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Hardware Gore @lemmy.world

Twakyr @feddit.org

3d ago

guy at the hardware store wanted 50€ for the repair, did it myself for 10€

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Nice tape drive
A roll of packing tape costs ten euros?!
- €1 for the tape and €9 for a six-pack of beer.
- The bus ticket to the store cost 5€
- There's duct tape too.
Every person that is truly good with computers that I have ever met has had a build like this at least once in their life.
- Ooh I once had a dell office unit with a 1060 running of a separate PSU.
  
  How did you manage the different power switches? I was considering this before finding a hp cable adapter.
- I had my PC totally open, with a classic standing room fan taped to it during a summer.
What was broke?
- Nvidia drivers.
- OP's spirit.
This is what computers were meant to look like
Well, if it works...
Now you can channel a few more watts into the CPU/GPU since you've removed the need for fans draining the power.
You only need two tools.
If it moves and it shouldn't: Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move, but it should: Hammer.
- Hammer
  I think you mean WD-40, my dude.
- Ive heard the "you only need three tools"
  If it moves and it shouldn't: duct tape
  If it doesn't move and it should: wd40
  If it doesn't work and it should: hammer
- Hammer
  Not WD-40?
Lookit Fancypants M^cMoneybags!
I had an open slab of cardboard for my first homebuild. Airflow was excellent, but had to chase the cat away from it.

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