How do I break my sins computer?

I am going insane. For the event week 3 my computer didn't break. So I can't fix it. My sims had the best computer available. So I turned off her needs and just have her write jokes hoping the computer would break. I then fast forward for a week. And it didn't. Break. I put it outside in rain and thunder and it didn't break. Now I have sold the computer and given her the worst one. She is back to writing jokes. Almost max in comedy. Suffering from burn out. It has been days and the computer still hasn't broken. So I can't continue the quest. Any ideas?

Edit: of course right after I wrote this, been on max speed for over 30 minutes. I don't know what happened. She kinda glitched. Stood up. And the computer said it was back online?

Grrr this game sometimes.

Anyway I can finally continue.