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renovation
08-23-2007, 12:07 AM
http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2007/08/teen-tries-to-cool-overheating-xbox-360.html

A teenager from Brevard, North Carolina had overheating problems on Sunday, and because of it his system was resetting every 5 minutes. He decided to take water cooling into his own hands. I guess he'd heard about water cooling, but didn't realize it didn't mean just using a pan of water.

He'd read that one of the ways to correct overheating was to cool the power supply. So he dropped the power supply - still plugged in - into a pan of water. This resulted in a near-electrocution. He was taken to the Transylvania Community Hospital in Brevard (I kid you not - see the pic!) where he spent the night.
what a ASSHAT
Leon
08-23-2007, 03:44 AM
Wow, that's pretty shocking news! :laugh:

Sorry, bad pun. :shifty:
Thesifer
08-23-2007, 06:11 AM
I've heard this story before as as snopes story, I would have to believe this is also one of those stories. Nobody is really that stupid.
ShawnLee
08-23-2007, 07:10 AM
Snopes has made me rightfully wary. But in case this is real, which I'm open to, I say that "Teen tries..." is usually a not good way to start a sentence.
DarkFury
08-23-2007, 07:29 AM
Dayuuum... almost a Darwin awardee there. :hmm:
Chgoman
08-23-2007, 08:29 AM
Kinda like when my friend thought it was a good idea to blow bubbles in his pool with an electric leaf blower...
bachviet
08-23-2007, 08:30 AM
Dayuuum... almost a Darwin awardee there. :hmm:
:stupid:

He deserves the award if he dies.
BigJon
08-23-2007, 09:03 AM
Man...watt was he thinking?
uncledaddy
08-23-2007, 12:04 PM
Wow, that's pretty shocking news! :laugh:

Sorry, bad pun. :shifty:


Man...watt was he thinking?

Funny!
beatbox32
08-23-2007, 12:07 PM
Genius!
Maarchk
08-23-2007, 04:29 PM
The kid was 14... Maybe he should have known better... but i wouldn't qualify him as an asshat or an award for killing himself...
Why is it funny to mock a child for harming themselves?
bachviet
08-23-2007, 04:36 PM
The kid was 14... Maybe he should have known better... but i wouldn't qualify him as an asshat or an award for killing himself...
Why is it funny to mock a child for harming themselves?
He's not a child at 14. When I was 14, I know better not to stick a "HOT" electrical wire in water.
Memo
08-23-2007, 07:17 PM
Man...watt was he thinking?

ohmygod, you guys are so lame :P
beatbox32
08-24-2007, 07:35 AM
The kid was 14... Maybe he should have known better... but i wouldn't qualify him as an asshat or an award for killing himself...
Why is it funny to mock a child for harming themselves?
The way I look at it, if you were one of those kids doing other stupid things at 14, then it's okay to poke fun. ;-)
Maarchk
08-27-2007, 01:34 PM
Hmm maybe i was that person... ;) stop mocking me.

no i wasn't. i just feel bad cause i could imagine myself at that age, thinking of that solution... I'd probably not do it, but while thinking of solutions, it wouldn't surprise me if that crossed my mind.
yippiekiyeh
08-28-2007, 11:34 AM
It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.
mathias
09-21-2007, 02:35 AM
It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.

agreed

:gle:
DarkFury
09-21-2007, 08:36 AM
It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.
Depending on the amount of electricity... it could have been a VERY bright idea. :heh:


Almost glow in the dark... :D
BlueTriangle
09-21-2007, 11:29 AM
omg. come on now. 14y/o and he doesn't know the repercussions of an action such as that? too many video games really do kill brain cells
nate el bueno
09-24-2007, 08:58 PM
vegetable oil might have worked pretty well if he'd seal it
redcolours
10-01-2007, 09:56 PM
ohmygod, you guys are so lame :P

:dead: :bonk: :hmm: :shake: :disa:

:D