Well there was this one time my motherboard caught fire...

Was it actually water damage? Dd it short? Would that potentially save me from having to spend about $200 on repairs?

Fify

The netbook? It was juice I think, actually. Probably from my children. All I know is there was some sticky crud all over the one section of the MB that I was able to clean off with some alcohol. It was probably shorting something that was keeping it from powering on. Luckily it didn't get near any capacitors or melt any chips. The laptop was flood damage, yes. It looked to be pretty scummy water. Turning it on while wet served to fry several of the chips.

Oh man do I have one! Funny you should ask.

But it's waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too long to go into here. And it's STILL not resolved.

I may break some old world records on raging over a computer when this one is finally done.

Water damage isn't caused by the water, unless the water is corrosive (as in the Pepsi Challenge), but by power from the battery going through circuits it's not supposed to.

So if you catch a dunked portable device quickly, take the battery out, and dry it off well, it may come through undamaged. If you try to power it on wet, though, it's doomed.

Manufacturers are wise to this and hide moisture detectors inside. If you try to claim warranty service on a drowned device, they'll catch it and decline.

Mine didn't have a warrenty on it anyway, it was refurbished. I'm still none to happy though, even if most of the compnents lived.

Restarting your computer only to find that seemingly all your files are missing and getting 50 simultaneous disk errors saying that your hard drive is failing. Do a system restore which fixes the issue but seemingly all document files are gone. Seems fishy so I check the folder properties which lists the proper total folder size. Switching folder options to Show all hidden files shows them all. Pesky virus doesn't destroy but just hides all your files making you think they're lost. Close call that the virus makers were so generous.

Horror stories suck. Why not have the omg I can't believe it still works thread?

For example unknowingly dropping and thus burying a cell phone in a snow bank and miraculously finding it in my shovel when shoveling a few days later. It could have easily been shoveled down the street in those two days by sidewalk or street plow. Good thing they're so lazy in my area during winter. BTW, the phone powered up right away and continued to work perfectly.

Oh... Mine survived its water showering, only with some temporary damage (which I think it was 'healed' a year or so ago).

A minor white spot on the display, but I think it is gone now (can't see it).

back when I was a dumb kid I fell for the "delete system 32" joke

it's embarrassing just posting it here >__>

In early 1997, a friend and I tried to upgrade my computer from a 386 to a 486. The motherboard was fried. Thankfully, a local computer shop had a second-hand 386 motherboard, that actually was a little better than the old one (can't remember in what aspect). The computer functioned for many years afterwards.

My brother got a laptop as an early 18th birthday present. The damn thing was faulty and spent loads of time in the shop. It was especially frustrating for him as he was doing his Higher School Certificate at the time, and the laptop was really useful. The shop also took ages to find the root of the problem, and even then the thing still had problems.

One time I was driving down a dark road through the woods. It was after midnight,, and it was raining furiously. Off in the distance, I saw a figure in a white dress standing at the side of the road with its thumb sticking out.
I pulled off to the side of the road, and much to my surprise,,, the figure in the white dress was actually a little computer. I asked it if it needed a lift... the computer nodded and at that very moment the thunder rumbled and the lightning flashed menacingly . The computer hopped into my car .
"You know a cute little computer like you really shouldn't be hitchhiking by yourself this time of night. You never know what kind of weirdos might be out there. " I said as I put the car into drive.
The computer just smiled at me and sat in silence. Another burst of lightning shone through the windshield, and with the flash of light I saw something that I hadn't noticed about the computer before. It's white dress had splotches of blood on it, and it was also holding a knife!







Ok I don't have the energy to finish my spooky story

my pc crashing during windows update
for some reason this killed my C hard drive, deleting half of my stuff
thats vista for you

My girlfriend got a similar virus. As far as I can work out, the only files that were completely lost were those that you need to do a system restore. Also, the antivirus and the firewall won't work no matter what I try. The computer works (sort of) but it's pretty crippled now.

Then just back things up and format it. A lot of people keep saying that viruses killed their computer when really it just needs a format.