I think this would qualify as a Brain Burp...
I was working as a bench tech at a retail chain building a custom computer for a customer. One of the things I hate the most is to build a system, power it on, and find the mother board is bad, so I'd always build the basics of it (MoBo, CPU, RAM, Video, and FDD) outside of the case to make sure everything worked before I mounted it.
I had everything set up and when I went to grab the toggle switch on the power supply, I found that the switch wasn't there. It was just the four metal connectors. Needless to say I gave myself a jolt that was enough to make me jump and yelp.
Combine the shock, with the embarassment, and the not thinking straight and when I connected the toggle switch to the power supply and powered it on, I realized I connected the wires wrong as I blew the circuit for that wall.
It was a lovely lovely day.
CH
I was working as a bench tech at a retail chain building a custom computer for a customer. One of the things I hate the most is to build a system, power it on, and find the mother board is bad, so I'd always build the basics of it (MoBo, CPU, RAM, Video, and FDD) outside of the case to make sure everything worked before I mounted it.
I had everything set up and when I went to grab the toggle switch on the power supply, I found that the switch wasn't there. It was just the four metal connectors. Needless to say I gave myself a jolt that was enough to make me jump and yelp.
Combine the shock, with the embarassment, and the not thinking straight and when I connected the toggle switch to the power supply and powered it on, I realized I connected the wires wrong as I blew the circuit for that wall.
It was a lovely lovely day.
CH
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