Hardware Installation Guide! :D

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:24

malc30 said:
You should have assembled the Mobo/Cpu & heatsink outside the case. Making applying the thermal paste & heatsink easier.

Yep, other than that it looked like a trouble free installation :cool:

Tee Hee Johnson · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:20

Admiral Huddy said:
you need to build yourself one of these dude :

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/PCZone_Blog.shtml#Not_just_any_old_shed.._

That is ******* awesome!

1 or 2 things holding me back.... poor studentness

and no place for it... im in a flat! lol

tho we do have a spare room... lol

Admiral Huddy · 19 Jul 2007 at 09:15

.. tis my little side business

BlastRadius · 19 Jul 2007 at 11:10

Nicely put together.

Now to get your dad to buy you a carpet

[joke]

Tee Hee Johnson · 19 Jul 2007 at 11:16

BlastRadius said:
Nicely put together.

Now to get your dad to buy you a carpet [joke]

thanks

haha... i actually quite like the floor! The rest of the flat is unpainted, which is nice... some choob painted this room white before i moved in! Its always coming off... on my feet, knees etc... grrr!

Dave · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:06

My advice is always just "pretend it's lego" when someone asks me how to install hardware in their PC

Tee Hee Johnson · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:08

Dave said:
My advice is always just "pretend it's lego" when someone asks me how to install hardware in their PC

haha... expensive sensitive lego

Justintime · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:31

craig_kennedy83 said:
Motherboard after cleaning, have set up new case for ATX motherboard and installed the backing plate! now ready to drop in!

Don't generally like to see that

Don't place boards on metal as it could potentially short out stuff like the BIOS battery etc.. and potenially cause some damage. Always use the mobo sponge or antistatic bag, might sound like a noobish thing but i've seen damage done like this and even by holding the board board wrong and static energy messing it up.

Tee Hee Johnson · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:49

Justintime said:
Don't generally like to see that Don't place boards on metal as it could potentially short out stuff like the BIOS battery etc.. and potenially cause some damage. Always use the mobo sponge or antistatic bag, might sound like a noobish thing but i've seen damage done like this and even by holding the board board wrong and static energy messing it up.

didnt have anywhere else for it

besides the bed lol! usually land all my components on metal... like the graphics, sounda and all that usually sit on the case side bits!

Justintime · 19 Jul 2007 at 12:56

craig_kennedy83 said:
didnt have anywhere else for it besides the bed lol! usually land all my components on metal... like the graphics, sounda and all that usually sit on the case side bits!

Try not to, might save yourself some grief in the future, use some cardboard or wooden floor

Tee Hee Johnson · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:02

Justintime said:
Try not to, might save yourself some grief in the future, use some cardboard or wooden floor

suppose wooden floor might have done it... would have got covered in paint tho