akio attempts to upgrade his PC: resolution part 3 of 3 rip monitor..

[rambo1220]

i do hope for the best though and if anything this scenario has taught me a lot about computers and i'm gonna take the initiate to learn about these things to avoid any conflict in the future.

heed my advice

PC Building Tutorials

literally took me less than a week to figure out how to build one, and then two weeks later I did. Just watch tutorials from AwesomeSauce, Paul's Hardware, Newegg, LinusTechTips.

A day or two of knowledge is worth alot more than a few hundred bucks of broken PC parts.

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[Steve5451²]

I bet you just knocked some of the USB headers together.

[Xillogean]

heed my advice

PC Building Tutorials

literally took me less than a week to figure out how to build one, and then two weeks later I did. Just watch tutorials from AwesomeSauce, Paul's Hardware, Newegg, LinusTechTips.

A day or two of knowledge is worth alot more than a few hundred bucks of broken PC parts.

Although akio probably cant do this, but I learned how to build computers/how everything works from my dad when I was younger

If there something Im not sure about, google always helps anyways

[Niblic²]

i didn't touch anything other than the screws on the current graphics card,

didnt u remove the heatsink off ur graphics card then set it down on the carpet smh

[Akio-]

didnt u remove the heatsink off ur graphics card then set it down on the carpet smh

yeaaaah but that's what the screws were holding up.

[Niblic²]

yeaaaah but that's what the screws were holding up.

p sure ur GPU will catch on fire now if u try to play any games with it

[Akio-]

p sure ur GPU will catch on fire now if u try to play any games with it

im sending my comp in to upgrade the GPU to a gtx 960 and the PSU to 600w

[Sheepocalypse]

DOn't take your pc to some overcharging PC repair thing, its easy to do solo. Watch a youtube vid. I can't see the picture because I'm on a school pc

[McJob]

DOn't take your pc to some overcharging PC repair thing, its easy to do solo. Watch a youtube vid. I can't see the picture because I'm on a school pc

I don't think it's right if someone isn't feeling confident in fixing their PC to rely on some richardhead on YouTube giving you a poor tutorial that doesn't explain everything you need to know to safely upgrade/repair your PC. While it's alright for people who know what they're doing and just need a bit of visual guidance, if you aren't aware of things like ESD or how different parts have requirements of each other (for example, the motherboard sets the minimum/maximum bandwidth for most parts of your PC and many people waste cash not realising their motherboard can't run RAM at a 1866 frequency).

It's Akio's money, and with a tech it's a guaranteed fix. I have respect for when somebody knows it's out of their hands and wants to go to a professional. If Akio couldn't do it with the guys on this forum, it's clear he'll need help, which is okay. It's like when I was learning to cook really complex dishes, I couldn't just go off cooking shows, I needed a guide to walk me through the process initially.

[phflack]

DOn't take your pc to some overcharging PC repair thing, its easy to do solo. Watch a youtube vid. I can't see the picture because I'm on a school pc

given the rest of this thread, I don't that's a good idea

[Akio-]

DOn't take your pc to some overcharging PC repair thing, its easy to do solo. Watch a youtube vid. I can't see the picture because I'm on a school pc

Too late! I went to the shop and he did it on site and installed the software in about a half hour.
So my monitor ports aren't how they used to be, they were adjacent..

Should I take the cap-like thing off of the second one? I want to confirm that it's okay before I take action.

[Sheepocalypse]

How much was it?

[Akio-]

How much was it?

$50. Less than I expected but I was willing to pay big boy bucks.

[Sheepocalypse]

Oh nice

[Tokthree]

Should I take the cap-like thing off of the second one? I want to confirm that it's okay before I take action.

It's just a dust cover, no harm in leaving it on nor taking it off. Make sure you check the manual for the card as some graphics cards are a bit picky about which port your primary monitor should plug into, at least in regards to DVI ports if you're using those