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

[micropage7]

What happens when you clean every filter your case has but one? This:
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That poor front panel is literally choking!
For comparison, this is in Feb 2016 when that panel was brand new(above photos taken in Dec 2019):
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Linus Tech Tips has a video on YT where he tries to solder back on some pins of an AMD CPU. Honestly, it looks as if it's out of his league too
Just google "LTT fixed dead cpu"

you should use lower fan speed, lower fan speed will less drag the dust into the filter
but with that proof, it means your filter works pretty good

 

[Valantar]

(if he made it look easy and succeeded, he could be sued for encouraging people to damage X brands property)

Lolwut? I know the US could change its name to the land of the frivolous lawsuits, but that is beyond ridiculous. A simple "don't try this at home" would protect them from anything like that. But more crucially, how could a repair guide be construed as encouraging people to damage something? Doesn't the concept of repair imply that it only applies is the thing is already damaged?

 

[freeagent]

I have a Dyson and a DataVac.. there is no need for this kind of filth.. you filthy animals

I used to smoke like a chimney, with my computer a half inch from the carpet, with a big dog, and some cats and man.. the dander and nicotine would fill the ridges of your fingerprint and stain your skin until you used soap and water.. It was gross. If you got enough on you it almost felt like a lubricant. Plus with the windows open in the summer on a corner lot, there was some extra dust.

My basement will get a sweep tomorrow.

 

[cst1992]

using the wires from a SATA port

Now I am curious.

 

[Mussels]

Lolwut? I know the US could change its name to the land of the frivolous lawsuits, but that is beyond ridiculous. A simple "don't try this at home" would protect them from anything like that. But more crucially, how could a repair guide be construed as encouraging people to damage something? Doesn't the concept of repair imply that it only applies is the thing is already damaged?

Think of his intel delidding video where he did the worst possible job at it, and was like 'duhh didnt work'

if he did it well, made it look easy all the idiotic followers would copy, kill chips and either claim it on warranty (pissing intel off) or blame him, pissing his income off.

 

[cst1992]

I'd say there's something wrong with a person if they refer to LTT for delidding instead of der8auer.

 

[biffzinker]

Now I am curious.

It's a matter of improvising for the missing pin.

 

[Valantar]

Think of his intel delidding video where he did the worst possible job at it, and was like 'duhh didnt work'

if he did it well, made it look easy all the idiotic followers would copy, kill chips and either claim it on warranty (pissing intel off) or blame him, pissing his income off.

The warranty claims would be rejected (clear physical damage), and blaming him ... so what? The proportion of users willing to try this even if it looked easy wouldn't be big enough to make a dent in their veiwership. LTT is typically also pretty clear on their "don't try this at home/do at your own risk" warnings - not that that is enough to stop an idiot with an idea, but it's not their fault that people are stupid.

As for this being grounds for any type of lawsuit, which was what you said initially, any such lawsuit would be laughed out of court, and any lawyer dumb enough to present it might face repercussions for wasting the courts' time. I doubt any competent lawyer would actually take on the case (though we all know there are plenty of troll lawyers out there).

 

[Mussels]

Now I am curious.

typo there, it was a wire from a SATA *CABLE* - i even made a thread when i did it

Summary: SATA wires are the right dimensions, you just cut it out to the length of the pin, drop it in mobo slot and you have repaired your AM4 CPU

i've done it for 3 pins total, and its worked every time (systems would not post without the pin, so verified fix not a placebo)


edit: i feel its the sponsors pushing, and i went off on a tangent about warranty forgetting the final point: Do you think intel would keep sending linus things, if he didnt say their products were good as is, and didn't need fancy modding? You can see their stance on issues change by the week, but its always in favour of who is sending them the most goodies

 

[cst1992]

Personally, I don't like LTT much. Too flashy, too "uber"(the guy plays with RTX 3090s and RX6900XTs as if the average Joe could afford them), doesn't give that air of "professionalism" that reviewers like W1zzard or der8auer have - it's like the guy is a 35-year-old child. Also, too much sponsorship.
OTOH I kinda feel sorry for him. He's in too deep - even if he's frustrated with it he can't stop now. It's all about what his 12.5M subscribers want to watch next.

