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> I learned so much, eventually being able to replace hardware As a young teenager in the early-mid 2000s, I learned the hard way what the little standoffs ar
by girvo 2y ago
> I learned so much, eventually being able to replace hardware
As a young teenager in the early-mid 2000s, I learned the hard way what the little standoffs are for by killing a motherboard by screwing it directly into the steel case :')
Never made that mistake again, that's for sure. And I share all the same experiences as yourself
- interludead 2y agoI did the exact same thing - mounted a shiny new board straight onto the case, powered it on, and… nothing. Spent hours troubleshooting before realizing I'd basically shorted the whole thing
- xandrius 2y agoThere should be a club for people like us: we learnt the hard way to double-check and never ever fully trust ourselves, especially with hardware connections. The first Mobo I ever purchased with my own money was insta-fried exactly like that, it still hurts a little to think about that.