Moving Overseas

[Greg1223]

hello,

So basically i am moving tonight (in around 4h, so i need a response ASAP) overseas, i plan on putting my pc in the luggage compartement (not cabin). I removed the GPU and secured the air cooler safely but left the cmos and ram in. will this be an issue?

[Tan3l6]

By cmos I assume CPU? And RAM. They won't break anything.

[Needfuldoer]

It should be fine, but removing the RAM is cheap and easy peace of mind. (There's always the chance of the plastic retainers opening up or breaking, especially if your RAM has a fancy, heavy heat spreader.)

 

You'll want to reseat the RAM anyway once you get to wherever it is you're going.

[Greg1223]

3 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

By cmos I assume CPU? And RAM. They won't break anything.

CMOS as in the small battery on the MOBO but I also left the CPU in

[Tan3l6]

Just now, Greg1223 said:

CMOS as in the small battery on the MOBO but I also left the CPU in

CMOS battery is safe to leave in place, as is CPU of course.

[Greg1223]

5 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

It should be fine, but removing the RAM is cheap and easy peace of mind. (There's always the chance of the plastic retainers opening up or breaking, especially if your RAM has a fancy, heavy heat spreader.)

 

You'll want to reseat the RAM anyway once you get to wherever it is you're going.

even with static electricity, the PC is wrapped in Bubble Wrap

[podkall]

4 minutes ago, Greg1223 said:

even with static electricity, the PC is wrapped in Bubble Wrap

unless any MB metal connections are touching the case, the static E does nothing I think,

 

much more concern when moving is CPU cooler and GPU

[PowerPCFan]

56 minutes ago, podkall said:

unless any MB metal connections are touching the case, the static E does nothing I think,

 

much more concern when moving is CPU cooler and GPU

Yeah you can probably leave in everything but the GPU and cooler, especially air tower coolers... an AIO might be fine but i'd still remove it if that's what you have

[podkall]

Just now, PowerPCFan said:

Yeah you can probably leave in everything but the GPU and cooler, especially air tower coolers... an AIO might be fine but i'd still remove it if that's what you have

if the handling is careful, it's okay to leave everything in,

 

but for like shipping through logistics service or whatever, or if you want to be extra careful, you remove the beforementioned parts