WINNING! Technology Karma

[dr.walrus]

Pulled a dusty old compaq out of an alleyway a year or so ago. It had been raining so I never fancied plugging it in.

A few weeks ago, I needed another 2GB of DDR2. Cracked it open, transferred the RAM, hey presto!

[mDust]

Pulled a dusty old compaq out of an alleyway a year or so ago. It had been raining so I never fancied plugging it in.

A few weeks ago, I needed another 2GB of DDR2. Cracked it open, transferred the RAM, hey presto!

My uncle used to stop anytime he saw a computer sitting out next to a trash can. He'd grab the gear no matter how old it looked. Quite a few surprises came from those machines. I think when some people can't get a computer to work right they just throw away a perfectly good machine since it's 'obviously' broken. You never know what you might find in those things.

Also, just because it's rained on doesn't mean anything. I've submerged motherboards and graphics cards in soapy water (powered off and out of the case of course) with no ill effects after 48 hours of dry time in front of a fan. I did dunk it in 100% isopropyl before drying to get most of the water off though. So if you guys ever see a sweet gaming computer floating in a mud puddle, don't be afraid to snatch that bad boy up!

[NightrainSrt4]

I told you. Now my GTX280 is dead. Blargh. Catch a break, then get hit worse. Bleh.

[mDust]

I told you. Now my GTX280 is dead. Blargh. Catch a break, then get hit worse. Bleh.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Whyyyy?!?
What happened?