They Just Dont Make'em Like They Use To

[GhostHunter]

Opened up a old comp to take it apart and rebuild it..Look at all the screws and I haven't even been able to move the motherboard a inch! :O[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

[lowzeewee]

It would help to tell us the model of that comp broken apart

[Nyarlathotep]

Are you sure you took out the right screws

[TMA_1]

remember how stable computers used to be compared to the ones now? it is like what cars turned into. They used to be built for longevity and quality, then it just turned into, how fast and efficiant can I make it?

[thomas]

Are you sure you took out the right screws

hmm nylars back is he a ghost???

[lowzeewee]

Hes a zombie and he is still working in tech support mind you

[ordos45]

remember how stable computers used to be compared to the ones now? it is like what cars turned into. They used to be built for longevity and quality, then it just turned into, how fast and efficiant can I make it?

Still got a computer from 1990 downstairs that works. Slow compared to new ones, but it still works perfectly.

[Cyborg]

remember how stable computers used to be compared to the ones now? it is like what cars turned into. They used to be built for longevity and quality, then it just turned into, how fast and efficiant can I make it?

Newer computers are quite stable, even compared to the old ones.

It is because the expanded usability that it sometimes crashes.

The quality of the parts and such is better nowadays than it were back in the old days.

Me and my brother got a 80-286 computer with a broken fan and a crashed harddisk i think. It's fun to look at/inside ;D

BTW, Ghosthunter, on your picture there are a bit too many screws I think...

To open the cabinet, you usually only need to screw 2-5 screws... not 19...

You may have piled the screws from some other devices in that screwheap, though.

[GhostHunter]

There were wabout 8 screws holding the case together....And about 35 for the motherboard and theres this one hiding way back in a corner that I can't to....Bastard...

[Cyborg]

Haha, what a ridiculous motherboard has 35 screws?

Old motherboards were large, though. But not THAT large :O

[gryphon]

Is that a socket 7 ?

Remember those little plastic white things that hold your board to the case, at first .. they where aufull to get loose ..

[nemafakei]

That which will nver need be repaired nor replaced will never bring customers back to spend more.

Nowadays, things tend to be made more for profit, and less for the user. A despicable practice...

[Nyarlathotep]

That which will nver need be repaired nor replaced will never bring customers back to spend more.

That which will never need be repaired nor replaced will bring customers back to spend more.

They could come back to spend more on other products ;)

[thomas]

That which will nver need be repaired nor replaced will never bring customers back to spend more.

That which will never need be repaired nor replaced will bring customers back to spend more.

They could come back to spend more on other products ;)

hmm another ghost occurance time to call in the GHOST BUSTERS! ;D