Hardware Gore

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Welcome to /c/HardwareGore!


This community is dedicated to showcasing broken hardware like phones, laptops, computer hardware and other devices. Here, you can see everything from shattered screens, bent casings, fried motherboards, destroyed gadgets, to liquid damaged phones and battery explosions. Share your unfortunate moments, whether they are unintentional accidents or from moments with lack of control.


Community Rules - Click to expand


These rules are subject to change at any time with or without prior notice. Therefore, you should keep an eye for changes before you make a post or comment.

(last updated: 10th October 2023 - Rewording some rules, minor updates to existing rules and introduction of Rule 7; no actual change in how the community works than it already does)


  1. This community is a part of the Lemmy.world instance. You must follow its Code of Conduct (https://mastodon.world/about).
  2. Please keep all discussions in English. This makes communication and moderation much easier.
  3. Only post content that's appropriate to this community. Inappropriate posts will be removed.
  4. NSFW content of any kind is not allowed in this community.
  5. Do not create duplicate posts or comments. Such duplicated content will be removed. This also includes spamming.
  6. Do not repost media that has already been posted in the last 30 days. Such reposts will be deleted. Non-original content and reposts from external websites are allowed.
  7. Absolutely no discussion regarding politics are allowed. There are plenty of other places to voice your opinions, but fights regarding your political opinion is the last thing needed in this community.
  8. Keep all discussions civil and lighthearted.
    • Do not promote harmful activities.
    • Don't be a bigot.
    • Hate speech, harassment or discrimination based on one's race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, beliefs or any other identity is strictly disallowed. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to discuss in this community.
  9. The moderators retain the right to remove any post or comment and ban users/bots that do not necessarily violate these rules if deemed necessary.
  10. At last, use common sense. If you think you shouldn't say something to a person in real life, then don't say it here.


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I upcycled some ram (protosparky.uk)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/hardwaregore
 
 

Idk if it even fits in this community, but here we gooo




This stick of ram has been my emotional support stick of ram for almost a decade. It's traveled with me around the world, and been in my backpack through tough times.
Since it's so old and only 4GB, i can't really use it or sell it, which is why i turned it into a knife. It's surprisingly sharp, and short enough that the airlines in my country allow it in carry-on and checked luggage, so it can still be my travel companion

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RGB? - No RGB (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by MrPommeroy to c/hardwaregore
 
 

When the CPU cooler conflicts with the top of the RGB ram stick, an angle grinder is useful..

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Rusted to the death (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Krafting to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Ouch. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 

Credit

Cause: ripped out GPU

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What the f... (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Poor S7 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Used, like new (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Screen Burn-in (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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VGA (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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'Tis but a scratch (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Pond water loop (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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OP: "I murdered my phone a year ago. Slammed it in a car door when leaving excitedly for Uni after it fell out of my pocket. Never again."

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Chips :) (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by poplargrove to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Original poster apparently found it at an internet cafe

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"It still works" (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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Unpatchable bug (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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A hard drive (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by GamerBoy705 to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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My 2011 laptop (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/hardwaregore
 
 
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