Recent content by Texray1

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    whats the hardest part about putting a comp together?

    I spent about 4 or 5 hours working on the cable management, but that was fun, not hard. I had a supervisor in the USAF who was fanatical on making our installations look nice so I take pride in tidying up my case. I have a clear window also and green LED fans and everything is pretty. My wife...
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    whats the hardest part about putting a comp together?

    I had the darndest time with the LED connections also. My mobo manuel conflicted with the case manuel and I tried all sorts of combos and never did get my power-on light to work. But HD light works and that is enough for me. The rest of the system (my first build) has worked wonderfully for...
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    Plug in the computer to avoid static when building?

    You're right about the current, but I don't think there is anything with tons of current in a PC. I may be wrong, but nothing much scares me there. I've worked on radar transmitters that scared me. Computers don't.
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    Plug in the computer to avoid static when building?

    While it CAN kill you, most likely it will just scare the heck out of you and make you a bit sick feeling. I've been bit many times over the years and never been seriously hurt. The danger comes if you are in a confined area and don't have room to pull away. AC tends to repel you somewhat and...