI checked out what was actually updated, uninstalled all my sound drivers and reinstalled somelegit Auzentech drivers. Upon restart the sound was just as bad. So I uninstalled the drivers again and restarted.... and my PC blue screened and wouldn't boot.Long and short of it:- Windows Updates corrupted the boot sector of my HDD- 2/3 of the sticks of RAM turned out deadAND FINALLYNow my motherboard will not complete the boot process at all, looks like its a dud now too.So much for Windows Updates. Fun times.Also trying to reinitialize a RAID array that has multiple points of failure, that's pretty fun too.TL;DR: Windows Updates unintentionally (?) cocked up a perfectly good PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Lord Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Server virus attack.On the last anime forum I use to go to It had pop ups and all sorts of bad stuff.. but my virus protectors protected me for about 2 months. Then eventually one got through and crashed my laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 For me losing my master boot record, not once but twice. The first one was 6 years ago and the second one was a few days ago. The first time I couldn't fix it (was still a nub), second time I manage to restore it. I didn't do any backups for it but I now have bootable Linuxs on USB and manage to restore the Masterboot and BCD by creating a new one and directing it to my Windows 7 boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledoriv Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Well... not exactly my computer disaster but one of a friend:After beginning his work he noticed his computer was already running before his shift began. He was wondering who might have done anything with his computer, but simply worked on and clicked on shutdown before he left his office after his shift.The next morning the PC was running again. That day he made sure he was the last one and locked the door after clicking on shutdown. He was already wondering which of his colleagues would play tricks on him.The following morning the PC was running again. This time he decided to stay near the Computer until it wouldn't give a single loud anymore and he discovered a blue screen that was occuring everytime the PC would shut down, leading to a restart. I think some drivers were causing it, so it wasn't a big deal afterwards, but it still caused quite an irritation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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