Fitting PSU

Shagger

Shagger

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Is there anyone here that can recommend someone from the Strathclyde area (Glasgow, Coatbridge, Airdrie, etc) that can come out and fit my PSU?

I've got the new PSU here, i just need someone (with experience) to come out and fit it. The person would be paid, of course. :cool:
 
'give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his days.'

Get involved, else every time you upgrade you will get this.

Read up, go slow and you will likley end up enjoying the sense of achievement.

Any questions, take some pics and post em up, people ll be able to help and this isnt rocket science so I dont anticipate any shortage of people posting info.
 
el Kuarlos said:
'give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his days.'

Get involved, else every time you upgrade you will get this.

Read up, go slow and you will likley end up enjoying the sense of achievement.

Any questions, take some pics and post em up, people ll be able to help and this isnt rocket science so I dont anticipate any shortage of people posting info.
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There's nothing to be scared off in a computer. Just take pictures of where wires go, unplug them, unscrew the PSU and fit the new one. Just try to touch the case as little as possible. Static will be the only thing that can damage your PC (unless you dribble a lot!) and it's easy to avoid.
 
Give him a fishing rod and he'll break it up for firewood, or swap it for a fish.

PSU is pretty easy to fit, and as others have said on here, there's not much that you can do to damage your rig. If you're able to post some pictures up here then people will help, I'm sure. Each connector is fairly unique anyway, so there isn't much chance of plugging the wrong cable into your mobo or devices.
 
its easy to do, just put the colourful stringy things into the holes that are the same size as the plastic rectangle things, switch on and your done :D
 
I'll try finding a vid on youtube, if you're willing to do it yourself. It's simple
enough to do, the manual you get should be adequate enough. Be careful
with static electricity, always ground yourself, and it should be a breeze.
I'm a bit stuck for time, so perhaps someone else here can help you, but
anything you get stuck with, just take some pics, post them here; and
you'll get all the help you need. :)
 
Just try to touch the case as little as possible.
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ANDARIAL said:
It is the other way round surely?
TOUCH the case to reduce the risk of static discharge into the components :)
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Well what you can do is plug the computer in, but not switch it on at the wall and then if the case is earthed properly and is metal of course, all the static will go straight to earth. However this requires the power supply to be fitted, so that's not really going to help here. :p To be honest I've never had a problem with static electricity. If you want to be careful though and don't have anti-static wrist band, do the work next to something which you know is earthed, like a piece of exposed metal on a radiator. If you touch it occasionally while you do the work and don't shuffle your feet along the floor, you should be fine. Oh and no nylon tracksuits as well. :p

And like others have said. There is nothing to be scared of. The majority of things in a computer nowadays won't fit together if it isn't meant to. The hardest thing with a power supply though is cable management. Have some cable ties at the ready while you fit it. You'll want to maintain good airflow through the case which means tying cables as much out of the way as possible. Depending on what case you have will determine how easy this is!
 
all you have to do is plug the motherboard in first, thatll be the 24pin (or 20 pin) connection, then the cdrom (molex 4 pin) then graphics card connection should have pci-e written on it, urmmm 8pin cpu connection should be by the cpu on the left, and then your sata for harddrive, couldnt be easier mate.
 
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