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I have a gash across my hand from cutting myself as a kid on a bare ATX case I was pulling a motherboard out of. A friend spooked me while I was at work on the
by serf 7y ago
I have a gash across my hand from cutting myself as a kid on a bare ATX case I was pulling a motherboard out of.
A friend spooked me while I was at work on the motherboard, I quickly recoiled, but my hand caught the razor sharp edge of a stamped steel case.
The scar is still there, and fairly large. I've always called it my geek dueling scar.
I guess the ATX case was the winner?
- Waterluvian 7y agoI have a 9 inch scar down my leg where my then-kitten fell off my lap and used his claw like a cutlass-wielding pirate rappelling down an unfurled sail. Pirate cat won the duel.
- lonelappde 7y agoThe case is just a skeleton. Is the computer still alive?
- kencausey 7y agoI think you mean 'exoskeleton'.
- barrkel 7y agoI got one pulling a molex out of the back of a CD drive while pulling the CD drive forward out of a tower case. The front panel had been removed, and the sharp edges of the stamped steel case were exposed; I got a gash on the back of my hand when the molex came out only with great force. It's not huge, about 1 cm in length and 2mm at its widest point, but it's pretty much the only scar on my arms.
- geocrasher 7y agoTo this day I avoid the cheapest of the cheap cases, as the edges can be razor sharp. I cut my hands and fingers on them countless times, but have avoided any big scars.