gary21

If you are trying to troubleshoot, change out only one item, at a time . This way, you will know immediately if something is wrong.

zeldasmith

Touch the inside of the chassis, before working. This will ground the chassis before you do any work, and prevent the Electro Static Discharge problems.

shiela

very helpful!!thanks for the reminding us its good to have someone here who will do that!

Plasma

And always scan your computer. Check if the CPU is properly plugged before turning it on.

jack2009

have band aids handy, now it my just be me... but i ALWAYS end up cutting myself somewhere durring the installation of some peice of hardware on some part of the case...? anyone else see a pattern?....

but on a serious note, rushing a computer build is always a bad idea. im not going to lie, i am guilty of it... and because i was rushing and not paying attention ive killed a poor old AMD Skt754 3700+ (clawhammer) and that was back when they were not as cheep as they are now. building a computer may feel as though its like your 10 and playing with legos but just remeber.... that little lego you are playing with now is alittle more valuble....

now if i could just listen to my own advice....

botttom line... use your head, use a static band, dont eat while building, no pets allowed.... you get the idea, its always a bad day when you lose a proc.