What were you doing the first time you opened a PC case?

[Arcadio]

I remember that the first time I opened my PC case was to install a USB PCI card because my PC didn't come with USB ports. This was back in 1999 or so.

 

[amdhunter]

My first PC arrived with the video card blatantly out of the PCI slot. I was so afraid of losing warranty and called Quantex before I attempted to open it.

Sure enough the tech was like, just take the case off and reseat the card. lol

 

[WiseUp216]

I had to double my RAM to run Netscape Navigator.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I just wanted to see what was in there I think. After a while I disassembled it and put it back together to see how everything fit. Among other things, it convinced me that I should have no problem assembling my own computer.

 

[drteming]

Took apart my Commodore VIC-20 just to look inside.

 

[Away]

I installed a video card in my Gateway desktop back in 2001. My first build was two years later.

 

[lxskllr]

Doing something productive? Putting a new video card in a Dell circa 2003. I looked inside earlier computers to see what was in there though.

 

[sandorski]

My case was a Horizontal type and was a fliptop with 2 buttons on the side that latched it shut. So I'm pretty sure it was just to take a look at all the innards.

 

[Gillbot]

Upgraded the cpu from 20mhz to 33mhz.

 

[mcurphy]

Added 32mb of PC100 memory.

 

[Ken g6]

I had to double my RAM to run Netscape Navigator.

This, exactly. Or not long before that. I couldn't figure out why it couldn't just use 4MB and the swapfile, but it couldn't. Oddly, that computer ran slower with 8MB RAM.

 

[MustISO]

First time I opened a computer part it was a 5 1/4" floppy drive for a Commodore 64. Needed to modify the drive so I could add a second one. First time opening a PC case was our Dell 486 to add 4MB of RAM so I could play a new game.

 

[rsbennett00]

I opened my amiga 1000 to solder in 512k of ram.

 

[Paratus]

Added a SoundBlaster 16 to my 486DX 33mhz. Doom, Xcom, X-Wing, Space Hulk, all with sound! So awesome.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Added a 20meg MFM drive to an 8088.

Quote from my dad when we did it: "Son we are NEVER going to fill this up."

 

[Engineer]

Added a 20meg MFM drive to an 8088.

Quote from my dad when we did it: "Son we are NEVER going to fill this up."

Wow, that's exactly what I was doing. In 1988, I put in a 20 meg MFM drive into my Tandy 1000SX PC. I also said that I would never fill mine up. Even put compression software on there about a year later to try to keep it alive. Finally replaced it with a 30MB card drive.

 

[Ichinisan]

Something to do with the MWAVE card that was both a dial-up modem and a sound card.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I can't recall, think it was mostly just to see what it looks like inside when we got our first computer when I was a kid. I then put the cover back on before my parents get home because I did not want to get in trouble.

 

[Dirigible]

Added memory in '91.

So. Many. Dip. Switches.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Added a SoundBlaster 16 to my 486DX 33mhz. Doom, Xcom, X-Wing, Space Hulk, all with sound! So awesome.

Exactly the same, installing a SoundBlaster 16, except mine was a 486/25.

 

[BoomerD]

NCR 8088...added more RAM. That was sometime in the mid-to-late 80's.

 

[Balt]

I added a 3dfx graphics card to my PC so I could play quakeworld with some decent FPS.

 

[amdhunter]

Added 32mb of PC100 memory.

My first memory upgrade was adding 64MB EDO SIMM into my PC. I was so stoked to have 96MB RAM installed.

 

[SunburstLP]

Building our first computer. My Dad bought the parts and showed me how to slap it together. 386DX40. That was a great machine. The Antec desktop AT case stayed with us from 1990 or so until our first ATX build.

 

[pete6032]

Install a graphics card. Unfortunately it was an AGP card and we only had a PCI slot. I thought I had an AGP port because Windows told me I had an AGP graphics adapter. Little did I know that it was on board AGP and not a dedicated slot. Needless to say, mission failed.

Before that a long time ago it was to install a 4x CD-ROM drive, which, at that time was revolutionary.