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| Thread ID: 62214 | 2005-09-30 12:26:00 | Why I'll Never Make it as a PC Technician | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 392303 | 2005-09-30 12:26:00 | After my woes from trying to simply add a stick of RAM, things have turned to custard. PC won't boot. I'm pretty sure I stuffed the slots somehow. So this genius goes and buys a new motherboard... not a top-of-the-line unit, but a grade above my old one. Now, just about to fit it and replace all the components, and remember, um, what about thermal paste for the CPU!? Doh! :annoyed: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 392304 | 2005-09-30 12:53:00 | Hmm. Static electricity, cracked motherboard, bad caps. Should be able to see if the the memory slots were damaged. I usually manage to bump an IDE cable loose.. Don't worry a warranty repair contractor somehow managed to stuff up a motherbaord replacement, at my work the other week. I got a faster CPU out of it though :D Ye old bad capacitors (which are afflicting Dell Optiplex 270s). |
gibler (49) | ||
| 392305 | 2005-09-30 13:03:00 | It gets worse. It's been over two years since I built this PC, now I can't even figure out how to detach the CPU (Socket 478) fan. :eek: The small handbook that it came with is in the spare bedroom... somwhere. But because we're moving to a new house next week I haven't bothered to replace the blown lightbulb. *aaargghhh* |
Greg (193) | ||
| 392306 | 2005-09-30 19:36:00 | I think I've got an instruction book somewhere . . . oh wait, it's in the spare bedroom somewhere :groan: After about 5 comps it gets a bit confusing which books go with which comps, even if the light bulb is going! PS, I have heard that thermal paste is fairly important to the to the efficient running of a CPU . . . was too scared to assemble mine and blow all that money, so humbly asked the comp store to do it for me . |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 392307 | 2005-09-30 20:50:00 | It gets worse . It's been over two years since I built this PC, now I can't even figure out how to detach the CPU (Socket 478) fan . :eek: The small handbook that it came with is in the spare bedroom . . . somwhere . But because we're moving to a new house next week I haven't bothered to replace the blown lightbulb . *aaargghhh* Remove the drives, add-on cards, graphics etc - all that stuff first . Then when you have nothing but the board and CPU attached, undo all the MB screws and remove the board with the CPU still attached . Lay it down on a static free surface and THEN remove the cooler and CPU - much easier to work on and you can see clearly what you are doing . Same with the new board - install the CPU and cooler before putting the board into the case . Use some isopropyl alcohol to remove the old crusty paste then apply a SMALL amount of fresh paste to the cpu . You do not want blobs that weill ooze out all over the place once the heatsink goes on . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 392308 | 2005-09-30 21:26:00 | Great advice pctek, thx. Much of which I'm basically aware of, but gross amounts of beer just don't go too well with comp repairing :dogeye: (well the missus is away after all) :D | Greg (193) | ||
| 392309 | 2005-10-01 00:06:00 | After my woes from trying to simply add a stick of RAM, things have turned to custard. PC won't boot. I find with one of my boxes that almost every time I fiddle with the memory, the motherboard flexes just enough to pop the sound or graphics card out = no boot. First time it happened, I was sure something had gone wrong with the memory and was about ready to send it back / get a refund / cry. Possibly all three. Thankfully, I somehow realised all I needed to do was give the sound card a tap in the right direction. Can't live with 'em... ;) |
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