The Filthy, Rotten, Nasty, Helpdesk-Nightmare picture clubhouse

peche · Mar 10, 2016

silentbogo said:
I think I've never-ever in my life seen anything like that.

cannot trust that image... must be a joke

jboydgolfer · Mar 10, 2016

ruff0r said:
Still speechless.
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Wait.... is that NOT the way TIM is supposed to be applied??!! Shit! no wonder my temps have been SO off.and i EVEN watched an Entire 45 second Youtube video tutorial too... :nutkick:

theJesus · Mar 10, 2016

That actually improves the conductivity between the CPU and the socket so it runs faster. It's like overclocking.

dorsetknob · Mar 11, 2016

i thought that in order to make your Pc run faster you used coke paste between the CPU and the socket

apparently they call it " The Crystal METH od"

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silentbogo · Mar 11, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
Wait.... is that NOT the way TIM is supposed to be applied??!! Shit! no wonder my temps have been SO off.and i EVEN watched an Entire 45 second Youtube video tutorial too...

About them Youtube videos, I have a whole collection of "I've seen it on Youtube" epic fails. :nutkick:

I'll make some pictures later today.

R-T-B · Mar 11, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
Wait.... is that NOT the way TIM is supposed to be applied??!! Shit! no wonder my temps have been SO off.and i EVEN watched an Entire 45 second Youtube video tutorial too...

Reminds me of that ancient prank post where one of the oldtimers made a fake "noob account" mistake of using toothpaste for a TIM, and put it on everything, then put it in the dishwasher to fix it, etc... People were speechless about the amount of retard in that thread. Shame it was all fake, I could almost buy it today... Anyone got a link?

R-T-B · Mar 11, 2016

AHA! Found it!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/please-help-used-toothpaste-and-now-wont-boot.33041/

Gotta love @erocker's wonderfully diplomatic reply there...

I dont know what it is called... where the cpu goes into? what is that?

Click to expand...

Your butt.

Frick · Mar 11, 2016

theJesus said:
That actually improves the conductivity between the CPU and the socket so it runs faster. It's like overclocking.

It's like the pin mods you could do on some C2D's.

Anyway, did anyway post this? Shamelessly stolen from @OneMoar. https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/561041-980ti-darwin-awards-help/

R-T-B · Mar 11, 2016

Frick said:
Anyway, did anyway post this? Shamelessly stolen from @OneMoar. https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/561041-980ti-darwin-awards-help/

Not really gag inducing, more "ghetto mod" thread material.

Toothless · Mar 11, 2016

R-T-B said:
AHA! Found it!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/please-help-used-toothpaste-and-now-wont-boot.33041/

Gotta love @erocker's wonderfully diplomatic reply there...

Oh my goodness you just made my morning.

silentbogo · Mar 11, 2016

Here we go.

PART 1. Not so nasty, but still horrifying... LGA socket pin straightening.

I'll start with a typical Youtube DIY video followed by a few newbie attempts at replicating the repair process.

Attempt #1 - "I had 2 bent pins and tried to fix 'em with scissors... It didn't work..."

Red circle marks the spot where he accidentally pulled out a pin after successfully straightening its neighbor. The best low-budget H81 board banished into oblivion...

Attempt #2 - "I saw a guy on youtube: he used a flathead screwdriver."

End result - requires full socket replacement.

I'll add some nasty fails tomorrow, because it requires some digging in my "discard box".

Ahhzz · Mar 11, 2016

silentbogo said:
Here we go.

PART 1. Not so nasty, but still horrifying... LGA socket pin straightening.

I'll start with a typical Youtube DIY video followed by a few newbie attempts at replicating the repair process.

Attempt #1 - "I had 2 bent pins and tried to fix 'em with scissors... It didn't work..."
View attachment 72772
Red circle marks the spot where he accidentally pulled out a pin after successfully straightening its neighbor. The best low-budget H81 board banished into oblivion...

Attempt #2 - "I saw a guy on youtube: he used a flathead screwdriver."
View attachment 72773
End result - requires full socket replacement.

I'll add some nasty fails tomorrow, because it requires some digging in my "discard box".

I always preferred to use a mechanical pencil. the pins fit right into the end of the pencil

natr0n · Mar 12, 2016

Cleaning out the upright vacuum cleaner outside today; I thought of this thread.

...Dust was flying and then some.

t_ski · Mar 12, 2016

R-T-B said:
Not really gag inducing, more "ghetto mod" thread material.

You obviously didn't see the whole bit, including the card breaking in half...

R-T-B · Mar 13, 2016

t_ski said:
You obviously didn't see the whole bit, including the card breaking in half...

I did now.

ruff0r · Mar 13, 2016

micropage7 · Mar 13, 2016

ruff0r said:

so after years no one realize its there?

P4-630 · Mar 13, 2016

ruff0r said:

LOL

good find, and they probably never checked the CPU temps before....I wonder why my pc is so slow and throttling..Hahaha :nutkick:

Frick · Mar 15, 2016

Where's the Ghetto mods thread?

64K · Mar 15, 2016

Frick said:
Where's the Ghetto mods thread?

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/ghetto-mods.55387/

Ithanul · Mar 15, 2016

ruff0r said:

Wow, that gave me a good laugh. I could probably find something around here full of dust. Hmmm, maybe opening up that old Hewlett-Packard would be interesting since it never been open and very old (it has Windows 3.1 on it).

jboydgolfer · Mar 17, 2016

this drive doesnt seem to want to cooperate with me....it IS old tho...let see what i can do

nevermind i THINK i fixed it

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 17, 2016

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:peace:

silentbogo · Mar 17, 2016

You probably won;t believe, but this just came from the kid that broke the first motherboard in my previous post.
The email only says "Can you fix it??? plzzzz..."

jboydgolfer · Mar 17, 2016

do You NOT have a micro-processor lab @ your disposal?!
i cannot Believe that in this day and age people are forced to live in such conditions.

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