[RESOLVED] whats the oddest computer setup you have seen

[messiah]

just wanting to know whats the oddest thing you or your customers have done to there computer

I somewhat a economical (sorry for spelling) computer user my overclock amd its water cooled and also heats my fish tank in the winter keeps the fish warm at 74-80 degress and also my computer cold at the same temp
once a month a get vxd errors and i know when to change the filter and clean out my water
what do all you have setup in the dungons

[d_dcomp]

Nothing too elaborate!

But oddest computer seen was the pegboard computer!

Close second a gateway who ever heard of a cow using a computer? hehehe



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[Nighthand]

A while back Windrivers had a picture of a wearable PC. That was pretty cool.

[BreakWindows]

Deep in the MIT resources, l ofund plans for a Linux-powered home. Lights, toasters, toilets and pretty much everything you can imagine...lf l ever buy a house, it WILL be penguin powered!!



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Either drop the Windows out of your computers, or drop your computers out of the windows.
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[jimmr13]

Last summer at the River (Parker AZ.) It was like 119 degrees out side and we went to see my Friends Cousin who lives there he had his Tower open with a big pan sitting next to it with a block of ice in it and a big fan blowing acrossed the ice right on his computer! He told me "**** Dude it's the only way I can keep it and me cool in this damn mobile home." Funny part was it worked!
Parker Az.?? Water skying !! ( Her Cousin is a boat machanic.) Okay messed up my Berkeley Drive.BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY!!

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[ftctech]

The strangest computer ever brought to me
was in a cardboard box with no case just
the insides, all hooked up the ,guy who brang
in said that when he kicked the case it fell apart

[BreakWindows]

Jimmr's story reminded me of something l did this summer. See, l'm poor folk , and it came down between a PIII or air conditioning for my apartment. Of course, l chose the PIII

So, l put as many ice packs into Ziplock bags as l could fit, stuffed them into my case, turned the computer backwards on top of my desk; the result: the cpu fan would blow freezing cold air into the case fan, and the case fan would blow freezing cold air onto me. l believe l'm officially a hacker

Hey, it was the only way for me to beat the hot NYC gritty summers.



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Either drop the Windows out of your computers, or drop your computers out of the windows.
BreakWindows

[3fingersalute]

Originally posted by BreakWindows:
So, l put as many ice packs into Ziplock bags as l could fit, stuffed them into my case, turned the computer backwards on top of my desk;

Now there's a cool idea, (pardoon the pun) although I could just imagine what would happen if one of the bags sprung a leak....bye-bye new Pentium III

[This message has been edited by 3fingersalute (edited December 08, 2000).]

[jaeger]

Got bored one afternoon and built an old 386 inside out. Took it to school the next day and replaced my teacher's computer with it. The look on his face was classic. My line? 'Must have been a virus'

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[MacGyver]

I used to live in an apartment without air conditioning, so the only way I could keep my computer from overheating was to remove the case cover and have a 12" oscillating fan about 3" away blowing into it! I even had it plugged into my power strip so it would come on with the rest of the setup. I know it's been done before, but now that I'm married I don't think my wife would put up with it.

It was so bad that with the cover on, I would get internal temps of around 45 degrees C (that's 113 degrees F for those of you in the US) But it was a pretty bare setup: P2/233 with 3 gig HD and G200 vid card. Now I live in a nice cool basement and I don't even bother monitoring the temps anymore.

[BreakWindows]

Originally posted by 3fingersalute:
Now there's a cool idea, (pardoon the pun) although I could just imagine what would happen if one of the bags sprung a leak....bye-bye new Pentium III

Pun forgiven Actually the heat got to my brain, so it seemed worth it...but when a friend finally brought up the high risk of hot metal touching cheap plastic ziplock bags, it was back to sweating.

Oh well, at least the computer didn't have to be on as long, since compiling and running processes sped right along...well that, and l was drunk from drinking cold beers to stay cool...




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Either drop the Windows out of your computers, or drop your computers out of the windows.
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[CREEPINGDEATH]

[[I've only acyually seen this in a few slightly older packard hell's]]


I thought it was strange that they would put the motherboard on the bottom of the case
[horozontally not vertically]
And this is in a Tower!!!

It's the most stupid setup I've ever seen and they usually acumulate about an inch of dust down there.

[sorry bout the spelling]



[This message has been edited by CREEPINGDEATH (edited December 10, 2000).]

[LORE]

anything that compaq puts out for home use is pretty odd. Did anyone have any contact with the blue "toaster oven" they put out about a year ago??? what a freekin joke that was!

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[himthatwas]

My friend was building his first Linux machine out of parts found in dumpsters. Unfortunately the only Hard Drive he could find was just about as big as the case so he just strapped it on top and called the machine hunchback1. It ran great and if I'm not mistaken he is still using it to host his web pages.

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[FatalException0E]

Yes, I've seen the little blue Compaq toaster oven - Someone brought one into my shop just today with a modem problem. For a strange setup, how about my roommate's computer. He has an Abit KA7-100, and a PCI IDE RAID card. That's right, 6 IDE channels, and he's putting one drive on each one. He also has a SCSI CD-RW.

Compaq also sold something ages ago that looked like a portable vacuum cleaner - keyboard clipped to bottom, 8 inch monitor in case, was a 286. Then there was the computer someone brought in that had been shot.......

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