I need help making my device unusable without causing physical damage to the device itself, so anything that would require component replacement provided it doesn't involve hitting or causing physical damage to the laptop itself is fineIt’s an older laptop that needs to be gotten rid of, so it doesn't matter if it becomes permanently unusable and unrepairable, I just need it to be unusable gfrens >inb4 susit's my own device, I just need an excuse to buy a new one with the lady
>>109724413heatgun behind the cpu
>>109724413Uh please clarify. Your request is confusing and all over the place
>>109724472without damaging the device itself in a physical manner, make it a potatoso, can't just snap some component inside o algo
Magnets, water
>>109724541thanks, but the damage it causes on the inside is obvious
wait until all of the components are incompatible with the modern ecosystem
>>109724568thanks, but I'd prefer it be possible in the immediate future rather than a distant one
Write down long complicated password on paperBios lock with passBurn paper
>>109724586i think what you're trying to do is impossible>making my device unusable without causing physical damage to the device itself,I can only imagine damaging the architectural state of firmware in some way, problem is these are usually reset on boot. I guess flash the BIOS with a bricked firmware? But that probably isn't "unrepairable".You are essentially asking how to break a device without breaking it?
>>109724607I don't know, in the past with older devices you could mess with the bos while it was updating o algo but it doesn't seem possible on this device>You are essentially asking how to break a device without breaking it?Well, in the sense that I don't want to hit it or actually cause damage like snapping or hitting components, but still make it unusable in the way that for example a CPU that overheated would make a device
>>109724413they'll be able to tell it's warranty fraud
>>109724641if you fry a component with too much voltage, that is still physical damage and it will be visible upon inspection
>>109724641How much is the RAM?You can make it overflow by loading intensive apps (usually financial apps).
>>109724413Radiation.Most people won't have the equipment to detect it. Visual affects it appears untouched.
>>109724413>oh no I tripped on the cord, it yanked it off the table and it broke on the floorWhy would this not be acceptable?
>>109724644it's a many-year-old device, nobody is giving me shit>>109724653it's 16 GB of RAM, DDR4>>109724682I'd rather not die>>109724657radiation? is that doable or does it require special tools thoughbeit
>>109724698>I'd rather not dieThe idea is the laptop gets sent flying and breaks, not your head.
>>109724706I meant get killed by someone, you know how ladies are
>>109724739Accidentally tripping on the charger isn't an intentional thing, it's an accident.
>>109724698>it's a many-year-old device, nobody is giving me shityour scenario isn't believableunsocket something, put scotch tape on the pins, socket it back in
>>109724413>I just need an excuse to buy a new one with the ladyyou should have just said you were a pedo bro. you have to ask your wife to buy things?
>>109724760he clearly means his mom because his laptop cant play the latest games. why else would he waste a perfectly fine laptop
>>109724413So breaking your laptop without physically destroying it will convince your mom to get you a new one?lollmao, even
>>109724745cranky people don't care about intention
>>109724772I play games once in a blue moon and they are mostly old and run fine, it's just at it's limit>>109724773not my mom but yes timmy das rite
>>109724413pee on it
>>109724413Install Debian without non-free firmware.
>>109724783>not my momYeah sure thing kid. I don't have to ask my wife for permission if I have to buy a new laptop.
>>109724551wait for the water to dry out????
>>109724775How technically inclined is she? For example would just zeroing the first few sectors of the disk or disconnecting it to make the machine unbootable work?
>>109724943you just ask her boyfriend for a new one instead I assume>>109724999not a complete tardlet but not someone who would be browsing g either
>>109724999as long as it wasn't obvious someone fucked it up, it would probably be fine
every OS has it's own flag to trip kernel panic / bsod, just use those
>>109725026Then just corrupt the boot sector and say a virus destroyed the computer. Or boot a Linux live USB and corrupt the registry hives, that'll cause a bluescreen at boot that the auto recovery won't be able to fix.
>>109724472he's asking how to brick it without physically damaging it.
