Why is it that when an item, be it a Motherboard, CPU, Graphics Card etc is brand new / current and therefore expensive to replace, its prone to fail?
I have had a long line of expensive to fix failures over the years, despite going out of my way to protect my equipment by the use of anti-static bags, earth straps etc.
Today, I did a Car Boot sale with my brother in law, true to form, I spent more than I sold!, in my haul was 3 motherboards, a 128MB ATI 9800 SE and a 128MB Nvidia FX5200AGP, 2 sets of speakers, a sound card, and a 20gb HD.
The sum total for these parts? - £4! - I bought the job lot as the heavens had opened and everything was soaked.
After a few hours of drying out, I dug out my old p3 test rig and tried the cards - they worked.
As do all 3 motherboards the speakers and even the HD has few bad sectors!
Treat something with contempt and it appears it'll serve you fine!
I have had a long line of expensive to fix failures over the years, despite going out of my way to protect my equipment by the use of anti-static bags, earth straps etc.
Today, I did a Car Boot sale with my brother in law, true to form, I spent more than I sold!, in my haul was 3 motherboards, a 128MB ATI 9800 SE and a 128MB Nvidia FX5200AGP, 2 sets of speakers, a sound card, and a 20gb HD.
The sum total for these parts? - £4! - I bought the job lot as the heavens had opened and everything was soaked.
After a few hours of drying out, I dug out my old p3 test rig and tried the cards - they worked.
As do all 3 motherboards the speakers and even the HD has few bad sectors!
Treat something with contempt and it appears it'll serve you fine!
