First post, by Kahenraz
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This is an event I had some 18-20 years ago. I wonder if anyone else had something similar happen to them?
Re: Introduction / Old Hardware Help Request
Be careful with what you plug in there though. Maybe years ago I actually caught fire to a system by misaligning some pins on a ram chip. It caused a dark plume too erupt out of the case and melted parts of the board. The system also was beeping like crazy. I always reimagine it shouting something like, "OMG HELP ME" but with beeps. Good times. 🤣
Maybe it thought the lp0 was on fire?
I've also melted the pins off of a processor by plugging it into what I think was some kind of expansion slot instead of the CPU socket. My dad had given me the chip but he didn't explain how to install it.. so I just plunked it into wherever it would fit.
I also had a Pentium 200 MMX box I'd used as a server crammed with so many hard drives that I'm surprised it DIDN'T catch fire. But then again, the chassis was made of rolled steel and may have acted like one massive heat sink. Yea, I was pretty dumb back then.