Funny overclocking story

[RowdyRob]

So my friend comes to me and says that he wants to overclock his computer. I warn him before hand about overheating and such other nonsense and he says its fine. The first thing i tell him is to order sum arctic silver and apply it to his CPU, and i'll help him after that. He calls me the day he gets at AS so i head over to his house to help him out. He is pretty computer literate. he built his own system so he knows what hes doing i figure. I ask him if he turned it on or anything and he said no. uppon arriving he says that he had already applied the AS. And he says that his computer is broken and not turning on. Which can only mean one thing. I open up the case and check the proc and i see AS EVERYWHERE he used the entire tube of AS and put the heat sink on and tried booting. The AS oozed out the sides and went over the mobo.
He tried blaming me that his computer was broken too. So i told him that it was his own dumb fault for not waiting for me to help him. In the end he had to buy a new proc (Athlon 64 3500+) which is $200.

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[Scout]

Ouch! I once set up a computer for a guy and told him to "point and click" to something on the desktop. He had no idea how to use the mouse! We should never take anything for granted when working with people around computers!

 

[crizazykid2]

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GREAT STORY

 

[rodney_ws]

That stuff comes with directions... can your buddy not read?

 

[chuckshissle]

Thats freaking weird cuz as far as I know the Artic Silver 5 is a non-conductive thermal paste. :? But I guess a complete idiot can mess up something that is dumb proof. Didn't he read the instructions on how to apply the paste?

Well, the saying goes "The best way to learn is through trial and error", but being an idiot would just do fine I guess. :?

 

[ocularis]

from the Arctic Silver website:

(While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.)

I've seen this happen a couple times before, especially with the old Athlon XP cores. The computer newb smears this all over their cpu thinking that somehow more is better, and reading instructions just isn't done by someone with such all-encompassing PC skills. I was able to save one such chip by careful cleaning with some rubbing alcohol and Qtips, but it was painful.

 

[Anoobis]

Reminds me of a barebones kit some retard "built" from Tiger Direct for my brother. He kept getting BSODS left and right. At first I thought it was the memory. So I opened the case and too my surprise I found the CPU swimming in thermal grease. I cleaned it up, applied some Arctic Silver and it started working fine.