Posted July 12, 2017 Just for fun, list the dumbest thing you've ever done while building or working on a PC. Mine was leaving the plastic sticker on the bottom of the CPU cooler block when installing it Luckily, I realized this before booting the computer up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 screwing everything into the rig just to forget to plug some connector/install something else in first, then spending 30 minutes to an hour jamming my fat hands in the rig to connect/install it CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Using one without a heatsink. I knew what I was doing, but wanted to see the system post, and seeing as the cooler in that particular system was a pain in the rear to work with, I didn't feel like putting it on. It worked, until I forced it to shut off after realizing just how hot that Pentium 4 2.8GHz got. I could have cooked an egg or something on it by the time it got to the login screen on Windows 2000. Keep in mind that it was cold when I started it. Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 not realizing I could plug a 3 pin fan into a 4 pin header ended up returning my CPU cooler and purchasing a different one that was PWM rip Snorlax: i7 5820k @4.5ghz, Asus X99 Pro, 32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666, Cryorig R1 Ultimate, Samsung 850 evo 500gb, Asus GTX 1080 ROG Strix, Corsair RM850x, NZXT H440, Hue+ Smallsnor: Huawei Matebook X Canon AE-1 w/ 50mm f/1.8 lens Pentax KM w/ 55mm f/1.8 SMC lens Zenit-E w/ 58mm f/2 Helios lens Panasonic G7 with 14-42mm f/3.5 lens Polaroid Spectra System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Shoving a pcie connector onto a GPU ... Never worked.. built my pc with socks on carpet. Idiot dropped my PC while it was still running did a 4.5ghz overclock when IDLE WAS 70c GT 610 was an 'upgrade' from a GT 430. Took off a heatsink for 1x8gb ram, the ram came off with it theres a screw on my motherboard somewhere, let's hope it doesn't short it out when my PC was homeless (no case), I spilt water while it was running using a 600b still, with a 3770k and a 1070 Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017) Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 138 is a good number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Building a PC outside My life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Himommies said: Building a PC outside How is that bad? Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, Jamiec1130 said: How is that bad? Squirrels My life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, Himommies said: Squirrels Ha ha. My fear would be birds coming and annoying me or my neighbor's cat coming and mistaking my computer for somewhere to sleep. Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Unplugged the SATA cable of my HDD while the PC was running by accident... Was interesting to see how Windows was still working, and shows how much of Windows is in your RAM. What I found interesting, and opening the Start menu, and running programs, lead to nothing happening. When I plug back the SATA cable, the HDD did quite a bit of activity, then 30 or so sec later, every program was executed one after the other in order. It was educational... let's leave it at that. WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS. THIS MAY LEAD TO DATA LOSS. Doesn't mean I was lucky that it didn't happen, or noticed, that you'll get the same experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Overclocking a gt 730 few days later the color red stopped working and only blue and green color worked and I was stuck with that gpu for a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, GoodBytes said: Hmm, I might just have to try that...... Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said: Ha ha. My fear would be birds coming and annoying me or my neighbor's cat coming and mistaking my computer for somewhere to sleep. Even worse is if the bird were eating your eye balls right out of the sockets well you were still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Himommies said: Squirrels I died laughing "Put as much effort into your question as you'd expect someone to give in an answer"- @Princess Luna Make sure to Quote posts or tag the person with @[username] so they know you responded to them! RGB Build Post 2019 --- Rainbow 2020 --- Velka 5 V2.0 Build 2021 Purple Build Post --- Blue Build Post --- Blue Build Post 2018 --- Project ITNOS CPU i7-4790k Motherboard Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI RAM G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1866mhz GPU EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW3 Case Corsair 380T Storage Samsung EVO 250GB, Samsung EVO 1TB, WD Black 3TB, WD Black 5TB PSU Corsair CX750M Cooling Cryorig H7 with NF-A12x25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said: Ha ha. My fear would be birds coming and annoying me or my neighbor's cat coming and mistaking my computer for somewhere to sleep. The fact was that they kept mistaking the RAM for somoething and they were stealing it My life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 "upgraded" hd 7670 to crossfire r9 280.....lol Current: R2600X@4.0GHz\\ Corsair Air 280x \\ RTX 2070 \\ 16GB DDR3 2666 \\ 1KW EVGA Supernova\\ Asus B450 TUF Old Systems: A6 5200 APU -- A10 7800K + HD6670 -- FX 9370 + 2X R9 290 -- G3258 + R9 280 -- 4690K + RX480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 I built my first system, was very