VidCard++ (pics)

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:23 am

This, ladies and gents, is how NOT to install a video card. This do-it-her-self-er wasn't so handy after all. She wondered why her computer wouldn't turn on and so she brought it to me at work for a diagnostic. I opened the computer a few minutes later and couldn't help but laugh--and ask my general manager to take a picture of the machine..so here it is..enjoy

and no, this is no joke, docsta was there and saw it "live and uncut"

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:25 am

Must be one of those new "Air cards".

shant,
david

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:27 am

mmmm was she high?

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:30 am

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:37 am

Originally posted by nepenthe
Must be one of those new "Air cards".

shant,
david

Thanx david, i could'nt put it any better! lol

Jeeeeeeez amro!!! ROFLMAO !!!!!

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:38 am

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:51 am

lol... i have come close to doing that (too dark inside the case to see. couldn't find a flashlight.... thought i'd give the braille method a whirl). of course if i had made it so far as to try and boot the system, i would like to think i would have guesses that it was because of the last thing i did (and investigated).

hard to imagine, though. there is quite a distinctive feel to seating a card. looks like she just set in in there and screwed it in. too funny.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 12:55 am

At least she got it inside the case.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:02 am

my q is how she managed to short her board like that...and keep it intact when the card is out..she was in her 60s. she managed to corrupt her xp install too

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:17 am

Egads!

That looks like something I'd do.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:18 am

two words : dumb ho

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:20 am

two words : dumb ho

OK, dumb i can see...... but "ho". how do you know?

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:22 am

Originally posted by Faust
OK, dumb i can see...... but "ho". how do you know?

trust me

Brandon_k_W · Post by **Brandon_k_W** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:25 am

sheesh it was just a mistake. You people sure do criticize people badly if they do something wrong on a computer =P

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:26 am

thats not a mistake brandon..thats an act of stupidity lol!!

if only u could see the things amro and I see everyday

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:29 am

you two work together?

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:30 am

trust me

umm.... OK. if you say so.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:30 am

Originally posted by Brent
you two work together?

yes brent..we're best friends IRL

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:37 am

Originally posted by Docsta
yes brent..we're best friends IRL

didn't even know that

cool

i wish SOMEBODY lived near me! all i got is Messiah and he's never around!

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:38 am

Originally posted by Brent
didn't even know that

cool

i wish SOMEBODY lived near me! all i got is Messiah and he's never around!

Mess didnt tell ya??? he's cheating on you with me brent...im sorry bro

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:50 am

yulp

i'm the calm one.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:54 am

Originally posted by Amro
yulp i'm the calm one.

yup yup, tru dat.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:32 am

ya i'd never pick amro and docsta to be freinds in reality. Amro is polite and conducts himself nicely on here, where as docsta treats this like a game and is the resident ass hole / instagator / insult poster.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:41 am

Originally posted by Brent
didn't even know that

cool

i wish SOMEBODY lived near me! all i got is Messiah and he's never around!

Well technically, I'm somewhat in the neighborhood...

Duzmor · Post by **Duzmor** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:44 am

It Look's like they got Fed-up and Said the Hell with this lets take it to the Shop !!!!

Duzmor

Duz !!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 8:54 am

LOL....nice one.

At least that computer is clean....you should see the disgusting one I'm working on today, an early PII HP Netserver.....ugh, it leaves a cloud and shadow of dust around it like PigPen from Charlie Brown.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:32 am

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
LOL....nice one.

At least that computer is clean....you should see the disgusting one I'm working on today, an early PII HP Netserver.....ugh, it leaves a cloud and shadow of dust around it like PigPen from Charlie Brown.

Saw a couple nasties yesterday too though man..they were infested.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 9:56 am

Originally posted by Amro
Saw a couple nasties yesterday too though man..they were infested.

Ain't they nasty? Gotta take some outside they're so bad, to blow them out. Else the entire countertop and shelves get covered with a blanket of dust 'n dirt when you blow them out.

Then you get the filthy feeling on your, hands all dry feeling cuz of the powdered dust. Gets on the slacks, shirt 'n tie. YUCK!

It's like I want to run it through a carwash with the cover off!.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:02 am

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
ya i'd never pick amro and docsta to be freinds in reality. Amro is polite and conducts himself nicely on here, where as docsta treats this like a game and is the resident ass hole / instagator / insult poster.

yup yup

at least i know i get under your skin yard..my goal has been acomplished!

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:08 am

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
Ain't they nasty? Gotta take some outside they're so bad, to blow them out. Else the entire countertop and shelves get covered with a blanket of dust 'n dirt when you blow them out.

Then you get the filthy feeling on your, hands all dry feeling cuz of the powdered dust. Gets on the slacks, shirt 'n tie. YUCK!

It's like I want to run it through a carwash with the cover off!.

newp lol, we can refuse work as it is an unsafe environment for technical labor

and we do. trust me, if it's like that---we don't bother---cause management won't get us a biohazard suit and a steam bath system.. hehehehe

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:09 am

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
ya i'd never pick amro and docsta to be freinds in reality. Amro is polite and conducts himself nicely on here, where as docsta treats this like a game and is the resident ass hole / instagator / insult poster.

haha, thanks. Yea, he's a goof head..and yea treats this like a game--he just likes to mess around (altho it's mean sometimes). i give him crap about it..

but he's a good guy in reality though..

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:18 am

Originally posted by Amro
haha, thanks. Yea, he's a goof head..and yea treats this like a game--he just likes to mess around (altho it's mean sometimes). i give him crap about it.. but he's a good guy in reality though..

*inside joke* *arnold laugh*

Amro

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:28 am

u should record a sound byte of it and post it on speedguide

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 1:09 pm

And of course CompUSA stuck it to her for service, right? LOL

I found half a powdered donut in my boss's case...I never asked any questions, I just cleaned it out.

C-S wanna be · Post by **C-S wanna be** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 2:59 pm

Originally posted by UOD
At least she got it inside the case.

lol that she did

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:03 pm

Originally posted by Burke
And of course CompUSA stuck it to her for service, right? LOL

I found half a powdered donut in my boss's case...I never asked any questions, I just cleaned it out.

WTF ?!?!

Dude... in that case, you SHOULD ask questions. Heh ...

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:54 pm

What kind of video card was it and why does it have a ribbon attached to it?

binksfan · Post by **binksfan** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:06 pm

Must be of those new 'wireless" cards everyone's talking about!!

Hey, they put that white plastic thingy on the 'big, flat electric board' right in the way. I had to get around it somehow. Are you sayin', "I shoulda gone on a downward angle and gone under it?"