The Commander, on 08 June 2014 - 04:11 AM, said:
So he's going to want that back in less than a week?
The way he fucked it up was brilliant dude. He decided a year later he really wanted an i5. So we go to Micro Center, get all the parts, and get ready to go to town.
This idiot used the wrong sized screw when he secured the motherboard to the standoff, which was in a rather nice case (Antec Three Hundred).
Now, normally I can get those out no problem, you just get some needlenose pliers, grab the threaded part of the standoff from the back of the mobo tray, and if it's bad enough, you have another guy twist it out with a screwdriver.
Long story short when he installed it years ago he forced it in with retard strength. He had to drill it out, the drill slipped, his board was fucked and the case was useless.
$100 worth of hardware destroyed in a second. This is why whenever I build a PC, I ALWAYS install smaller screws in a standoff to see which size it needs. If it's too small, it'll come right out. If it's too big, it turns into a fucking project.
But I liked his 4.5GHz 3670k enough that I upgraded to a used 2500k less than a year later. His has a bad thermal diode though so no matter what you do it reads close to 85 degress celsius. Dialing in the smart fans is a bitch on that thing.