There was a video I watched several years ago, no idea how to find it again, where this guy fucked up a motherboard / CPU with thermal paste to see if you actually can add 'too much paste.' Directly underneath the pins, wayyy too much on top, extra around the socket for good measure, smashed it all together, and the thing just... boots normally...
Kinda makes sense tho, every tube of paste I've used was marked as nonconductive, and the CPU socket should be designed such that carbon buildup is scraped from the pins when reseating, which would clear away the paste and allow good contact.
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Segmentation fault.
Where egg?
On the Xbox heatsink
I need more of this
I wanna see the magic smoke that means it work leave the computer
DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND GO SIT IN THE CORNER FOR WHAT YOU JUST DID.
I'm horrified.
I was hoping that the last shot was going to be that of a screen with a windows installer running.
But like, Vista or something
I think Windows 11 would be funnier
I thought it was earnestly bad and then it just kept going... it's like a body horror film or something
It's always a pleasure to watch a professional at work.
I had to stop myself from down voting this
I applaud your self-restraint.
Still probably runs Doom
worse, Doom runs it
It's Doomed
faints
Oh that’s. . . Wait . . . Oh no, don’t . . . Well that’s not gonna work, is it . . Ohhhhh . . . Oh come on . . . What are you-?!
Forgot the metallic nail polish and neodymium magnets.
Amateurs.
1/10 didn’t even secure cpu or second ram stick with hammer
That's ok, he probably taped them in later on.
I like my parts to fit toolessly when I'm done, so I use my router to dovetail the joints and secure them with gorilla glue in case the joints expand.
Oh god I just realized those white dots between the CPU and the cooler are probably those adhesive Velcro dots.
If you hole punch the CPU to get it to fit, you don't have to worry about it overheating....
I threw up in my mouth
Edit: Oh my God there is sound...
How dare you make me watch that again!
I didn't watch it the second time, just noticed the fact.
Now start it up. I dare you.
perfect customer experience
Bro forgot to mount that atx board in his micro itx case with a nail gun and a pair of shears.
This actually made me tear up.
Tears of joy I'd assume :)
So you totally can put thermal paste in the pins like that. Everything else….
Really? If it's conductive, it'll short every pin. If not, it won't connect CPU to motherboard?
I figure you're probably correct, but I don't understand.
There was a video I watched several years ago, no idea how to find it again, where this guy fucked up a motherboard / CPU with thermal paste to see if you actually can add 'too much paste.' Directly underneath the pins, wayyy too much on top, extra around the socket for good measure, smashed it all together, and the thing just... boots normally...
Kinda makes sense tho, every tube of paste I've used was marked as nonconductive, and the CPU socket should be designed such that carbon buildup is scraped from the pins when reseating, which would clear away the paste and allow good contact.
https://youtu.be/t52UW5bXkbs
But yeah thermal paste just isn’t conductive and the pressure supplied to the pins is high enough to still get contact.
LOL, I like this guy.
That makes sense. Thanks!
So this is the full version huh
Wow, they messed up big time. Should have followed this tutorial
Walmart tech repair service