You are going to fuck this up. Don’t come crawling back to me when you lose all your data since the dawn of time and you completely brick this goddamn computer. This is your one and only warning.

  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I feel like there is probably some software stuff you could do to permanently fuck the hardware, such as running a resistor at full voltage for a sustained period of time when its only meant to see bursts. Still not truly beyond repair, but you could make it very difficult.

    • kadu@scribe.disroot.org
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      21 hours ago

      Before a relatively recent fix, Linux would mount and expose the folders that contain critical firmware data on your motherboard, meaning you could brick several models of motherboard by deleting or messing with those files.