Tell them to switch to water cooling. You will get an even more awesome picture.
I used to work as an intern in a PC repair shop and we had a guy come in saying his new self build computer doesn’t work. Turns out he cut a huge part off the mainboard so it fits into the case.
That’s significantly worse. Assembling a PC without knowing what a cooler is for is bad enough, but to actually cut pieces off complex electronic components, I don’t know what kind of state of mind you have to be in for that.
The kind of state that would have me refund his money and tell him I’m baffled and can’t figure it out.
Must’ve gotten a faulty CPU that produces heat when it runs.
Most programmers I know wouldn’t understand what they’re looking at here.
This is sysadmin humor maybe?
Yep. This is hardware related. To be fair, many programmers I know are also into self-building and more hardware-related stuff, but that’s something I personally just don’t know my way around well (instead I like more theoretical computer science more). So I genuinely don’t know the problem here, and I think that’s fine.
Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.
You get no shade from me. My only beef is with programmers who act like they are experts in all things computer when they aren’t.
BTW, the issue in the picture is that the CPU cooler is attached to the wall of the case instead of the CPU. It shuts down because modern hardware will usually turn itself off when it overheats to mitigate the risk of permanent damage.
It’s the irq jumpers for the mca expansion card right?
Fucking
magnetsheatsinks, why won’t they work!?As someone who has worked in an IT repair facility, this image hurts my soul.
Must keep the fan cool!
Someone stole the heatpipe!
Eons ago, I had a guy bring me a non functioning Compaq desktop and say, “Wull the fan was makin’ a lotta racket so I greased it.”
What he actually meant was, “I sprayed the entire motherboard with WD-40 because I don’t know shit about computers OR lubricants.”
I gave it a bath in electronics cleaner and it actually fired right up after that.
If the item fits, it must belong there.
Ignore the heatsink cutting your hand and making it very difficult
Ah a mainboard with a dust protection-layer.
They’re just too advanced for us, they already have “wireless” cooling technology.
Is that a strap with a buckle holding it on?
No that’s a regular clip for mounting the cooler onto the cpu, it clips around those black things around the socket. That’s been the standard for decades and only recently has it gotten less common. I think the cooler is screwed onto the case with woodscrews directly into the plastic of the fan.
Just needs to drop the voltage and the clock down to 500Mhz and then no heatsink required.
Wifi cooling!