proud of myself. I picked the thing up to take to friends house. got there and being slightly too proud of myself, took off the side panel. Then i lifted the case, and realised. I hadn't screwed in the motherboard. dead CPU and dead mobo. broke half of the cables. oops Bow down to me humans. I can't help if you don't quote me. How am I supposed to know if you need my premium support? Now starting at £399.99 a year. Also, be a sport and mark the correct answer as the correct answer. It will help pour souls in the future when they are stuck and need guidance. "If it works, proceed to take it apart and 'make it work better.' Then cry for help when it breaks." - Me, about five minutes ago when my train of thought wandered. Remember kids, A janky solution is still a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Little 10 year old me flipped the PSU voltage switch from 220v to 120v on a 220v supply out of stupid curiosity, while plugged in. Private 4th of July show. OS: W10 | MB: ASUS Sabertooth P67 | CPU: i7 2600k @ 4.6 | RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz | GPU: x2 MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G | Storage: x2 WD CB 1TB, x1 WD CB 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Spare a moment for Night Theme Users: Spoiler I'm an erudite cave-dwelling Troglodyte I frequent LinusTechTips past midnight Dark backgrounds I crave For my sun-seared red gaze I'll molest you if you don't form your text right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Cracked open my laptop in the hopes of cleaning the dust but I ruined the heat sink. Back in the day when laptops have to come with discrete graphics because Intel Core 2 Duo doesn't have an iGPU just yet. I think my laptop back then had an NVIDIA GeForce graphics because back then screw AMD. Back then, I didn't even know that the copper thing is the actual heat pipe. Edited July 12, 2017 by hey_yo_ There is more that meets the eye I see the soul that is inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said: Hmm, I might just have to try that...... I see that you too are a person of being very very good at terrible ideas! Just make sure you have a backup of your data, no background program is running (I always have Windows super clean in that department, the only startup programs I have are: OneDrive and Windows Defender), and the system is idle. If your system is doing something with your HDD/SSD, then it should BSOD when you unplug that SATA cable, as it would lead to a unrecoverable error due to hardware or driver failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, GoodBytes said: Yeah, I'm actually thinking of doing it on a copy of Windows 7 I just found that hasn't really ever been used. I think I last booted it in December, when all I used it for was a speed test of my new internet connection. 1 minute ago, GoodBytes said: I see that you too you are person of being very very good at terrible ideas! Yes, yes I most definitely am! Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, GoodBytes said: Unplug the SATA cable of my HDD while the PC was running by accident... Was interesting to see how Windows was still working, and shows how much of Windows is in your RAM. What I found interesting, and opening the Start menu, and running programs, lead to nothing happening. I'm curious what would happen if I have a program running prior to removing the SATA cable? Let's say a five Chrome tabs. Would it still run? There is more that meets the eye I see the soul that is inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 I didn't completely screw in my z77 board ( to the posts of my case ) . It worked fine , but i'm wondering if that's not what killed it in the end. AMD Ryzen R7 1700 (3.8ghz) w/ NH-D14, EVGA RTX 2080 XC (stock), 4*4GB DDR4 3000MT/s RAM, Gigabyte AB350-Gaming-3 MB, CX750M PSU, 1.5TB SDD + 7TB HDD, Phanteks enthoo pro case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, LooneyJuice said: Little 10 year old me flipped the PSU voltage switch from 220v to 120v on a 220v supply out of stupid curiosity, while plugged in. Private 4th of July show. i derped out for a few seconds and did this exact same thing to an old coolermaster psu i had lying around last year. nice fireworks and the circuit breaker got tripped CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, herman mcpootis said: i derped out for a few seconds and did this exact same thing to an old coolermaster psu i had lying around last year. nice fireworks and the circuit breaker got tripped Haha! It tripped ours too! *BANG*, sparks, smoke, darkness. Ah... good times... Was also right after I got my GeForce FX 5600 (in retrospect, one of the worst cards I've owned) on Christmas Eve. Installed it, played some games, shut it down, super content with the visual upgrade. I come back, and this demon got inside me like "What if I flip this red switch?". OS: W10 | MB: ASUS Sabertooth P67 | CPU: i7 2600k @ 4.6 | RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz | GPU: x2 MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G | Storage: x2 WD CB 1TB, x1 WD CB 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Spare a moment for Night Theme Users: Spoiler I'm an erudite cave-dwelling Troglodyte I frequent LinusTechTips past midnight Dark backgrounds I crave For my sun-seared red gaze I'll molest you if you don't form your text right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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