hardwaregore·Hardware Gorebyda Tweaker guy at the hardware store wanted 50€ for the repair, did it myself for 10€View original on feddit.org178Comments26Reply
GGodort lemmy.ca8Hide 8 repliesEvery person that is truly good with computers that I have ever met has had a build like this at least once in their life.11Reply
WIZARD POPE💫 replylemmy.world6Hide 6 repliesOoh I once had a dell office unit with a 1060 running of a separate PSU.6Reply
SSpikesOtherDog replyani.social5Hide 5 repliesHow did you manage the different power switches? I was considering this before finding a hp cable adapter.4Reply
SSpikesOtherDog replyani.social3Hide 3 repliesPower supplies. I think auto correct got me there.2Reply
WIZARD POPE💫 replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesI used the default one for CPU and that and had the other one with a 6pin for the GPU and a short on one of the pins for the 24pin to make it turn on.3Reply
SSpikesOtherDog replyani.social1Hide 1 replyWhoa, you manually shorted the second PSU. Here I was considering binding the signal and ground with jumpers.2Reply
WIZARD POPE💫 replylemmy.worldNah the secondary gpu had a power switch at the back and a single short on the 24pin. That's it.3Reply
VValmond replylemmy.worldI had my PC totally open, with a classic standing room fan taped to it during a summer.4Reply
TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesYou only need two tools. If it moves and it shouldn't: Duct Tape. If it doesn't move, but it should: Hammer.4Reply
cooljimy84 replylemmy.worldIve heard the "you only need three tools" If it moves and it shouldn't: duct tape If it doesn't move and it should: wd40 If it doesn't work and it should: hammer5Reply
Rhaedas fedia.ioNow you can channel a few more watts into the CPU/GPU since you've removed the need for fans draining the power.4Reply
PPyroNeurosis lemmy.blahaj.zoneLookit Fancypants M^c^Moneybags! I had an open slab of cardboard for my first homebuild. Airflow was excellent, but had to chase the cat away from it.3Reply
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Nice tape drive
A roll of packing tape costs ten euros?!
€1 for the tape and €9 for a six-pack of beer.
The bus ticket to the store cost 5€
There's duct tape too.
Every person that is truly good with computers that I have ever met has had a build like this at least once in their life.
Ooh I once had a dell office unit with a 1060 running of a separate PSU.
How did you manage the different power switches? I was considering this before finding a hp cable adapter.
Wdym power switches?
Power supplies. I think auto correct got me there.
I used the default one for CPU and that and had the other one with a 6pin for the GPU and a short on one of the pins for the 24pin to make it turn on.
Whoa, you manually shorted the second PSU. Here I was considering binding the signal and ground with jumpers.
Nah the secondary gpu had a power switch at the back and a single short on the 24pin. That's it.
I had my PC totally open, with a classic standing room fan taped to it during a summer.
What was broke?
Nvidia drivers.
OP's spirit.
This is what computers were meant to look like
You only need two tools.
If it moves and it shouldn't: Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move, but it should: Hammer.
Ive heard the "you only need three tools"
If it moves and it shouldn't: duct tape
If it doesn't move and it should: wd40
If it doesn't work and it should: hammer
Not WD-40?
I think you mean WD-40, my dude.
Now you can channel a few more watts into the CPU/GPU since you've removed the need for fans draining the power.
Lookit Fancypants M^c^Moneybags!
I had an open slab of cardboard for my first homebuild. Airflow was excellent, but had to chase the cat away from it.