mihkail Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 About a month ago, in my bcis class (its a technology class where we use computers) i opened the computer and was looking inside and my teacher saw me and told me to never do that again. Now, several weeks later the computer is broken, the teacher says the whole motherboard "fried". She decided to give me a little heads up this afternoon in her class that they had asked her if she ever saw anyone open the computer and i was the only person she had ever seen... She says they are probably going to call me into the office tomorrow and ask me about it. Is this enough proof for them to make me pay for the computer? ( i looked it up $900 - IBM thinkcentre). All she saw was me looking into the inside with my hand in there, but this was a month ago, do you think thats enough proof? i mean it couldve been anyone right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkorb Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 man that isnt too good. im sure (not to be to mean or anything) but im sure she will tell them that she saw u. u really dont have any defences, and unless ur a good student, i thnk ur done for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihkail Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 well i havent ever been in any trouble since ive been in this school. but she saw me open it a month ago, they should know it doesnt take a month for a mobo to overheat/short out (im not sure what exactly happened) and i havent used that computer in about 2 weeks, since we change computers every six weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACarter02 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I had a 4.6 in HS and almost got expelled my Junior year for destruction of public property when my AP bio teacher saw me sitting on a desk that subsequently ended up broken. There were police involved and everything. 0_0 It was the only time I had to meet the principle that didnt involve receiving an award. However, I was honest. I told them that everything weas a misundertstanding. Just be honest man. Tell them that you build rigs... tell them theres no reason you would ever want to break a computer. Good Luck man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihkail Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 yeah i was thinking about telling them that, and if they dont understand ill explain to them that a computer shorts out instantaneously and it takes a few minutes to overheat in this case, not a month. but wow there were police just for a desk? what will there be for a $900 computer? FBI? CIA? a swat team to escort me to the office? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 but wow there were police just for a desk? what will there be for a $900 computer? FBI? CIA? a swat team to escort me to the office? Firing Squad:eek: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I had a similar plight, I was messing with a computer in the library....Just foolin around and got the old librarian over my shoulder asking me, "your gonna fry the cd drive doing stuff like that" a couple of days later I guess the whole system went down and I was suspended for and I quote "maliciously bringing down the library computer system." Have it in writing, will post if I can find it. Its framed somewhere. They didnt make me pay for anything though, so that was bomb. Do they have any computer techs that work there that know what they are doing? If so they would understand that opening a computer wont, as they like to say "fry" anything. goodluck man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthatwhichis Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 Free trip to Iraq to "hang" around with Saddam... :eek: That'll teach ya to keep your hands to yourself. Imagine if one of us caught you with your hands in one of our computers... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihkail Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 thanks guys. they cant prove i did it so im hoping theyll cut me some slack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 yeah man, if they try to make you pay, tell them you will fix it a mobo would be much less than $900 if thats what it really is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 best thing to do is be honest....If you try to just get out of it by being dishonest you conscience will get you...If it bothers you now...(which we can tell it does) just think how much more it's going to bother you later.... you'll sleep better if you just own up to it...think about that while you're sitting in the office.... most of the time if you're honest and come clean they'll go light on you...but if you lie and they know you're lying... whell things can get pretty complicated rather quick.... not to mention a vandalism charge... you did open it right...? Do the right thing man..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvintang Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 is it REALLY broken? anything fried?blown caps? or just dumb teacher? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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