January 10th, 2011
Turn in Your Badge
My first experience installing a graphics card was quite an ordeal. I’m not quite sure what I was doing wrong, but I had to fight with it for a bit before I could get it to work. Also, I think this is the first time with Ence actually using his iPhone like a phone. In real life, I actually have an Android. It’s awesome.
See everybody on Wednesday!
I’ve seen some stuff crammed into some slots with force before, and most of the time it was a video card. I don’t know if users run into issues with the design of the PCI-E and AGP slots, but it always ends up being those that causes the worst issues. As long as it worked in the end we’ll allow you to eventually re-enter the Nerd-dome. 🙂
Most of the worst scenarios I was brought into was with the processors. Folks I worked with would either order the wrong processor and still try to cram the pins in, or just have the processor turned wrong and try to cram the pins in. Once you bend the pins on a processor it’s a booger getting them straightened back out to work again. But a precision flat head screw driver and a fine point needle nose plier will usually do the trick. My motto…if you feel it has to be forced, back up and re-evaluate….or go get the 12lb hammer. 🙂
Exactly, if you have to force something in, it’s probably not the right spot for it. Puzzle pieces and Legos taught me that much at least 😛
Ence you fool!! lol
Actually installing memory is the biggest problem for me. Those damn clips are the scariest thing ever, when I undo them the memory stick goes flying out!
Hey, out of curiosity, does my username for massivepwnage and Gravatar need to be the same for the avatar to to work? Unfortunately the username was already taken on Gravatar…
I don’t know, I think all that matters is the e-mail address. I can see your avatar just fine.
I have a digital camera that ejects its memory card like a bullet. I’ve gotten it to go 6 feet in the air before.
my ram jumps a couple of cm and lands percisely inside the slot
works a treat xD
lol the only problem i have run into with putting together computers is them never including the right diagram for the motherboard with the one they send you…. a pain in the arse figuring it all out.
“You’re no longer a nerd”
Epic facepalm!
It should become a meme XD