Results 1 to 21 of 21

Thread: Teen tries to cool overheating Xbox 360; nearly kills himself

  1. 08-23-2007, 12:07 AM #1
    renovation
    renovation is offline
    Admiral renovation's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail
    Posts
    5,105
    Send a message via ICQ to renovation Send a message via MSN to renovation

    Teen tries to cool overheating Xbox 360; nearly kills himself

    http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2007/08...-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
    You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 08-23-2007, 03:44 AM #2
    Leon
    Leon is offline
    Administrator Leon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 1999
    Location
    San Diego, CA
    Posts
    64,589
    Send a message via ICQ to Leon
    Wow, that's pretty shocking news!

    Sorry, bad pun.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 08-23-2007, 06:11 AM #3
    Thesifer
    Thesifer is offline
    Vice Admiral Thesifer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Oklahoma
    Posts
    4,385
    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.

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 08-23-2007, 07:10 AM #4
    ShawnLee
    ShawnLee is offline
    Fleet Admiral ShawnLee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2000
    Location
    Huntington Beach, CA, currently in Korea
    Posts
    7,635
    Send a message via AIM to ShawnLee
    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by InfiniteNothing
    The truth is, anyone can be a wolf in sheep's clothes. Except maybe Hillary. That's a wolf in a slightly less attractive wolf's clothing.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 08-23-2007, 07:29 AM #5
    DarkFury
    DarkFury is offline
    Secretary of Defense DarkFury's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    Chillin' N Da 'Hood
    Posts
    35,020
    Dayuuum... almost a Darwin awardee there.


    DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game!
    Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 08-23-2007, 08:29 AM #6
    Chgoman
    Chgoman is offline
    Lieutenant Commander
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    Mission Viejo, CA
    Posts
    700
    Kinda like when my friend thought it was a good idea to blow bubbles in his pool with an electric leaf blower...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 08-23-2007, 08:30 AM #7
    bachviet
    bachviet is offline
    What's Da Pho*? bachviet's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    SoCal (714)
    Posts
    13,301
    Send a message via ICQ to bachviet Send a message via AIM to bachviet
    Quote Originally Posted by DarkFury
    Dayuuum... almost a Darwin awardee there.


    He deserves the award if he dies.
    Dell Dimension 9200 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) | 4x1GB DDR2 | 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT

    Dell Studio 17 | Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) | 6GB DDR3 1066MHz | 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

    Intel P4-C 3.0GHz | ECS 865PE-A | 3x512MB PC3200 | 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

    http://[img]http://sfx-images.mozill....gif[/img]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 08-23-2007, 09:03 AM #8
    BigJon
    BigJon is offline
    Vice Admiral BigJon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2000
    Location
    In the kitchen...skinning onions...
    Posts
    4,954
    Send a message via AIM to BigJon Send a message via MSN to BigJon Send a message via Yahoo to BigJon
    Man...watt was he thinking?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 08-23-2007, 12:04 PM #9
    uncledaddy
    uncledaddy is offline
    Rear Admiral Lower Half uncledaddy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    With Me, Myself, and I...wondering why we can't get along!
    Posts
    2,583
    Quote Originally Posted by Leon
    Wow, that's pretty shocking news!

    Sorry, bad pun.
    Quote Originally Posted by BigJon
    Man...watt was he thinking?
    Funny!
    Last edited by uncledaddy; 08-23-2007 at 12:06 PM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 08-23-2007, 12:07 PM #10
    beatbox32
    beatbox32 is offline
    Lieutenant Junior Grade beatbox32's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Orange County, CA, USA
    Posts
    159
    Genius!
    -beatbox32



    "Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other--and your time is running out." - Atlas Shrugged
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 08-23-2007, 04:29 PM #11
    Maarchk
    Maarchk is offline
    Rear Admiral Upper Half Maarchk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Where the east meets the west.
    Posts
    3,067
    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 girl is crafty like ice is cold."

    "I left my heart in san francisco... And my liver at Moe's Tavern."

    A real friend is one who listens to you as much as they talk to you.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 08-23-2007, 04:36 PM #12
    bachviet
    bachviet is offline
    What's Da Pho*? bachviet's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    SoCal (714)
    Posts
    13,301
    Send a message via ICQ to bachviet Send a message via AIM to bachviet
    Quote Originally Posted by Maarchk
    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.
    Dell Dimension 9200 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) | 4x1GB DDR2 | 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT

    Dell Studio 17 | Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) | 6GB DDR3 1066MHz | 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

    Intel P4-C 3.0GHz | ECS 865PE-A | 3x512MB PC3200 | 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

    http://[img]http://sfx-images.mozill....gif[/img]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 08-23-2007, 07:17 PM #13
    Memo
    Memo is offline
    Admiral Memo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    East Village
    Posts
    5,659
    Quote Originally Posted by BigJon
    Man...watt was he thinking?
    ohmygod, you guys are so lame
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 08-24-2007, 07:35 AM #14
    beatbox32
    beatbox32 is offline
    Lieutenant Junior Grade beatbox32's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Orange County, CA, USA
    Posts
    159
    Quote Originally Posted by Maarchk
    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. ;-)
    -beatbox32



    "Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other--and your time is running out." - Atlas Shrugged
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 08-27-2007, 01:34 PM #15
    Maarchk
    Maarchk is offline
    Rear Admiral Upper Half Maarchk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Where the east meets the west.
    Posts
    3,067
    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.
    "The girl is crafty like ice is cold."

    "I left my heart in san francisco... And my liver at Moe's Tavern."

    A real friend is one who listens to you as much as they talk to you.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 08-28-2007, 11:34 AM #16
    yippiekiyeh
    yippiekiyeh is offline
    A Friend of a Friend yippiekiyeh's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    WESTSIDE!
    Posts
    1,673
    Send a message via ICQ to yippiekiyeh Send a message via AIM to yippiekiyeh Send a message via MSN to yippiekiyeh Send a message via Yahoo to yippiekiyeh
    It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.
    Distributed.Net
    I'm Trying this blogger thang...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 09-21-2007, 02:35 AM #17
    mathias
    mathias is offline
    Ensign mathias's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Posts
    19
    Quote Originally Posted by yippiekiyeh
    It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.
    agreed

    Hello, i am snowman mathias ...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 09-21-2007, 08:36 AM #18
    DarkFury
    DarkFury is offline
    Secretary of Defense DarkFury's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    Chillin' N Da 'Hood
    Posts
    35,020
    Quote Originally Posted by yippiekiyeh
    It wasn't a 'bright' idea on his part.
    Depending on the amount of electricity... it could have been a VERY bright idea.


    Almost glow in the dark...


    DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game!
    Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 09-21-2007, 11:29 AM #19
    BlueTriangle
    BlueTriangle is offline
    Lieutenant Junior Grade
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Washington,DC
    Posts
    181
    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
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. 09-24-2007, 08:58 PM #20
    nate el bueno
    nate el bueno is offline
    Spawn of Markel nate el bueno's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    IL
    Posts
    1,258
    Send a message via AIM to nate el bueno
    vegetable oil might have worked pretty well if he'd seal it
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  21. 10-01-2007, 09:56 PM #21
    redcolours
    redcolours is offline
    in living colour
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    above a raging c
    Posts
    1,739
    Send a message via AIM to redcolours Send a message via Yahoo to redcolours
    Quote Originally Posted by Memo
    ohmygod, you guys are so lame


    there are pictures, but no,nothing happens on my site.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules