I used to work as an intern in a PC repair shop and we had a guy come in saying his new self build computer doesn’t work. Turns out he cut a huge part off the mainboard so it fits into the case.
That’s significantly worse. Assembling a PC without knowing what a cooler is for is bad enough, but to actually cut pieces off complex electronic components, I don’t know what kind of state of mind you have to be in for that.
The kind of state that would have me refund his money and tell him I’m baffled and can’t figure it out.
Tell them to switch to water cooling. You will get an even more awesome picture.
Must’ve gotten a faulty CPU that produces heat when it runs.
Most programmers I know wouldn’t understand what they’re looking at here.
This is sysadmin humor maybe?
Yep. This is hardware related. To be fair, many programmers I know are also into self-building and more hardware-related stuff, but that’s something I personally just don’t know my way around well (instead I like more theoretical computer science more). So I genuinely don’t know the problem here, and I think that’s fine.
Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.
You get no shade from me. My only beef is with programmers who act like they are experts in all things computer when they aren’t.
BTW, the issue in the picture is that the CPU cooler is attached to the wall of the case instead of the CPU. It shuts down because modern hardware will usually turn itself off when it overheats to mitigate the risk of permanent damage.
If you’re a programmer and don’t see what is wrong…
Then you’re a typical programmer, at least in my experience.
So interesting. I’m a programmer, I know a lot of programmers, and I’d hate to think that any of them wouldn’t immediately recognise the issue.
Not sure if you’re the outlier or I am.
I’ve taught upper level comp sci at a STEM school and I think a majority of my students wouldn’t know what they were looking at in this picture.
People who’ve written doctoral theses on machine learning and and natural language processing have asked me for help building their gaming rig.
Not to say its universal, but the Venn Diagram of programmers and hardware nerds is far from a circle.
As someone who has done both, programmer most recently, and has respect for both, you’re being very judgy. Both are difficult enough jobs without other tech fields bringing each other down.
I’m not judging. Just observing that a lot of programmers I know wouldn’t understand what’s happening in this picture so maybe it isn’t really programmer humor.
We’re looking at a hardware issue. What would a programmer care?
Personally I’d just patch it in software by coding up my own CPU cooler.
It’s the irq jumpers for the mca expansion card right?
How??
Took me a second, but not more than three. I snorted.
Fucking
magnetsheatsinks, why won’t they work!?As someone who has worked in an IT repair facility, this image hurts my soul.
When I was in IT, had someone who couldn’t get their USB printer to be detected by their laptop. They turned everything on/off and it never would show up. Even I was a little confused, so I unplugged it from the laptop, and then went to go plug it back in, but couldn’t feel the port. I go to take a look, and find there’s no USB ports on that entire side of the laptop. somehow they plugged the USB cable into the Ethernet port.
Must keep the fan cool!
At least the thermal paste isn’t too thick…
Eons ago, I had a guy bring me a non functioning Compaq desktop and say, “Wull the fan was makin’ a lotta racket so I greased it.”
What he actually meant was, “I sprayed the entire motherboard with WD-40 because I don’t know shit about computers OR lubricants.”
I gave it a bath in electronics cleaner and it actually fired right up after that.
Someone stole the heatpipe!
There’s the problem, his BTX system is missing its airflow diverter!
It’s also backwards
Good catch! I haven’t messed with one of those systems since the P4 era, i had two that were the only systems I scrapped before they died, they were just that mix of indestructible, dog slow, and with absolutely no upgrade path whatsoever
Which is quite a shame, really. I had a BTX Dell, which had amazing potential to be upgraded, since nearly everything was just spring latches, and could be slid open quite easily. You could install and swap most parts without a screwdriver.
The potential to upgrade it was there, and then it just never materialised, so the entire thing ended up basically being useless.
Whoever thought of it first should’ve been BruTallyXterminated.
I still have a few Dell models in my “weird/old/sentimental” hardware collection.
If the item fits, it must belong there.
Ignore the heatsink cutting your hand and making it very difficult
Just needs to drop the voltage and the clock down to 500Mhz and then no heatsink required.
They’re just too advanced for us, they already have “wireless” cooling technology.
