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    wutske got a reaction from XRumerTest in How To Repair A Computer. Structure is the key to succes.   
    Great tuto, but this probably won't do for most people; you could write a whole book on repairing computers and still not cover every aspect of the process. First of all, the most important part of the process is based on knowledge, intuition and some good guessing. I know by experience that I shouldn't start testing the memory when my computer says "bootable media not present". You've also listed a load of stuff that can break down, but I've never seen a case causing a malfunction (unless you've failed to correctly install the hardware in the case, but that's a user error) and you've forgotten stuff like the graphics card.Second, you talk about repairing a computer, which means you're stating that something is broken, but when a computer stops working, it's often caused by a software problem and not a hardware, so you have to be sure that it's not just a corrupted driver that prevents your computer from working. Here I'd like to second infotronix's advice that BSOD information should be analyzed (if present) or that any other error message should be analyzed before starting the slow and painful testing procedure.Third, you're going to take out the CPU before checking it's temperature and you even suggest to hold you're hand near the cooler even tough this thing can reach temperature near boiling point ? That is just foolish ! Besides, if you don't know what you're doing you should never remove a CPU from it's socket. It's sensitive equipment and the application of cooling paste is a very important step which must be done in a correct matter and you've never mentioned that you must discharge yourself or wear special ESD-protection equipment.I'm sorry for being so hard on your tutorial, but I'm doing this to protect you and other people that read your guide. Your guide is far from complete and can possibly cause physical damage (but to the user and the hardware).
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    wutske got a reaction from XRumerTest in How To Take Your Computer Hard Drive Apart Complete guide to destroying/looking inside your hard drive   
    Aha, I knew I was wrong , I guess I'm too young to know
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    wutske got a reaction from XRumerTest in How To Take Your Computer Hard Drive Apart Complete guide to destroying/looking inside your hard drive   
    You think ? It has no resemblance at all . The disk is magnetic (instead of plastic and grooved), the head is hovering over the surface (there's no needle touching the disk), the data on the disk is binary (instead of analog data) and most of all, the stack of disks is rotating at something between 4300rpm and 15000rpm (whereas record players only reached 66rpm (?) ) .
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    wutske got a reaction from XRumerTest in How To Take Your Computer Hard Drive Apart Complete guide to destroying/looking inside your hard drive   
    Indeed, a clear warning notice on top would be very nice, people, this will kill your drive.Anyway, would have been nice if the guide would go any further, this guide just explains how to remove the cover. Removing the platters is extremely hard, even with extreme brute force it was impossible to do for me (read: hammer, axe, throwing, beating with rocks, throwing from 2nd floor, ...)
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    wutske got a reaction from XRumerTest in How To Connect Dual/triple Monitor + Advantages Guide on how to install mult. monitors   
    This looks more easy than it realy is. Dual Monitor shouldn't pose any problems, but when you start connecting a TV it gets harder.There are a lot of problems you can get, like totaly nothing, or only grayscale, scattered view, ...Google should normaly give a solution for the problem.Another nice thing about todays technology is MORE, what about ... 4 monitors . You only need SLI setup that isn't configed as a SLI setup (tough I thing nV has already changed that, so you can have 4 monitors in SLI).There also on thing I doubt about, is it realy possible to have 2 monitors and a TV connected to your graka at the same time ???
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