Bjorn3D / Kingston Get Ready for The Holidays Giveaway!

[peti1212]

technically you can get oils from you skin on the gold contacts and deteriorate it over time as certain sweat like chemicals can corrode the contacts causing failures or problems in the future. You should be fine though. Haven't had a problem with that, ever! I even had some incidents where I accidentally got thermal paste on the CPU contacts or in the pins in the socket. Pretty scary stuff, but all the hardware I've had since like 2005 are still working fine even though I've been through so many disasters.

[najiro]

Hmmm speaking of touching the pins.. I did touch them once O___O
so that's a bad idea then huh.. LOL. was just curious hahahaha

[brokenwave]

you been using ddr5 ram before that happen

technically you can get oils from you skin on the gold contacts and deteriorate it over time as certain sweat like chemicals can corrode the contacts causing failures or problems in the future. You should be fine though. Haven't had a problem with that, ever! I even had some incidents where I accidentally got thermal paste on the CPU contacts or in the pins in the socket. Pretty scary stuff, but all the hardware I've had since like 2005 are still working fine even though I've been through so many disasters.

[Martin_B]

Ah ok, thank you for the informations

[peti1212]

eh, some people look at hardware as if they were a holy grail of some sort. I look at it as an valuable object that you have to take care of, but not necessarily pamper. As long as there is no static electricity, or you didn't connect it improperly, you'll be fine. Nothing to be afraid of.

[Aoshi]

eh, some people look at hardware as if they were a holy grail of some sort. I look at it as an valuable object that you have to take care of, but not necessarily pamper. As long as there is no static electricity, or you didn't connect it improperly, you'll be fine. Nothing to be afraid of.

True. I'm a pretty careful person so I do tend to "pamper" as I have heard of really simple mistakes completely destroying a setup. So I just go all out on being careful till the last screw is in and the case is all packed up.

[werty316]

Whut in tarnation does yo' guys mean yo' doesn't use a mallet t'put togither a computer? Shucks, thass how mah Paw told me t'put togither th' old typin' machine fum th' future he sho' did uh huh

[CDsDontBurn]

eh, some people look at hardware as if they were a holy grail of some sort. I look at it as an valuable object that you have to take care of, but not necessarily pamper. As long as there is no static electricity, or you didn't connect it improperly, you'll be fine. Nothing to be afraid of.

HAHAHA. If people who "pamper" their hardware were to see what many of us did with it, they'd freak out

I've held so many pieces of hardware in a "non-appropriate" manner too many times to count.

[James86]

I've been a good boy this year. Heck I've been to busy at work to get into any trouble. Thanks Bjorn3D for the awesome prize!!

Hoo Hoo Hoo... European Santa is here (For those that don't know, Santa comes on the 6th in Europe, instead of Christmas), and he chose one good boy to give away the Kingston 120GB HyperX 3K SSD to. Congratulations James86, you deserve it!

Santa told me "If James is not behaving, he'll forfeit the gift!" :P Hahaha...

[peti1212]

Haha, alright James86. Stay a good boy! :P

As far as taking care of hardware, I wonder how many of us would try this:


Here is a video of another motherboard being washed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGl2hfzL90

[James86]

I like how he left the CMOS batt in

[najiro]

As far as taking care of hardware, I wonder how many of us would try this:
Here is a video of another motherboard being washed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGl2hfzL90

there are other "safer" methods available...

[Saryn]

The only thing I am overly careful with is the CPU. Those pins bend EASILY and are a pain to fix.

[CDsDontBurn]

Haha, alright James86. Stay a good boy! :P

As far as taking care of hardware, I wonder how many of us would try this:


Here is a video of another motherboard being washed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGl2hfzL90

Not me!!! Unless it was something that I intentionally planned on killing. LOL

The only thing I am overly careful with is the CPU. Those pins bend EASILY and are a pain to fix.

Agreed! The CPU socket is the only thing I'm overly careful with!!!

[peti1212]

The only thing I am overly careful with is the CPU. Those pins bend EASILY and are a pain to fix.

Exactly!