▲ 145 ▼ Just rolled into the shop for "freezing" (lemmy.ca) submitted 9 months ago by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments At Canada Computers in Toronto, circa 2009.
[+] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children) I think they were a clueless computer user so I just told them what the problem was and how we fixed it went over their head. But we laughed good with my colleague. Falling coolers were common on Intel boards at the time when the retention brackets used to be hooked with push-pins. Note this is the factory installed bracket on the board that's fallen. 😄 It's not a poorly installed cooler. This is prior to the user-installed push-pin design that came with the Core processors on the LGA sockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (4 children) What were they running, windows 95? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children) Lol, unlikely. Either XP or 7. Don't recall exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP. It looks like a socket 423. They were the only boards that had a plastic locking lever that I can remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children) I think they were a clueless computer user so I just told them what the problem was and how we fixed it went over their head. But we laughed good with my colleague. Falling coolers were common on Intel boards at the time when the retention brackets used to be hooked with push-pins. Note this is the factory installed bracket on the board that's fallen. 😄 It's not a poorly installed cooler. This is prior to the user-installed push-pin design that came with the Core processors on the LGA sockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (4 children) What were they running, windows 95? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children) Lol, unlikely. Either XP or 7. Don't recall exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP. It looks like a socket 423. They were the only boards that had a plastic locking lever that I can remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (4 children) What were they running, windows 95? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children) Lol, unlikely. Either XP or 7. Don't recall exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP. It looks like a socket 423. They were the only boards that had a plastic locking lever that I can remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children) Lol, unlikely. Either XP or 7. Don't recall exactly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP. It looks like a socket 423. They were the only boards that had a plastic locking lever that I can remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) Nah it was 98 or ME. That thing is pre XP. It looks like a socket 423. They were the only boards that had a plastic locking lever that I can remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Pretty sure it's a P4 on a 478. 423 is significantly larger and the cooler retenrion clip goes directly on the socket. This socket has no retention protrusions. Instead there's a plastic bracket that the cooler is attached to, but the plastic bracket itself has fallen off the board. You can see it on the cooler itself in the other photo. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So 2001 to 2004 or 5 or so. permalink fedilink source parent