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> To add, lot of us assembled our own PC. That is still true today. PC components are very popular, as are YouTube channel with reviews, ruminations about comp
by einpoklum 2y ago
> To add, lot of us assembled our own PC.
That is still true today. PC components are very popular, as are YouTube channel with reviews, ruminations about component choices, build experience and how-to guides .
> A side effect was that computer getting bricked was a normal affair
If you overclocked or messed with the volatges maybe, but otherwise - in my experience (start assembling systems around 1993 or so), bricking was quite rare.
- Moru 2y agoI think, in this case bricking refers to the new meaning "Doesn't boot any more, requires a reinstall of software".
- mr_toad 2y agoIn my case it was wiggling the ISA card in an attempt to get it out of the socket bumped the (badly placed) CMOS battery off the motherboard, which required maintenance of the soldering iron variety.
- Moru 2y agoStill not bricking if you can get it running again :-) A bricking event is when the computer is more useful as a doorstop than a work tool.
- skeeter2020 2y agoYou had everything on cd or floppies - or maybe a zip/jazz drive if you were in school with a fast internet connection - and reinstalled from the OS up. I can't have been the only person who cut out the hologram license key and stored it in the back of my cd binder - or sharpied the keys right on the disk!