Turns out this was a good joke.
Where did you find that out?
The only major computer mistake I ever made was accidentally burning out 3 brand new Cool Master fans hooking up a fan controller. I don't know why manufactures can’t use standard black and white for positive and negative. It was really late (3 am) and I was trying to finish. My finger was moving towards the Power button just as I saw my error…. 3 small poofs and good old electrical burning smell… I went to bed.