Oh, while I'm here

[kingandy]

Yesterday I tried to install my new motherboard.

Why do they tell you not to touch any part of the board, and then give you these little tiny screws that have to go right into the board next to sensitive components that your fat fingers can't help but brush against? And then you drop the screws and have to fumble around in the dark, whacking yet more sensitive components with the screwdriver in your other hand?

This is exactly why I knew I'd be better off buying a pre-built machine.

Comments

[arwel.livejournal.com]

Needle nosed pliers would probably be useful, for when your fingers are just too fat. As spare pair of hands comes in useful, at least it did for me and my cpu cooler's retarded mounting system. And take anti static precautions, I've fried stuff before.

Despite the fact that building a computer is an utterly loathsome task, you do get much more for your money.

[spodula.livejournal.com]

Yes, i recently fried a MiniITX board by not handling it properly.

I *really* have no excuse, as I have the full anti-static work surface, gloves and getup for mucking around with CMOS stuff.

I was just too lazy to use it.

It was really, really annoying.