Killer Xbox

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

A 14 year old boy from Brevard, North Carolina was nearly killed Sunday while trying to stop his Xbox 360 from overheating.

The boy’s mother told local news that his Xbox 360 kept turning itself off after about 5 minutes. Her son had read online that he could stop it from cutting off by cooling the power supply. “I saw him put the cord on top of a box in the living room”, said the boy’s mother. “When I left to go next door he was playing a game but when I got back he was laying on his back on the floor and unconscious”.

While his mother was away the boy had taken the power supply and wrapped it in plastic and tape. In an attempt to cool it off, he submerged it into a pan of water with the cord still plugged in. The boy had regained consciousness by the time paramedics had arrived. He was taken to the Transylvania CommunityHospital in Brevard where he spent the night.

Community Hospital

Aside from getting knocked unconscious the boy only suffered small burns to his right hand and foot.

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http://www.funtechtalk.com/boy-nearly-killed-trying-to-cool-xbox-360/

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[David19 10+ year member]

wow that kid is a ****in retard

 

[David19 10+ year member]

thats like saying.. does the gun kill people or does the person with it kill...

its not the xbox fault.. lol

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

i laughed out loud.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

That's not a killer Xbox, that's killer stupidity.

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

Almost a Darwin Award there.

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

Also trying to figure out how 110V wall power knocked someone unconscious... never seen that myself. I realize that the converter probably switches it to 12V, and that it's amperage that kills, not voltage, but this isn't about stopping the heart, it's about knocking someone unconscious... I just ain't buying the whole story, personally... sounds like someone trying to set up a lawsuit.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I guess you never took apart a flash from a camera they can rely shock the crap out of you.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Stupid *** kid. Actually stupid *** parents for not teaching him not to put electronics into water.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

they should sue the internet.

 

[blackdragonaudi 10+ year member]

Stupid people sight what happened to the good old days when kids stuck keys in outlets.

 

[Andrew_as 10+ year member]

what stupid *** people! WTF!