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[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago

Bro forgot to mount that atx board in his micro itx case with a nail gun and a pair of shears.

[-] PentastarM@midwest.social 3 points 21 hours ago

Walmart tech repair service

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Oh god I just realized those white dots between the CPU and the cooler are probably those adhesive Velcro dots.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you hole punch the CPU to get it to fit, you don't have to worry about it overheating....

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

1/10 didn’t even secure cpu or second ram stick with hammer

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That's ok, he probably taped them in later on.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I like my parts to fit toolessly when I'm done, so I use my router to dovetail the joints and secure them with gorilla glue in case the joints expand.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

So you totally can put thermal paste in the pins like that. Everything else….

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago

Really? If it's conductive, it'll short every pin. If not, it won't connect CPU to motherboard?

I figure you're probably correct, but I don't understand.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

https://youtu.be/t52UW5bXkbs

But yeah thermal paste just isn’t conductive and the pressure supplied to the pins is high enough to still get contact.

[-] L7HM77@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

There was a video I watched several years ago, no idea how to find it again, where this guy fucked up a motherboard / CPU with thermal paste to see if you actually can add 'too much paste.' Directly underneath the pins, wayyy too much on top, extra around the socket for good measure, smashed it all together, and the thing just... boots normally...

Kinda makes sense tho, every tube of paste I've used was marked as nonconductive, and the CPU socket should be designed such that carbon buildup is scraped from the pins when reseating, which would clear away the paste and allow good contact.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

This actually made me tear up.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Tears of joy I'd assume :)

[-] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

I had to stop myself from down voting this

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

I applaud your self-restraint.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Now start it up. I dare you.

[-] SpicyTaint@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is the IT version of the How To Basic videos.

[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I need more of this

[-] DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago

DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND GO SIT IN THE CORNER FOR WHAT YOU JUST DID.

[-] nimble 35 points 1 day ago

Did it post? Don't leave us hanging like that

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I wanna see the magic smoke that means it work leave the computer

[-] Asweet@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

I was hoping that the last shot was going to be that of a screen with a windows installer running.

But like, Vista or something

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I think Windows 11 would be funnier

[-] TranaCosmica 23 points 1 day ago

I'm horrified.

[-] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I thought it was earnestly bad and then it just kept going... it's like a body horror film or something

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Forgot the metallic nail polish and neodymium magnets.

Amateurs.

perfect customer experience

worse, Doom runs it

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Oh that’s. . . Wait . . . Oh no, don’t . . . Well that’s not gonna work, is it . . Ohhhhh . . . Oh come on . . . What are you-?!

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

So this is the full version huh

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wow, they messed up big time. Should have followed this tutorial

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