I'm something of an expert myself
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Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
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Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
Also remember to flip the switch on your power supply
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Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
There's so many mobo connectors that clearly were not designed with cycle count in mind.
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Also remember to flip the switch on your power supply
remember to plug the cord back into the power supply
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remember to plug the cord back into the power supply
Remember to press the power button (!)
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Remember to press the power button (!)
And remember to have a computer
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Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
The pinouts on motherboards actually has been mostly standardized, it’s just that case manufacturers can’t guarantee that your putting a motherboard in with that standard layout
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Often this is because of those little shit pin connectors for the power button getting pulled loose. How has a better, standardized option not been made for those yet?
Pretty much every motherboard in the last 10 years has shifted to the “Intel Standard” layout:
Most midrange to high end cases have a single connector that fits right on there, for compatibility they include a breakout adapter.
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I spent 20 years as an IT admin. We used cans of compressed air to clean dust out of computers. Light, gentle sprays, preferably cleaned outside so the dust doesn't just fill the room.
If you hold down the spray button for a few seconds, the can turns ice cold really fast, so be sparing with it. Also, don't tip it upside-down while spraying or it'll spray liquid that can damage computer components.
In all the years blowing dust out of computers, the only time I actually damaged a computer was when I tried to use a vacuum hose blowing air in reverse. It was too rough and broke some motherboard components.
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And remember to have a computer
Remember to have power
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Remember to have power
remember to flip the breaker from last house fire
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Load bearing dust
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Is it connected?
Happened to me once, my wife won't let me forget it
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it reminds me of that Macbook vs thinkpad meme.
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Remember to hold your fans in place and prevent them from being spun by compressed air. If they spin fast enough they can generate enough current to cause damage.
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remember to flip the breaker from last house fire
remember to have a house
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Check if maybe any dust got into the connectors. Prone to thus is the PCIE connector on the motherboard, when removing the GPU. Just blow into it to make sure its dust free. Happened to me more than once.
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I spent 20 years as an IT admin. We used cans of compressed air to clean dust out of computers. Light, gentle sprays, preferably cleaned outside so the dust doesn't just fill the room.
If you hold down the spray button for a few seconds, the can turns ice cold really fast, so be sparing with it. Also, don't tip it upside-down while spraying or it'll spray liquid that can damage computer components.
In all the years blowing dust out of computers, the only time I actually damaged a computer was when I tried to use a vacuum hose blowing air in reverse. It was too rough and broke some motherboard components.
I believe that vacuums also generate a ton of static charge as the air flows over the plastic hoses and such. They make special vacuums for electronic that are static free but expensive.
https://metrovac.com/collections/electronics-it/products/datavac-electric-duster -
Remember to hold your fans in place and prevent them from being spun by compressed air. If they spin fast enough they can generate enough current to cause damage.
and if at any point you had to disconnect your fans for cleaning do not forget to connect them back in. the fans are not optional components. modern PCs and laptops will straight up refuse to turn on if they can't detect the fans
