Back in Windows 98 times, I had bought a new halogen desk lamp. I put it on my desk, turned it on, and my machine promptly BSODed. It was reproducible as well.

Back in Windows 98 times, I had bought a new halogen desk lamp. I put it on my desk, turned it on, and my machine promptly BSODed. It was reproducible as well. The switch on that lamp was effectively a "push here for BSOD" device. What probably happened was high inrush current on the iron core transformer, and shitty 90s chinese power supply caused the opposite of a voltage spike, which I don't know the english term for. The lamp became my bedside table lamp. A duty it serves to this day.