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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by ianai on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:52PM (#16713334)
That’s a pretty lucrative skill though. Or was.
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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by HarryHirsch on Thursday March 29, 2018 @11:36PM (#16713490)
Yes, replacing capacitors on Pentium 4 mainboards that are controlling equipment that the university cannot replace the license for is still lucrative.
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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by jacquesm on Friday March 30, 2018 @09:34AM (#16715881)
First you cut off all the legs, then you desolder the pins one-by-one. That way the risk of motherboard damage is nil.
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