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Posted by JD8180 on Mar-21-2008 03:27:

best way to break a CRT monitor?

the only way i can get my old, crappy crt monitor at work replaced is if it breaks down. what are some efficient, quiet ways that i can break mine without making it look obvious that i purposely broke it?


Posted by tubularbills on Mar-21-2008 03:31:

Re: best way to break a CRT monitor?

quote:
Originally posted by JD8180
the only way i can get my old, crappy crt monitor at work replaced is if it breaks down. what are some efficient, quiet ways that i can break mine without making it look obvious that i purposely broke it?


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Posted by washout on Mar-21-2008 04:10:

have sex with it.


Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Mar-21-2008 05:14:

Drag some powerful magnets across the screen.


Posted by Sushipunk on Mar-21-2008 05:29:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Drag some powerful magnets across the screen.


Haha, good call. Should do the trick.


Posted by BoReD365247 on Mar-21-2008 05:35:

bend some pins and claim that you were trying to readjust the connection because it wasn't working correctly and you noticed that the pins were bent. One or two should do the trick.


Posted by KilldaDJ on Mar-21-2008 14:33:

yeah, break off a few pins of the connector, that should do it


Posted by getfoul on Mar-21-2008 15:02:

Semiauto shotgun.


Posted by Gauss on Mar-21-2008 15:05:

quote:
Originally posted by ********

First time I've seen that one. Flawless victory.


Posted by ballmouse on Mar-21-2008 15:49:

light it on fire


Posted by hectorc on Mar-21-2008 15:53:

Dunno

How about 'accidentally' spillingh coffee from the top on to the back of the CRT?!


Posted by CyclonesWorld on Mar-21-2008 16:09:

Definitely do not try shorting the monitor out internally by dropping things in the slot. Sure, it'll probably work but if you set your office on fire I'm sure they won't give you a new monitor.

Best thing is use a magnet. But any IT guy (Aka me) would see straight through that and give you another crappy CRT to be an asshole.

Bending the pins of the VGA connector is a good idea. They can break easily when you try to bend them back into place. What you should do is rearrange your desk, move your computer around, etc. Bend one of the pins all the way down. Don't try to fix it yourself though, have someone from IT attempt doing it. If you bend it enough, bending it back will be fairly impossible to do without breaking the pin.

It's not uncommon for a VGA cable pin to get bent either so it's believable. Play dumb and say you were wondering why it took so much force to reconnect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector

Look at the link above. Go for one of the Red, Green or Blue pins. The monitor will still work but the color won't be there.


Posted by Fibonacci on Mar-21-2008 20:44:

throw it off the roof of an abandoned building


Posted by MarkT on Mar-21-2008 20:54:

dump water in it at the end of the day so that it's dry by morning...then shrug when IT asks wtf happened to it.


Posted by JD8180 on Mar-21-2008 22:00:

quote:
Originally posted by CyclonesWorld
Definitely do not try shorting the monitor out internally by dropping things in the slot. Sure, it'll probably work but if you set your office on fire I'm sure they won't give you a new monitor.

Best thing is use a magnet. But any IT guy (Aka me) would see straight through that and give you another crappy CRT to be an asshole.

Bending the pins of the VGA connector is a good idea. They can break easily when you try to bend them back into place. What you should do is rearrange your desk, move your computer around, etc. Bend one of the pins all the way down. Don't try to fix it yourself though, have someone from IT attempt doing it. If you bend it enough, bending it back will be fairly impossible to do without breaking the pin.

It's not uncommon for a VGA cable pin to get bent either so it's believable. Play dumb and say you were wondering why it took so much force to reconnect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector

Look at the link above. Go for one of the Red, Green or Blue pins. The monitor will still work but the color won't be there.


that's what i thought about the magnet thing. the pink and green blotches that form will be obvious that i passed a magnet over it. the only problem with breaking the pins is that my job requires us to call it if we want to rearrange our electronics so they can do it . thank you all for the input! i will do something soon enough.


Posted by Ian on Mar-21-2008 22:20:

spill glue on it.


Posted by tubularbills on Mar-21-2008 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
spill cum on it.


udurty



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