Well let me start off by saying, my computer sucks.My computer sucks real bad.AMD Athlon 64 1.90Ghz OC 2.5Ghz4GB RAMnVidia 9500GT250GB Hard Drive630 Watt Power Supply And some other unimportant stuff. So, I've convinced my mum to let me upgrade, money isn't on my side. So that was a no.I had to figure out a way to do this. Let me tell you how. I waited until my mum and brother was asleep Then I begun mission 'Upgrade', deep in the jungle of my room. Backed in a corner in my cold twisted room, with one flashlight, the airy feeling settling in. I carefully unplugged my computer, makking sure not to disturb anything, up to the slightest form of Bacteria.While I sat there in the silhouette of the crescent moon. ScrewDriver in hand, I remembered the distinct tap it made has iron contacted the chipped paint on the nuts holding my case on. And carefully removed them, it didn't take long before I'd remove the SATA connections to my hard drive that squealed as I pulled it from it's bedding and carefully rested it aside, slowly exposing my heatsink and fan. I carefully removed those and there it was, lathered in thermal Paste, the Holy Grail, the Processor -Que Music- I lifted that out and held it with pride. It didn't take long for my nerves to get the memo, the thing was piping hot. Here is the fun part, and the most helpful part. I delicately took a fingernail clipper and snipped a few prongs off of the outdated piece of metal. I felt bad, I felt terrible, but that's what you get for being a 1.9Ghz processor. Carefully reset everything and turn on my computer, to meet an ever lasting beep, "JAMALJEY" my eyes wide with surprise, I quickly packed up and ran in the bath, to pretend as if I was showering. Skip to tomorrow, now earlier today (Yesterday's tomorrow) I got up and told my mum the issue, about my computer not starting. She said she'd call someone to check it out, that got the heart rate up a bit, what if he found out what I did?So he arrived, and he's going through all these diagnostics, I'm gripping on to faith here, but in some how God was behind me, he turned around and said "It looks like your mother board is fried Jamalje" My heart raging, he told my mum the best thing I can do Is get a new Mobo + CPU combination, so that works out ;)So a twist of faith helped me get a new computer, the end.Morale : Burn your computer you'll get a new one.

This is why the world is F'd.

This is why the world is F'd.

Yeah, I agree don't you hate when people forget to sign their names?

I can't help but laugh whenever I look at your picture jamalje. I actually guessed the meaning of your picture right all of this time, and I just think it's hilarious.

I can't help but laugh whenever I look at your picture jamalje. I actually guessed the meaning of your picture right all of this time, and I just think it's hilarious.

I'm really glad you do ;)

Karma? What is this guys, the 16th century? There is no such thing..\

Actually there is. But you'd have to be a Zen student to be familiar with it. Hint #1 - it's not what you think Hint #2 - this thread illustrates it in all kinds of ways. Hint #3 - so does my reply. Hint #4 - so does your reply to me, if you post one. And if you don't, that illustrates it, too. Hint #5 - it has to do with actions and reactions, and how things play out. It's everyday stuff. Now, how about all the moralists here climb down off their pedestals and cut the guy some slack. Do you know him and his family well enough to judge him? Or is he just some text on a screen to you that you're jumping to conclusions about? Final Zen advice for the night - chill.

Nah.. doesnt offend.

Bwahaha, the replies to this topic actually made me laugh loudly (or LOL, if you like). Karma? For real? And that many of you? Weeell, ok. I'm not gonna ruin this thread by starting a discussion about my thoughts around religion and other spiritual... stuff (send me a PM if you dare discuss with me ). To OP: I loved your story, a kid's job is to exploit their parents from time to time (to a certain degree, of course). Scratching a CPU to get a new one, I don't see the harm. It's not a mean thing, it's a white lie. Noone will get hurt from this. Enjoy the upgrade, Jamalje!

this was a really funny story

Made me chuckle, thanks for the reads!

Bwahaha, the replies to this topic actually made me laugh loudly (or LOL, if you like). Karma? For real? And that many of you? Weeell, ok. I'm not gonna ruin this thread by starting a discussion about my thoughts around religion and other spiritual... stuff (send me a PM if you dare discuss with me ). To OP: I loved your story, a kid's job is to exploit their parents from time to time (to a certain degree, of course). Scratching a CPU to get a new one, I don't see the harm. It's not a mean thing, it's a white lie. Noone will get hurt from this. Enjoy the upgrade, Jamalje!

Of course. Exploiting your parents is the norm. Lol. It's not that no one else does it, it's that it's not the right thing to do! Anyway. I know Jamalje is a nice fella, you can tell by watching him on the forums. Kids will be kids. (No offense Jamalje)

I found your story to be quite humorous, Jamalje! I'm not gonna try to scold you like some wannabe parent because 1. I don't know you and 2. It was a pretty clever idea, so... Congrats on the upgrade! But don't ever do this again...you will get caught.

Am I missing something or did you destroy your mom's computer and dishonestly get her to buy new stuff?

It's the American way.