Orchid XP v7 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/06 16:54:
> Alain wrote:
> 
>> http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
> 
> The one that seriously made *me* laugh was the story about the guy who 
> wanted to use an American ISP's setup CD. But it didn't work [because he 
> was in the UK]. So he went to the back of the PC and changed the mains 
> voltage selector from UK to USA. And the PSU *exploded*!
> 
US voltage = 120V. UK voltage = 240V. Have an underspecs PSU with no protection 
and underpar isolation. You can get sparking, grosly over loaded capacitors, 
electrolyt capacitor overheat, electrolyt undergoes electrolysis and start to 
boil, KABOOM!
Once when playing with a small speaker, I pluged it in a transformer and was 
prety unimpressed by the feeble low hum I got, so, I plugged it directly into 
the wall socket, hoping for a loud hum. Use a regular electrical plug, hook the 
speaker whires in to it, plug it in. Instant POF, flash of light, small cloud of 
smoke, smell of ozone and burnt metal, bursted speaker's dome. The coil's whires 
got vaporised.
At the time, I was about 10 or 11.
> [I rather suspect it's fake - why would it *explode*? Very amusing 
> though...]
> 
> Or all those ones from people who's PC is on fire (this *surely* must be 
> absurdly rare) and aren't interested in fleeing to safety, they just 
> want to save their work or something. (OMG, the guy who asked "How do I 
> perform a backup? Quickest possible method." Like, dude... you're 
> worrying about backups *now*? With your PC already on fire? PROPPER 
> FORWARD PLANNING! LMAO.)


-- 
Alain
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Boss spelled backwards is 'double-SOB'

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