First Build

[RadioHead84]

I started my first build today. And i ...cut myself jeez. I was trying to push a CD rom drive into position and it slipped and flew out the other side. in the process i managed to cut myself. I am very discouraged now and hope my comptuer will be ok in the end. I have the Mobo and Cpu install. All i have left is the DVD-R, CD drive, Memory and sound card. I did ruin that CD-R tho..that sucks

ah man.

 

[Anubis08]

Good luck. All I can say is stick it out.

 

[tfinch2]

ohhhh noessss blood on the hardware!!!!11111!!!!oneoneone

don't worry it will turn out fine ;]

 

[mechBgon]

Ooo, a saucy computer that fights back You need an umpire...?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

My case bit me one time... I was taking out the original I/O shield man that was a bitch... it pinched my finger to the point where it cut me and intially a lot of blood appeared but it subsided really fast. Subsiquint I/O shield changes haven't been nearly as hard meaning Antech put it on too tight grrr >.<

 

[Bovinicus]

I think I cut myself every time I open up a computer. I am quite experienced too.

 

[trexpesto]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Ooo, a saucy computer that fights back You need an umpire...?

You voyeur!

 

[chipy]

yeah, i cut myself a while back on an old antec case... don't worry about it.
take it nice and easy and everything will come together at the end.

chipy

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

I got my pinky finger stuck in between the removable mobo tray and the case a couple hour ago. Thre was blood, but I quickly cleaned it off the case, and my finger =D

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, everybody bleeds the first time... you wise up after your first build though. Unless you like to bleed, you start buying better-quality cases that don't have those !#@%!#@% sharp edges on them.

What's really scary, is buying a case, and finding out that the bottom of it has been pre-bled-on during assembly. It's one thing to be exposed to your own blood, it's quite another to be exposed to unknown blood. There's nothing that says "sweat-shop labor" more than bloody cases, I'll tell you that.

 

[Bovinicus]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Yeah, everybody bleeds the first time... you wise up after your first build though. Unless you like to bleed, you start buying better-quality cases that don't have those !#@%!#@% sharp edges on them.

Yeah, unless you're cheap like me and keep the same cheapo case for several years. As well, I do work on plenty of people's systems as freelance work; nothing like a pre-built turd to give you some fresh wounds.

 

[Gurck]

Same here, first case was ubercheap (Ill save teh munney!!1!1) and sliced &amp; diced me pretty good. PSU died as an added bonus. Current case is an Antec and I :heart: it

 

[iDrive]

Heh. I think we've all cut ourselves.

 

[Mem]

Heh. I think we've all cut ourselves.

I cut myself last year while changing a PC between cases,I didn`t know until I looked at my fingers lol,I was too busy moving hardware around to notice .

RadioHead84 good luck with your first build .

 

[SneakyStuff]

I've cut myself before on some of my older comps, no worries.

 

[GregMal]

Isn't sheading blood a rite of passage in building a PC?
Greg

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: GregMal
Isn't sheading blood a rite of passage in building a PC?
Greg

Not if you buy a quality case, but most first-timers won't listen ("it's just a case, why spend more on it?") and so it happens I was no different.

 

[CeilingHoles]

I got 2 cuts my first time building, but i never noticed it until long after.. I was using a quality case tho (Antec Sonata)

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: CeilingHoles
I got 2 cuts my first time building, but i never noticed it until long after.. I was using a quality case tho (Antec Sonata)

I dunno what you did then People don't get much more clumsy or hamhanded than me, but I found nothing but rounded edges in my case

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: Gurck
Same here, first case was ubercheap (Ill save teh munney!!1!1) and sliced &amp; diced me pretty good. PSU died as an added bonus. Current case is an Antec and I :heart: it

this man preaches the truth! can i get a amen?!

 

[RadioHead84]

Ah there is a bandage on my hand..BUT i am typing this from a new computer!

I have everything installed..I think ineed to update my drivers again but ah well..

is 89F ok for a computer temp?

The computer!:

3500AMD64
MSI NEO2 Plat
Corsair pc3200 XMS XLL
6800GT
480 Antec True
Dvd Dual NEC

sound good?

 

[eldorado99]

I always cut myself on computers

 

[oneshot47]

Smearing the blood on your hard drive protects against microsoft curses.

 

[JonathanYoung]

I cut myself trying to pry off a drive bay cover from the inside. It was super deep and the blood gushed out nonstop and dripped all over the floor... scared my girlfriend, since I was installing a CDRW for her!