Subj : Re: DIYPC
To : Mortar
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun May 11 2025 10:18 pm
-=> Mortar wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
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Mo> [1m[34mRe[0m[34m: [1m[36mRe: New BBS User!
Mo> [34mBy[0m[34m: [1m[36mJimmy Anderson [34mto [36mForiest Jan
Mo> Smith [34mon [36mFri May 09 2025 10:22:42[0m
> Oh man - I used to LOVE to assemble parts into
> a working PC...I learned a lot.
Mo> My first build a 486DX, 33mhz system. I remember being nervous as
Mo> hell, particularly when I was installing the CPU (careful you don't
Mo> bend the pins, make sure it's oriented correctly, only use a dab of
Mo> thermal paste!). Once I got past that, everything else was a breeze.
Mo> For me, "plug and play" ment plugging the power cord into the wall and
Mo> praying nothing blew up. When that didn't happen and I heard the "DING"
Mo> followed by the BIOS msgs, I was thrilled ("Yes! Yes! YEEEESSSS!").
Mo> You never forget your first build.
No, you don't forget!
I still remember putting it together with friends. It was a Pentium
III equivalent, and we got a shock when the CPU temperature in the
BIOS was reported as 199C!
We immediately turned it off, thinking we had fried the CPU, but it
wasn't that hot? Ahhh, faulty sensor on the motherboard!
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