""The project went well, until I noticed a board in the server was quite warm," Steven told The Register. He therefore opened the chassis and slid his hand inside to feel the warm spot. Steven's intentions were good, but his memory wasn't: He was wearing a wedding ring, soon received a small electric shock and heard the telltale sound of a solenoid triggering. And then the server died."
"Cursing his foolishness, Steven fought mild panic and tried to bring the box back to life, without success. At which point his client's IT manager appeared, pointed out that the server was offline, and asked if everything was in order. Steven quickly concocted a fib and explained he was midway through a procedure that required a reboot, a story that satisfied his client and left him to find a fix."
Steven installed a mail server for a client. He noticed a board inside the server was unusually warm, opened the chassis, and slid his hand inside to feel the hot spot. Wearing a wedding ring, he received a small electric shock and heard a solenoid trigger. The server immediately died. He attempted to restart the machine without success while the client's IT manager checked on the system. He lied that a reboot was in progress, then heard a second click and the server resumed operations. The client later reported a problem and asked about root and admin passwords.
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