computer building horror stories

One horror story is when a person was building a computer. They were almost done, but when they plugged in the power supply for the first time, there was a loud pop and a small spark. Turns out they had accidentally pinched a wire while installing the motherboard, which short - circuited and damaged some components.

One of the worst stories I've heard was when a guy accidentally short - circuited his new motherboard. He was in a hurry and didn't ground himself properly. He plugged in a cable wrong and there was a spark. The motherboard was fried instantly. All his components were new and expensive, and he had to start all over again.

Another thing that can go wrong is using the wrong power supply. If it doesn't provide enough wattage for all the components, the computer may not even start or it could cause damage to the components over time. For example, if you have a high - end graphics card and a powerful CPU, but a low - wattage power supply, you're asking for trouble. I've seen cases where the power supply just couldn't handle the load and blew up, taking other parts with it.

A builder thought they had installed the hard drive correctly. But when they booted up the computer for the first time, there was a continuous clicking noise coming from the hard drive. It turned out that the hard drive had been jostled during installation and the read - write head was damaged. Losing all the data that was supposed to be on that hard drive was a real horror story. Plus, they had to buy a new hard drive and reinstall everything.

One computer horror story is about a virus that wiped out all the data on a company's servers overnight. The employees came to work the next day and found that years of important files, customer information, and ongoing projects were just gone. It was a nightmare for the IT department to try and recover what they could.

One story could be about a group of friends who decided to explore an abandoned building at night. As they walked through the dark hallways, they heard strange whispers. When they turned around, they saw a shadowy figure disappear. Another story might involve a person who got lost in an abandoned building. They found old, blood - stained rooms and felt a sense of dread as if something was watching them all the time.

First, think of a spooky setting like an old abandoned house or a dark forest. Then, create a menacing character, perhaps a ghost or a deranged killer. For example, you could start with 'In the decrepit mansion on the hill, there lurked a figure in the shadows...'

Story 3: An old, empty school building was said to be haunted. A new security guard was hired to keep an eye on it. One night, he saw a little girl in an old - fashioned dress walking down the hallway. He tried to approach her, but she disappeared. The next day, he found out from an old local that a girl had died in a fire in that school long ago.

In a company, a virus spread through the network like wildfire. It started encrypting all the files on the computers. The IT department tried everything but couldn't stop it in time. The company had to pay a huge ransom to get the decryption key. Even then, some files were permanently lost because the encryption process was corrupted for some of them.

Well, here are some stories. A friend took his computer to a so - called professional. The 'professional' opened up the computer and somehow managed to break the motherboard. He then tried to blame it on my friend. Another case was a person who had their laptop repaired. After the repair, the battery life was reduced to almost nothing. The repair people just shrugged and said it was normal. Also, there was a computer that went in for a software repair and came out with a completely different operating system installed without permission.