Computer repair/assembly in Etobicoke?

[Gary Layng]

On June 1, 2011 21:07:29 you wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 04:29:04PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
> > > Jeez, yeah, I see what you mean. About it being bad. But I guess if you
> > get
> > > it wrong it just means the computer won't turn on, right?
> >
> > In most cases yes.  If you connect the reset button to where the LED
> > should be then you are shorting something when you hit the button,
> > but since there should a resistor in the circuit with the LED output,
> > it probably won't really do anything bad.  It isn't really very hard to
> > do, it's just a lousy design.
> >
> > > Okay, so THAT's what that is. Yes, I have that, and now I see that in the
> > > manual as well. My mistake was that I looked in the case manual for where
> > to
> > > put the wires that are connected to the case, but I should have been
> > looking
> > > in the M2V manual.
> >
> > Yes.  The motherboard manual covers that.
> >
> > > > I guess my case doesn't have a speaker. The only wires I have are Power
> > SW,
> > > Power LED +, Power LED -, and HDD LED. Never even thought about a
> > speaker. I
> > > don't think I'll miss the beep.
> >
> > Some cases have them, some don't anymore.  If the case doesn't have one,
> > don't worry about it.  Reset switches seem pretty obsolete too.
> >
> > > Yup, got that. Once I overcame my fear of destroying the motherboard
> > (it's
> > > old), I got it in there okay. It fits so _exactly_, the case manufacturer
> > is
> > > to be commended (Antec). I think I've got pretty much everything hooked
> > up
> > > now, but I just realized I'm missing one very important thing: thermal
> > > paste. D'oh! I'll have to wait before I try booting this thing up.
> >
> > Yeah you do want some of that.
> >
> > I mainly get worried when handling the $300+ CPUs wiht the new sockets.
> > I think the worst I have handled was a $2500 fiber channel PCI card.
> > Fortunately no one told me the price until after I was done installing it.
> >
> > > I'm putting in a Sempron (remember those?) processor, that way if I do
> > > totally blow it and fry everything, I haven't lost as much.
> >
> > The sempron is new enough that at worst it will turn itself off if it
> > got too hot.
> >
> > > Many thanks for the walkthrough :)
> >
> > No problem.
> >
> >
> IT'S ALIVE!!
> 
> 
(sounds of thunder offstage)

It's doing science and it's still alive
Congratulations!

Have some cake.
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