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>messing around with old computers
>"wow, this will be heaps of fun when I set it up and install an OS"
>test power supply on motherboard
>a light but nothing else
>test another power supply on motherboard
>same result
>test another power supply on motherboard
>same result
>test power supply by itself
>works fine
>all but one work
>"damn, that was the only board with 4 RAM slots"
>test power supply on new motherboard and it doesn't work
>test last board and it works
>add RAM and test and it works
>add VGA cable and it works
>add GPU and it doesn't work
>switch out GPU and it doesn't work
>go to BIOS and configure some shit
>GPU still doesn't work
>do this a few more times
>give up and plug in hard drive
>change hard drive because I wasn't sure there was an OS on it
>doesn't boot
>go to BIOS and set priority to boot from Hard drive
>it works and I boot up
>turn off and on
>doesn't boot
>go into BIOS and settings changed
>"obviously the battery has an issue"
>change out the battery and change settings 4 times
>still not saving
>check jumpers and everything is right
>"oh shit it's 11pm"
>now I have to find a replacement battery tomorrow
Wow. So fun. Awesome. Computers man. Awesome.
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>>57026652
>have an old laptop
>"oh man this will be awesome, it will be a portable old PC games device!"
>install a new HDD, rebuild battery
>install OS
>fire it up
>it's the same as playing in DOSbox except with a battery life of 40 minutes
Why do people like old shitty computers again?
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>>57026652
>I'm not able to fix anything without changing the motherboard or PSU.
Thats your problem.
>>57026698
Nostalgia mostly.
Otherwise it's all the legacy interfaces that aren't included by default in newer computers that USB emulation can't do it right.
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>>57026732
>Go to uni for 4 years to study EE
>buy a bunch of repair equipment
>have a cabinet full of spare parts
>touch the PSU and die
>get sent to hospital and revived
>spend hours testing 100 little parts instead of just 1
>all to fix a 16 year old motherboard
>"""fun"""
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>>57026652
>Install Adobe Acrobat
>It Works!
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>>57026821
That's why you discharge them first nigger.
Anyone can read a book on Electronics and Literally figure this out on his own accord.
University is for posh retards who want a degree or for someone who's just going there to get the degree via exams.
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>>57026652
My Mac Pro does not have this problem.
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>128 mb of ram
>10gb storage
>battery is kill
>missing keys
>dysfunctional mouse pad
>dysfunctional pointing stick
I just wanted the network card to work...
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>>57026652
>notice that reboots take a long time
>day later notice its not reboots but post time
>PC posts in 15-30s , record time was 90s
>check ram, unplug everything from the PC , buy new bios battery , downgrade bios (because bios was upgraded 2 weeks ago and its the most recent thing that was changed)
>still nothing , everything is fine , just ~20 sec post
>decide that you have to live with it after 3 days of fiddling and rebooting
>next day (today) everything is fine
PCs work in mysterious ways.
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>buy a laptop
>turn it on
>Something Happened
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>>57027728
>turn on laptop
>nothing happens
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>Build a gaymen PC
>Turn power ON
>Red light on motherboard near CPU
>Manual says there's a problem with the CPU
>Hold power button for 5 seconds, retry powering ON.
>It POSTs no problem this time
Been doing this ever since I've had it. Works well, however, but the PSU is a shitty Corsair CX that's known to be using cheap chinese parts.
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>boot from usb drive
>make partitions
>make filesystem
>don't want to make swap because ram is cheap
>untar the stage3
>chroot
>compile kernel
>install grub
>reboot
Wow. So fun. Awesome. gentoo man. Awesome.
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