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Geek Culture / I gotz my Q6600! (Amazing Story)

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 03:37
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Get ready for a delightful story!

Alright, I got my Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 in the mail today, and this is my first time installing a processor. I had looked up videos on YouTube on safety/damage from ESD, and other crap like that.. So, I opened up my PC, had a hard time getting the heatsink off, because my graphics care/wires were in the way, so I unplugged that stuff. I got the heatsink off, took the old CPU out, put the new one in. I was really nervous about ruining something, so when I put the panel back on and plugged it in just to hear it scream at me, I wasn't too pleased.. That was actually really terrifying.. So, I ran in circles screaming, and when I finally calmed myself down with some death metal, I opened up the PC again to check to see if anything was wrong.. I was sitting there staring at it for about 10 minutes thinking I had to have done something wrong. I though "Did I ruin the pins?", "Was the loud beeping just in my head.....?", and "Why didn't I plug the graphics card back in?"

The End!


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Aaron Miller
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 03:39
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OMFG!!!! That was full of terror, suspense, and more drama than you can shake a stick at! Hmm..... I'm gonna shake a stick at that story!

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sp3ng
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 05:06
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my graphic card is completely screwed (it can play CS:Source but not Half-Life 1:Source! theres got to be something wrong there) from overheating cause the people i bought it from hadnt plugged the fan in


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Aaron Miller
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 06:57
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You know what? That could have been what was wrong with my old Linux computer... The fan probably wasn't plugged in <Not too mention there was also literally a GIANT dust ball sitting on the CPU when I went to clean it out for the first time in 5 years>.


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Van B
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 09:42
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Last week my PC started making a weird noise, like a dull whirring noise followed by beeping. So I opened up the PC and had a look around, couldn't see anything wrong at first, then I looked inbetween the GFX card and sound card, and a family of squirrels had actually made a nest there!. Worked fine after I scraped out all the straw and acorns but it certainly gave me a freight.


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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 10:02
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..squirrels..?

Your story wins, and it's way shorter than mine..oh well..


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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 14:15
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ha, when you work with PC's often like me, whenever it starts screaming at me, I just like STFU YOU PIECE OF SH*T and strat working NOW, and it listens to me

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 18:05
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The beeps tell you what piece of hardware isn't working correctly.

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 22:15 Edited at: 9th Nov 2007 22:15
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It wasn't really just a beep, it was more of a "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP", it went on forever and ever and ever..


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Benjamin
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 22:38
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Quote: "It wasn't really just a beep, it was more of a "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP", it went on forever and ever and ever..
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A similar thing happened to me when a USB cable was touching the back panel of the PC and sparking. I think I'm quite lucky nothing broke.

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Quote: "Last week my PC started making a weird noise, like a dull whirring noise followed by beeping. So I opened up the PC and had a look around, couldn't see anything wrong at first, then I looked inbetween the GFX card and sound card, and a family of squirrels had actually made a nest there!. Worked fine after I scraped out all the straw and acorns but it certainly gave me a freight."

I hope you were lying!
Man I'd go nuts if squirrels had got inside my PC


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 9th Nov 2007 23:42
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Quote: "gave me a freight."


A freight? like a big package or something?

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Keo C
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Posted: 10th Nov 2007 01:11
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Quote: "Man I'd go nuts if squirrels had got inside my PC"

Pun intended?


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