No.2452
Around a week ago, I noticed that my charger was peeled off just by a tiny bit, so i decided to put some tape on it.
Today, i noticed a weird smell coming out of my computer, specifically, from the charger.
When i touch the part with tape on it, BOOM, foarkin SMOKE starts to come out of the darn thing.
Turns out that the heat from the computer, eventually melted the tape i'd put on the peeled part of my charger
I removed the tape, and well, the charger stopped working, and i can't buy a new one (Im poor as dirt) which at the same times means, that i can't use my computer
Please, sushis, share painful experiences like these so that we all can have a laugh
No.2453
I showed my kid brother one of those stupid videos on YouTube where someone would try and charge their DS but sticking the charging cable in a banana. He actually tried it and somehow cooked his charger.
No.2455
>>2452I don't have any computers with a charger, only laptops with an USB-C port for charging. USB-C chargers for laptops are surprisingly available.
I once placed a battery-powered one-of-a-kind computer board on its metal cover. Immediately, the parts around the battery started getting hot and smelling funny. Needless to say, I spent the next 4 days and considerable chunk of money buying and replacing parts. But I managed to bring it back to life in the end. My kidneys were thankful for that. Not sure backup batteries are just a necessary evil.
No.2456
>>2452I was fixing a threephase module at school (power supply) it had jacks like auxillary cords for A/V devices. I rolled my finger onto the metal and felt weird in my hand and started shaking, i shocked myself with 120VAC by being dumb, now i turn shit off before i work on it, i'm not an electrician.
another time i took my laptop apart and didn't take photos of how it looked so i ended up not having everything sit correctly, at that point i didn't care but now i take photos of EVERY step when i take something apart.
No.2459
Bent one of the pins for the case USB/audio connection on a brand new motherboard, just accepted it as a loss.
>>2452If the only problem is broken wires that might still be repairable. If it shorted something inside the charger it's probably bricked though.
No.2460
>>2458OP here
you made me remember the time when the gpu fan of my laptop broke…
AWFUL DAYS THOSE WERE…
i could keep using the laptop because the fan did work, A LITTLE BIT, but did a horrible sound whenever it spinned, (which it only did at around 400 rpm most of the time, being the max 6000)
of course, the keyboard burned my hands whenever i had to use it, but i still did because there was literally nothing else i liked back in those days
No.2461
>>2454sushi, if you don't mind me asking, what are some of things youve broken?
The only thing I've broken (although it was by accident) was the hard drive of a Mac Mini from 2014
I was cozied up on my desk, peacefully installing linux mint on the darn thing, when by accident, i hit the computer just a bit too hard with my elbow
the hard drive did a BRRRRRRSSKKKK sound, and that was it
