I dealt with my GF's parents.... w/video

[Freezebyte]

computer. The thing was having issues awhile ago with motherboard failures and had to replaced one already. It started to have issues once again with power cycle down all by itself in Dec, right after the warranty had expired. I spent over 4 hours on my Christmas break trying to diagnose/fix the damn but nothing worked. Finally, we had to call our losses and I ordered them a replacement machine that same day.

I however was not finished, this damn thing caused me great fustration and I aimed to vent my vengance and anger in a special wayl. I gave it its final farewell at the hands of my new Springfield XDm 9mm. The punishment called for no less then 50 rounds of Blazer Brass FMJ solid to be fired into the guilty computer.

This, is its final moments. And yes, I removed components prior that were still useful, i'm an IT guy after all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-8CBFDEaQ

 

[FiREhAwk]

Awesome vid, with 19+1 a box of ammo doesnt seem to go very far.

 

[NMEddie]

I have thought of it before

Thanks for the vid.... I think most everyone has fantasized about doing that to a computer at some point and just not acted on it... Very funny.

 

[PILMAN]

Or to get rid of those old harddrives

 

[pugmug]

Reads like a psu not mobo problem.You are IT yet,never mind!

 

[jakemccoy]

We'll just say your first two shots hit that black part and weren't misses.

 

[Freezebyte]

Reads like a psu not mobo problem.You are IT yet,never mind!

PSU test checked out fine and it had this previous problem before under warranty and a new mobo solved it. For awhile....

 

[twoclones]

In the desert South of Las Vegas, where I've been working lately, I've seen what must be 100 computers, televisions and VHS players shot to heck. What's so difficult about taking this crap home after shooting it? The desert tortoise would appreciate it...

 

[longdayjake]

The desert tortoise would appreciate it...

Stupid desert tortoise can go to hell. Half of the places I used to hunt are now off limits because of that stupid turtle and it isnt even native to where I am from. People visiting lake mead would catch them and bring them back to St. George and they started to thrive so clinton and his hippie friends made tortoise sanctuaries all over the desert. Land/gun grabbing propagandists. Cant stand em.

However the desert could sure use a little less trash simply for civility sake.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Haha. Always fun. My old E-machines E-333 suffered the same fate, but with an array of handgun cartridges:

 

[Freezebyte]

Haha. Always fun. My old E-machines E-333 suffered the same fate, but with an array of handgun cartridges:

OMG, I remember working on those back in the day, and those things had some pretty damn hefty cases!

 

[Geno]

You should have left the components in to see if the thing read "...fatal error" when you shot it dead!!!

Doc2005

 

[Freezebyte]

I did find another execution on my Photobucket where I was executing a Quantum BigFoot drive at the request of my former work associates that they actually signed because the drive was such a POS back in the day. Damn .22 couldn't even penetrate that drive it was so evil....

 

[twoclones]

However the desert could sure use a little less trash simply for civility sake.

Not just the desert. I've walked around a big piece of the forest near St. George, ID and don't think I've been anywhere were I couldn't see beer cans, bottles and shotgun shell hulls. Nevada desert is terribly littered! But it is easier to see it there

Target shooters, take your junk home!

 

[SoCalShooter]

Thats hilarious thanks, my friends and I all regularily service defective or non-cooperative hardware, personally I prefer the M1 Garand in 30-06, brought the Nazi's and the Japanese into cooperation so I figure it will work for a dud computer.

 

[rondog]

Just seems to me that the only PROPER weapon to kill computers with is a 12 ga. pump and 00Buck. Like it's naturally made for that purpose. MANY satisfying holes and MUCH satisfying damage!

 

[chris in va]

I like to dispatch old appliances/computers with Tannerite myself. From a safe distance of course.

 

[Freezebyte]

Just seems to me that the only PROPER weapon to kill computers with is a 12 ga. pump and 00Buck. Like it's naturally made for that purpose. MANY satisfying holes and MUCH satisfying damage!

I'd like to have a Remington 870 express someday

I like to dispatch old appliances/computers with Tannerite myself. From a safe distance of course

I assume thats some type of explosive. Curious were you got that from...

 

[jkingrph]

Never shot a computer, but will comment that a 45-70 makes short work of old dishwashers!

 

[Duke of Doubt]

This thread turned out to be a lot happier than I thought it was going to be when I saw the title, "I dealt with my GF's parents.... w/video".

 

[expvideo]

Very entertaining video! Thank you for posting!

The side panel that the bullets entered on looks pretty cool. Maybe I should put a half dozen or so rounds through the side of mine, just to give it a neat look. I don't think my boss would appreciate that too much, though.

 

[Maplicito]

I'm jealous... I've been wanting to shoot an old PC for a long time... I want to see what my .338 and my 12 gauge will do to it.

My buddy and I DID shoot an old toilet out at his farm's trash heap. 12 gauge launched the tank right off the toilet... then firing at what was left of it with the .303 was great - bullet hits... and the toilet briefly looks like it's just going to stand with a hole in it - and then it collapses in on itself.

 

[Blakenzy]

Hmm, 9mms and one .45 did not penetrate through the other side...

 

[Dookie]

A group of friends and I got together with a pile of old cell phones. We had shotguns and pistols. They were one with nature when we finished.

 

[Freezebyte]

A group of friends and I got together with a pile of old cell phones. We had shotguns and pistols. They were one with nature when we finished.

Lol, reminds me of the scene from Office Space