Re: Complete destruction if the Geeks perfectly good p133...

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Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hey all,
 I found a website awhile back (www.voltnet-dot-com) with links
to another site where a guy had taken an old (pre mmx) cpu
and run 10kV through it.. his fuse box kept blowing so,
with the addition of a large bolt to the breaker box, he
managed to make the cpu *explode*, sending that little
metal plate on the bottom high up into the ceiling of his
garage where it embedded itself into the framing.. I
remember thinking, "I HAVE to try that.. "

Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "bob by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <forlaser-at-gte-dot-net>
> 
> once a buddy of mine wanted to 'rma' his cpu.... it was
> an old pentium, pre
> mmx days.... we took the cpu it's self, and put it upside
> down (pins up) on
> a ground rod outside... whe then arced a oudin coil (50
> kv lets say)
> directly to the pins for about 5 minutes.. this is what
> it took to kill the
> cpu... prior to that, he used the oudin coil to arc
> directly to the
> motherboard while the machine was plugged in, but not
> turned on...
> notinghappened... the thing still booted up and
> operated...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:15 PM
> Subject: Complete destruction if the Geeks perfectly good
> p133...
> 
> 
> >Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> >
> >Hi all (esp. chris)
> >
> >I had a look at the pics from the geek frying that poor
> old PC... I am very
> >impressed, and I have a couple of questions, and a
> theory...
> >
> >Theory - why the motherboard didnt die when it was hit
> with arcs - the
> >capacitance between the ceramic casing of the chip and
> the air, and the
> >board and the air caused the skinn effect to take place,
> making the
> >electricity shoot over the surface of the
> board/components to the grounded
> >case, not damaging it. Dont ask me about the reeboot
> thou :)
> >
> >Question - What dod you plug the computer into? It seems
> pretty daft to
> plug
> >it into the mains when you have a million volt arcs
> hitting the thing...
> >
> >Question 2 - I have a pretty pants computer and wouldnt
> mind one that could
> >take million volt arcs  and still work - who was the
> computer made by? Just
> >to show how well it must have been built...
> >
> >
> >Jason
> >
> >Geek # 1139 Rank G-1
> >www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 


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