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How NOT to cool down a game console...
« on: August 23 2007, 10:20 am »
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Dumb, dumb, dumb. Apparently, a 14 year-old North Carolina boy was almost killed trying to keep his Xbox 360 from overheating. According to local news, the boy's mother found her son unconscious after he attempted to submerge the console in a pan of water. "When I left to go next door he was playing a game but when I got back he was laying on his back on the floor and unconscious," she said. The console, wrapped in plastic and tape, was still plugged in. The kid has read online that he could keep his 360 from over heating by cooling its power supply. By the time the ambulance showed up, the boy had regained consciousness. Thankfully, when the ambulance arrived, the boy had regained his senses. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and suffered small burns on his hand and foot. Kids remember: No matter what the internet says, electricity and water are NOT friends. They're not even on speaking terms.

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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #1 on: August 23 2007, 02:39 pm »
14 years old and still being that stupid......*shakes head in disbelief*
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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #2 on: August 23 2007, 02:56 pm »
jeez. if he weanted to keep it cool, he oughta have gotten an ice sheet. thats how i used to keep this crappy laptop from burning the carpet, but putting it ontop of a icesheet withing a towl. they even make special type of ice sheets FOR electronics.
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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #3 on: August 24 2007, 11:28 am »
Omg what a stupid boy -_- who the heck told him that one they could get killed! ugh.

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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #4 on: August 24 2007, 04:08 pm »
Poor boy... =(
makes me a bit happy he turned out just fine...
but still, it was quite stupid what he did...

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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #5 on: August 25 2007, 12:46 am »
God, he must not have paid attention in science class. Or to TV sitcoms. Or to comercials. Or to warning stickers on hairdryers... Geniuses are everywhere, I suppose.
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Re: How NOT to cool down a game console...
« Reply #6 on: August 25 2007, 10:03 am »
360 hardware failure is occurent enough by itself.
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