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Requiem For A Motherboard

Posted by timothy on from the ill-planned-and-stupid-rock dept.

JimLynch writes "In my last DIY column, I discussed what it was like to build my first system. As time went by, unfortunately, my DIY system wasn't all wine and roses. This column tells the story of how I destroyed my motherboard through a series of ill-planned and stupid actions. It should stand as a shining example of What Not to Do for DIYers everywhere."

2 of 502 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow by Mz6 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well... he pretty much screwed up building a simple Windows box... What do you expect?

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    Hmmm.
  2. Bullshit Story by Nintendork · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    While reading this, I couldn't help but think that someone made this whole story up. The best example is the static electricity. I know it's best practice to wear a strap, but I've found that touching the power supply before touching anything else is enough to prevent mishaps. Before I was doing that I never had any zapped parts either. I'm not saying static electricty won't kill a part, but I am saying that in my own personal experience, it's not so common that it should happen to this guy along with all these other mistakes in one building experience.

    To top it off, he claims that after going from a VIA KT400 chipset (The Soyo mobo) to a Nvidia chipset (The Asus mobo), everything booted up fine. Bullshit.

    -Lucas