Re: Anyone had their gear die?
during the setup of actf, 1 hour and 23 minuets after day1 of con had started "and an hour behind schedule" we had...
1 switch
2 ports on another switch
1 port on ANOTHER switch
3 cat5 cables
and one of our contest computers (we fixed it around 2 or so hours into the contest)
die
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Re: Anyone had their gear die?
I had a nice experiment with a magnetron... but it died... a shame didn't get to show it.Leave a comment:
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Re: Anyone had their gear die?
Strangely enough, my Inspiron laptop's power supply stopped supplying its normal 15V and now only puts out a puny 10V. Powers the laptop but the battery won't charge. However I think it's more likely to be a result of the power brick getting thrown around in my bookbag combined with poor design than anything else. Contacted Dell last night and they've got another replacement PSU on the way (this is the 3rd PSU for this laptop, and I've had it for about 9 months).
As crappy as Dell laptops tend to be, their support is excellent (_ALWAYS_ use their online chat or do support over email.. talking to people is awful. But when you can put your problem in the form of simple sentences using words containing no more than 2 syllables they're really on the ball). The extended warranty is completely worth it, especially when you didn't pay for it ;)Leave a comment:
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Re: Anyone had their gear die?
The only thing that died for me was the badge. I then accidentally dropped my bag while the badge was in it, as was a glass bottle of whisky. The whisky began pouring through the bag and soaked the badge. At that point, the badge resumed working for at least 36 hours.Leave a comment:
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Anyone had their gear die?
Somewhat related to Who has the crud thread...
I always seem to have mysterious equipment failures after Defcon.
This year my Dell Inspiron laptop stopped working on Monday... I'm actually not too upset because it was a piece of crap anyways. Perhaps the Vegas heat killed it.
I had another scare with my Canon Rebel XT. It wouldn't turn on Monday. I recharged both batteries (I have the battery grip on it) and still no luck. I disconnected the battery grip and batteries and let it sit for two days. Yesterday I popped everything in and it turned on.
ASTCell and I were playing around with his insanely bright 125mw green laser at Defcon and I stupidly shot a picture while the laser was shining through the lens. When the camera would turn on, I thought for sure that the laser killed it.
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