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Disaster Worst PC Assembley disaster ever whitnessed!!!

Discussion in 'Modding' started by Monster63385, 18 Mar 2004.

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  1. VadimtheConqueror

    VadimtheConqueror I love the little tacos...

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    one of the guys at work, who is infact one of our tier 2 guys, tried to hotswap his video card.

    and people wonder why tech support is so bad.
     
    VadimtheConqueror, 6 Apr 2004
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  2. vaiomutatorman

    vaiomutatorman What's a Dremel?

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    How could anyone think that was a good idea?

    Of course, they probably think we're nuts too. Imagine what we look like to the uneducated outsider. We take a $1000 (on average) peice of equipment and spend hundereds more cutting it, welding it, glueing it, lighting it, glassing it, stealthing it, and whatever else our twistedminds can come up with. I thought it was insane too, before I tripped and fell in.
     
    vaiomutatorman, 7 Apr 2004
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  3. ric449

    ric449 What's a Dremel?

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    Wish I had the guts to be a modder.... The closest I came to modding was cutting some plastic off a fan because I had to get it to fit in a case that needed a cradle for the fan, which I didn't have.
     
    ric449, 7 Apr 2004
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  4. VadimtheConqueror

    VadimtheConqueror I love the little tacos...

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    ric, think of it this way.

    while yes, you are modding the whole computer, if you screw up and break something, you only need to replace that one thing, not the whole computer. and if you stick to just modding the case, the risk to the guts is minimal.
     
    VadimtheConqueror, 7 Apr 2004
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  5. SFOD-D LoneWolf

    SFOD-D LoneWolf What's a Dremel?? :p

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    This is priceless!!
    [​IMG]

    Nothing that can't be fixed by some skilfull modding :dremel:




    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    SFOD-D LoneWolf, 10 Apr 2004
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  6. Xgamer

    Xgamer What's a Dremel?

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    While it was still connected to a monitor? :hehe: :duh:
     
    Xgamer, 12 Apr 2004
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  7. aaronrkelly

    aaronrkelly What's a Dremel?

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    Thats not possible as you would have to unplug the monitor to get the card out of the slot - the monitor cable/plug wouldnt allow it out of the slot.

    Im guessing he means he swapped the card with the PC on......
     
    aaronrkelly, 24 Apr 2004
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  8. TMM

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    Its possible. WHen i take out my gfx card i always forget and have to hold the card in mid air while unscrewing the plug from it :p
     
    TMM, 24 Apr 2004
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  9. aaronrkelly

    aaronrkelly What's a Dremel?

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    Same here - happens everyime. Let me clarify. If would not be possible to hotswap the card while its connected to the monitor because somewhere in the process you would have to disconnect the monitor cable to get the card completely out of the PC.
     
    aaronrkelly, 24 Apr 2004
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  10. Xgamer

    Xgamer What's a Dremel?

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    ^^ Well if some how you remembered to uplug the monitor how is it you would forget to turn off the PC to take out the vid card? :worried:
     
    Xgamer, 24 Apr 2004
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  11. acrimonious

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    I've hotswapped RAM and hard-drives by accident before.

    Completely messed up the HDD but the RAM was fine, although it chrashed my system obviously :hehe:
     
    acrimonious, 24 Apr 2004
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  12. SFOD-D LoneWolf

    SFOD-D LoneWolf What's a Dremel?? :p

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    Same here....I always forget to unplug the monitor from the GFX card :duh:




    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    SFOD-D LoneWolf, 24 Apr 2004
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