 

[micropage7]

Personally, I don't like LTT much. Too flashy, too "uber"(the guy plays with RTX 3090s and RX6900XTs as if the average Joe could afford them), doesn't give that air of "professionalism" that reviewers like W1zzard or der8auer have - it's like the guy is a 35-year-old child. Also, too much sponsorship.
OTOH I kinda feel sorry for him. He's in too deep - even if he's frustrated with it he can't stop now. It's all about what his 12.5M subscribers want to watch next.

i used to watch LTT videos when he unboxing something, actually i prefer like that before he shouts alot and kinda annoying

 

[lexluthermiester]

Let's return to the topic and end the LTT bashing. Like him or not, he's a tech force to be reckoned with. Let it go.

 

[bobbybluz]

*sigh* I still miss the old Tech TV The Screen Savers and Call for Help cable TV shows from 20+ years ago. I still have a few on VHS tapes even though my last VHS player needs a rebuild now and won't play them.

 

[Splinterdog]

Today's challenge!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Today's challenge!
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Bloody hell! Good luck, eh?

 

[Tom Sunday]

What clearly shines through and based on the depicted (apparently much older) filthy hardware, whoever these people are, I hope that they remain thin on the ground anywhere. For any PC system in getting this clogged and dirty I can only imagine in what state of cleanliness their households are. Of course on the other side of the coin, people like this are welcomed by Dell and HP alike, as such condtions of neglect, pride and basic care promote and feed the new purchases of propiatary and out-of-the-box systems. Enough said!

 

[Valantar]

What clearly shines through and based on the depicted (apparently much older) filthy hardware, whoever these people are, I hope that they remain thin on the ground anywhere. For any PC system in getting this clogged and dirty I can only imagine in what state of cleanliness their households are. Of course on the other side of the coin, people like this are welcomed by Dell and HP alike, as such condtions of neglect, pride and basic care promote and feed the new purchases of propiatary and out-of-the-box systems. Enough said!

Most people don't even know that a PC case can be opened safely, let alone understand that cleaning the internals is needed, so frankly they can't really be blamed. The inside of an old PC is also a poor indication of the general cleanliness of its surroundings - dust is unavoidable, and will accumulate in anything with forced airflow, so given enough time (and of course dependent on placement - floors are much more dusty than shelves or desks, for example) any PC will be caked in dust. We dust and vacuum our entire apartment weekly with small in-between touch-ups when needed, my PC sits on my desk in a corner with no foot traffic past it and not close to any windows that are opened frequently enough for dust ingress to be a factor there, but I still need to clean its dust filters every 2-3 months. If it didn't have filters and I didn't know to clean it, I can only imagine what the insides would look like after 3-5 years.

 

[Tomgang]

Today's challenge!
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Holy hell, how dit that happen?

Good luck and i hope you have a lot of patience for all these pins.

 

[Splinterdog]

Sometimes it beggars belief the condition in which customers hand over their laptops for repair. Screens are usually splattered, keyboards are filthy with who knows what, power bricks are abused and they generally carry them around in plastic supermarket bags. I have to bite my tongue and not tell them how abused their machines are.
They get zero sympathy from me, but they do get charged accordingly.

 

[cst1992]

Today's challenge!
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Please tell me you DIDN'T use that thing as a wire brush...

What clearly shines through and based on the depicted (apparently much older) filthy hardware, whoever these people are, I hope that they remain thin on the ground anywhere. For any PC system in getting this clogged and dirty I can only imagine in what state of cleanliness their households are. Of course on the other side of the coin, people like this are welcomed by Dell and HP alike, as such condtions of neglect, pride and basic care promote and feed the new purchases of propiatary and out-of-the-box systems. Enough said!

That's a big generalization you're making.
My house is fairly clean, but my PC gets dirty easily - for the simple reason that it's 6 feet from an open doorway.

 

[micropage7]

What about growing some fungus on the headset

 

[JustAnEngineer]

It's a good thing that Sennheiser still sells replacement pads for models that they quit making over 3 decades ago.

 

[lexluthermiester]

What about growing some fungus on the headset
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That's not fungus, the plastic coating on the ear cushions have begun to rub off and the cloth fibers are showing through. I have a set that look just like that.

 

[cst1992]

That's not fungus, the plastic coating on the ear cushions have begun to rub off and the cloth fibers are showing through. I have a set that look just like that.

No, that's not it.
I have the same exact kind of coating on my old sports shoes.
If it were the inner foam showing through, it'd be white. Mold, on the other hand, is yellowish green like what's shown here.

 

[lexluthermiester]

If it were the inner foam showing through, it'd be white.

Not if it's been sitting on your head soaking up skin oils. It's not mold.

Mold, on the other hand, is yellowish green like what's shown here.

Yup, that's what it looks like soaking up skin oils.