Gene's Top Ten List - How to Blow Up or Kill a Computer NOTE: This list was compiled on a Pentium 66 Computer with the defective CPU using doublespace. We have come to find out that Top 10 may not actually be an accurate number because of this. This list is not part of Letterman's " Top 10" List This list copyright Gene's Computer Outlet, 1994-1996 1 Handle Computer Memory or Boards with out a Grounded Static Strap. 2 Insert Memory or Expansion Boards with the Computer Power Turned On. 3 Insert Memory in the Computer Backwards. 4 Connect a Floppy or Hard Drive Data Cable Backwards at either the drive or controller. 5 Accidently bend over a couple of pins of the floppy drive while trying to connect the cable to it. Then misalign the cable on the wrong pins and blow out the controller and or drive. 6 Connect a ribbon cable to a hard or floppy controller and completely miss a whole row of pins. 7 Connect a Drive Power Cable backwards with the Power Already Turned On. 8 Disconnect or Reconnect the Keyboard with the Power Turned On. 9 Connect a Printer to a 25 Pin SCSI Port or Connect a SCSI CD ROM Drive to the Parallel Printer Port. 10 Connect a Parallel Printer to a Serial Port or a Serial Printer to a Parallel Port. 11 Connect a 9 Pin Digital Mono, CGA, or EGA Monitor to a 15 Pin VGA Display Card or a 15 Pin VGA Monitor to a 9 Pin Mono, CGA, or EGA Card with an adapter that was intended for special multi-mode purposes only. 12 Failto Use a Good Surge Protector or Failure to Surge Protect the Modem. 13 Edit the Config or Autoexec Files with Word Perfect and Saving in NON ASCII. 14 Delete the Partition Table or Format the Hard Drive Accidently. 15 Install a new card in the computer without setting the proper jumpers. 16 Connect or plug in an External Tape Drive, CD ROM Drive, Printer, or Modem with the Power Turned On. 17 Fail to CLEAN the DUST OUT of the POWER SUPPLY, CPU FANS, and OTHER areas so components will fail due to excessive heat buildup. 18 Install a memory manager without properly excluding certain addresses that causes a memory conflict that actually zaps the CMOS address, disabling your computer and actually making it appear totally dead or non working. 19 Set the CMOS Hard Drive settings to something other than what they were originally set up with. (Typical technicians trick from some superstore technicians) 20 Insert a 3.5" floppy disk upside down into the floppy drive so it breaks off the drive head. 21 Scan your software for virus'.