I have nightmares, and i have beauty from them
That causes far, FAR more nightmares
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Two chain smokers in front of their PC's, pack a day for 10+ years
Let me ease you into this by showing what wiped off the plastic at the end, after using the air compressor and a toothbrush for a few hours
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How bad could the PCB alone be, right?
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Oh.
From here on is the "before" images and the nightmare fuel. It's all tobacco tar with dust, then more tar, more dust, ad infinitum.
GTX 750ti *STILL WORKING*
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PSU from that PC looked fine, right?
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PC #2 was a delight, it had this new RAM technology called sticky channel
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PC #3, a poor athlon II x2 555
This one stank too bad to get up close shots, hence more blur
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From here we go back to PC #1 and the nightmares
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The 750ti
Look up the temperature it takes for steel to turn blue, even if its plated or the various combinations these plates came in over the years
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There is no way this happened safely
None. That shit got way too hot for way too long, or anodised from a short grounding out the DVI cable over a very very long time
This guy has cancer now
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