dave's computer

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

you would hate me.... never used one. three of the pins on the htpc's sempron are bent out of shape too and it works...

i use the "sledgehammer" school of pc building

I don't see the point in them really.

As for the sledgehammer school, I subscribe to the "if it's in the right slot, and it's reasonably aligned, cane it till it's in" school.

Your cpu... :o

Originally Posted by nffc

I don't see the point in them really.

As for the sledgehammer school, I subscribe to the "if it's in the right slot, and it's reasonably aligned, cane it till it's in" school.

Your cpu... :o

Cant do that with a AMD 64 Chip pins bend way to easy

[Dave Stones]

Originally Posted by nffc

I don't see the point in them really.

As for the sledgehammer school, I subscribe to the "if it's in the right slot, and it's reasonably aligned, cane it till it's in" school.

Your cpu... :o

that's what i did... didn't notice the notch they put on one corner...

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

that's what i did... didn't notice the notch they put on one corner...

That's what I always check. Anything else, I try and ram, especially PCIs which you know are true. RAM is slightly more tricky.
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Cant do that with a AMD 64 Chip pins bend way to easy

what, 754, 939 or 940?

[Dave Stones]

i know how to do it, i just wasn't paying attention.... but hey, i only crushed 3 pins and it still works

the worst thing i have ever had to do is seat SIMM memory. boy, that is a bitch...

i don't like your signature btw leave poor huddersfield alone

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

i know how to do it, i just wasn't paying attention.... but hey, i only crushed 3 pins and it still works

the worst thing i have ever had to do is seat SIMM memory. boy, that is a bitch...

i don't like your signature btw leave poor huddersfield alone

You don't support them, do you?

[Dave Stones]

Originally Posted by nffc

You don't support them, do you?

the mc alpine (i refuse to call it galpharm *shudder*) is 10 mins drive from me. it's my duty

ANYway, to get this thread slightly back on topic, i have purchased:

NEC 3540 DVD Writer
16 in 1 internal memory card reader

People might think I'm doing this in a funny order.... but the more "serious" components, I am holding back on for the moment, in the hope that prices drop slightly

Also, until my student loan arrives

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

the mc alpine (i refuse to call it galpharm *shudder*) is 10 mins drive from me. it's my duty

Lol. Well, you better hope we win another game (long shot), because that's the "win list" for the season.

[Dave Stones]

you could put a lose list up

or don't the forum rules allow such long sigs?

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

you could put a lose list up

or don't the forum rules allow such long sigs?

We beat you. :P

Originally Posted by nffc

That's what I always check. Anything else, I try and ram, especially PCIs which you know are true. RAM is slightly more tricky.
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what, 754, 939 or 940?

I dropped a 939 about 2 inches onto the motherboard and bent a whole row of pins and some. Spent hours with a stanley knife straighening them. Over a year later the machine runs fine still

[nffc]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I dropped a 939 about 2 inches onto the motherboard and bent a whole row of pins and some. Spent hours with a stanley knife straighening them. Over a year later the machine runs fine still

cool. I normally just take mine out the packet and straight into the socket...

Originally Posted by nffc

cool. I normally just take mine out the packet and straight into the socket...

Yeah it was just one of those hand fisted momemts
I know its off topic but ill ask anyway,has anyone ever had a P4 weld itself to the heatsink so when removed the chip comes with the heatsink but the retaining clip is still closed .Scary moments making sure no pins were left in socket i tell you

[Dave Stones]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Yeah it was just one of those hand fisted momemts
I know its off topic but ill ask anyway,has anyone ever had a P4 weld itself to the heatsink so when removed the chip comes with the heatsink but the retaining clip is still closed .Scary moments making sure no pins were left in socket i tell you

yeah, my laptop does this. regularly. (take my laptop apart to dust it, its one of the dells with a vacuum cleaner instead of a fan )

the heat spreader seems stuck to the heatsink/heatepipe, i pulled it out on more than one occasion before

[Dave Stones]

bumping this back to the top...

my case came today, coolermaster centurion 5 black and metallic blue, looks very very smart

also, a black dvd writer to go in it. that was a novelty, dabs decided to send it in a box 2 and a half feet long and 1 and a half feet wide... i'm all for safe packaging and everything, but come on