[OT] Was: totally satisfied :D

[Mehrdad]

On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 08:53:33 UTC, monarch_dodra 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 08:36:46 UTC, Mehrdad wrote:
>>
>>
>> What exactly do you guys _do_ with your computer that suddenly 
>> breaks the power supplies?! Maybe I'm just too young to know, 
>> but I've never seen a power supply break...
>
> I once tried to do some GPU calculations. After several hours, 
> the PSU failed, frying my components. The graphics card was 
> literally ON FIRE (!). Nothing was salvageable.
>
> Anyways, that is what *THAT* is how to kill a PSU, and *THAT* 
> is what happens when they fail...

Dang that's... intense. o.o

Are laptop power supplies more durable or something?
None of my laptops (or anyone's laptop I know) have had 
problematic power supplies...