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Not really sure what kind of category this would fit in, so

 

I have a computer that has decided to be a bastard, so I have contacted the company I brought the parts from and they have asked me to ship it to them so they can check it. How on earth do I make sure it gets there safe. 

(P.S, it will be flying)

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Not really sure what kind of category this would fit in, so

 

I have a computer that has decided to be a bastard, so I have contacted the company I brought the parts from and they have asked me to ship it to them so they can check it. How on earth do I make sure it gets there safe. 

(P.S, it will be flying)

 

 

Wrap it up.. put it in a box :P - if you have the box for the case, you could put the whole PC back into that and ship that,  or just wrap it in many many layers of bubble wrap and put it in a box

 

 

Honestly i would have asked here if anybody knew what the problem was - could have made things easier than shipping every part back

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Inside the retail packaging then inside a shipping box surrounded with bubblewrap/packing peanuts.

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Everybodies friend CH (BTW why is he hated so much in here?  I know it was about some anti-Linus comment but I can not see nor find any video where he says anything anti-Linus or anything that could be percieved as anti-Linus).

 

https://youtu.be/gDqliDuICZ0?t=21m12s

 

Is it just me or does that  seem to take an age to boot ?

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Everybodies friend CH (BTW why is he hated so much in here?  I know it was about some anti-Linus comment but I can not see or find any video where he says anything anti-Linus or anything that could be percieved as anti-Linus).

 

https://youtu.be/gDqliDuICZ0?t=21m12s

 

Cos he sounds like a downy? And really doesnt know that much it seems... A 30 minute video on how to put the PC back in its box... Awesome...

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Everybodies friend CH (BTW why is he hated so much in here?  I know it was about some anti-Linus comment but I can not see or find any video where he says anything anti-Linus or anything that could be percieved as anti-Linus).

 

https://youtu.be/gDqliDuICZ0?t=21m12s

 

 

If you have the original polystyrine that came with the case, put it in the case box with that and some packing peanuts or bubblewrap. BOOM.

 

 

Inside the retail packaging then inside a shipping box surrounded with bubblewrap/packing peanuts.

 

 

Wrap it up.. put it in a box :P - if you have the box for the case, you could put the whole PC back into that and ship that,  or just wrap it in many many layers of bubble wrap and put it in a box

 

 

Honestly i would have asked here if anybody knew what the problem was - could have made things easier than shipping every part back

Sweet, just making sure there wasn't anything big I had to do to prevent it from being damaged  :)  Cheers guys

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I would remove the GPU from the slot.

I remember a local e-shop that builds computers on demand posting a picture with how they pack the computers and it was filled with foam. I asked if it was because of the heatsink (a large Noctua) and they said that the heatsink has a stable backplate, but the GPU is heavy and held in with only 2 screws and a plastic slot and they had issues with them before.

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 And really doesnt know that much it seems...

 

I never got that impression from him. For his business still to be going strong after all this time with him not knowing that much is a miracle.

. A 30 minute video on how to put the PC back in its box... Awesome...

Eh?  the first 21 minutes of that video is his building it.  It is only about two minutes of him putting it back then misses most of the process (mea culpa: should have watcehed that video before posting  wasn't the one I remembered but I thought it would have basically the same info)  most of it was Mike Smith (his cohort on Tech-vets) unboxing it, showing how he had packed it at Fedex

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Cos he sounds like a downy?

 With a comment like that you make the 'do not piss on him even if he is on fire' list

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I would remove the GPU from the slot.

I remember a local e-shop that builds computers on demand posting a picture with how they pack the computers and it was filled with foam. I asked if it was because of the heatsink (a large Noctua) and they said that the heatsink has a stable backplate, but the GPU is heavy and held in with only 2 screws and a plastic slot and they had issues with them before.

Sweet, thanks  :D

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Maybe; but is it so bad to want a bit of production quality in videos -.-... The sound is godawful.

 

Back up, did you mean he sounds "downy" as in he has Downs syndrome or "downy" as in his mouth is stuffed with feathers. If the former then my "not piss on if on fire" stands if the later all my (groveling) apologies I missunderstood you.

  Having a child with "special needs" I tend to be (overly) sensitive to these things, and when I see a phrase like "sounds a bit downy" I jump to conclusions.  Agasin <learn to type if you meant "downy" as in a mouthfull of feathers (ie muffled) sorry.

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Back up, did you mean he sounds "downy" as in he has Downs syndrome or "downy" as in his mouth is stuffed with feathers. If the former then my "not piss on if on fire" stands if the later all my (groveling) apologies I missunderstood you.

  Having a child with "special needs" I tend to be (overly) sensitive to these things, and when I see a phrase like "sounds a bit downy" I jump to conclusions.  Agasin <learn to type if you meant "downy" as in a mouthfull of feathers (ie muffled) sorry.

 

I meant stuffed with something; why do you think I mentioned the sound quality...

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I meant stuffed with something; why do you think I mentioned the sound quality...

You hadn't .  The first time you mentioned sound quality was the second post the one I replied to realising I had made a mistake in what you had meant.

 

In my defence you did say "sounds LIKE A downy" not "sounds downy"

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