oops

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:04 AM

i plugged in an old 350W psu to the mains last night, heard a huge pop and the whole room shut down except for the lights

i tripped the fuse

psu is rooted

must have bridged some connections somewhere

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 30, 2004, 01:09 AM

wow that sucks man....

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 30, 2004, 01:11 AM

I use take 120 volt plugs cut the end off, stick it in the wall, and put the postive and negative on capictors and blow the hell out of them lol....i was a very bored child...

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:13 AM

well i still have my 450 in my case, another 350 and a 200(at) sitting around

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
I use take 120 volt plugs cut the end off, stick it in the wall, and put the postive and negative on capictors and blow the hell out of them lol....i was a very bored child...

yes very bored, but it sounds like fun

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 30, 2004, 01:16 AM

Yea i use to take apart everything i could get my hand on

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:23 AM

yeh i do that aswell when i was about 10 i had a pII 233 and it didn't last very long intact (replaced the motherboard 3 times before i upgraded)

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 30, 2004, 01:25 AM

lol had my first machine decided the guy did a shit job buliding and i rebulit it....from that point on loved PC's ever since.

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:29 AM

i've been into pcs since i was very young, dad introduced me, then when i got my own computer, plus too much free time i learnt some things and now i kno more than my dad, no surprise that most of the knowledge gained in the past 6 months has been from the forum tho

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 30, 2004, 01:31 AM

Yea i need to get off my ass and go take my A+ testing

Judas · Mar 30, 2004, 01:35 AM

Sourcer..... i'm with you on that... I'm meerly inches away from A+ cirtification... but it's bloody hard to get it at all around here.. (to write a test or anything)

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 01:38 AM

what is this A+ certification thing?

Judas · Mar 30, 2004, 02:12 AM

means that you are cirtified to work on computers be it repair or installations and other things of that sort.. it's not advanced... it's basic....

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 02:14 AM

ah ok, i shall be getting one of them through school in a few weeks
edit: well the australian version

Judas · Mar 30, 2004, 02:33 AM

i pretty sure they are all the same....(if i recall.. i think MS was the one that pushed for this)

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 02:34 AM

im doing a TAFE course through school in IT, currrently we are learning what memory and "bits" are… at least it provides time to peruse the forums here lol

BWX · Mar 30, 2004, 03:39 AM

QUOTE:

"Yea i need to get off my ass and go take my A+ testing"

I was just talking to my younger brother who works at a very large insurance agency programming mainframes, and my older brother who works for a clinical trials company, about getting my A+ certification.

My younger bro said he could hook me up w/ a job making 35g to 40g/ year to start working for his company- Not great, but unfortunately it's more than I'm making now..

He said there's a lot of PC history involved in the test, but after talking to him about it he thinks I could pass it without taking classes, just maybe reviewing and taking some practice tests... Actually I know 100x more about PC's than both of them put together because they really don't need to know much about PC's for their jobs. I never really thought of getting any certification before, but I think it may be worth it now.

They say if you do something you enjoy doing for your job you'll never have to work again.. If you like working on PC's and stuff like that, it seems like getting certified for hardware would be the thing to do, especially if you already have a good head start by messing around with PC's your whole life- you've already done most of the work.

A couple years ago I was thinking about going to school to get an MCSE, but after talking to some friends that have one, and looking at the books they needed to read to pass the test, it didn't seem right for me-
I think I could do it, but I don't think I would like the jobs that an MCSE would go for.. I'm more of a hands-on hardware type that likes the mechanical aspect of a job too- not all software and networking troubleshooting..

Let me know what happens with your training and testing if you go through with it, or if you think you're going to just take the test or go for classes.. Either way, good luck!

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 03:42 AM

i should really find out what sort of certs are on offer where i am

BWX · Mar 30, 2004, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dj_stick
i should really find out what sort of certs are on offer where i am

I'm sure they all are-

I'm just starting to search out this stuff on-line.

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+certification
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+certification

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 03:49 AM

fair nuff, i'll speak to the IT dudes at my school tomorrow… currently i am doing a 2 year certificate III in General IT

BWX · Mar 30, 2004, 03:58 AM

After that you'll probably be able to pass the A+ test no problem- but I'm not sure, I'm just starting to research it- but it sounds like you won't have a problem.

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 04:00 AM

yeh but i'm not sure i'll be in the computer industry when i leave skool more into audio stuff
btw this is post # 500 - time for an avatar - unless the rules have changed lol

BWX · Mar 30, 2004, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dj_stick
yeh but i'm not sure i'll be in the computer industry when i leave skool more into audio stuff
btw this is post # 500 - time for an avatar - unless the rules have changed lol

Woot!

Audio huh? Like designing speakers and stuff, or home/car audio?

**dj_stick** · Mar 30, 2004, 04:17 AM

nah is in audio recording music production that sort of stuff

BWX · Mar 30, 2004, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dj_stick
nah is in audio recording music production that sort of stuff

Oh that's cool, you'll probably make allot more money in that field anyway- but if you already have the knowledge in your head, being A+ certified is a nice thing to have on your resume.