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It's Sure Been A Week (Laptops and Lack of Money)
3 weeks ago
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Nah I'd win
So I fucked up.
What was a simple thermal paste application for my MSi laptop (which had been overdue for a few years) to keep it from overheating went catastrophically wrong.
The repasting went fine, but all it took was one errant screw and one improper discharge and poof, something sparked, and fried the motherboard. Wouldn't boot. Shortly after wouldn't power on. Completely dead. A motherboard with an integrated 3050Ti, just gone.
Had to take it to a shop and waited three days for a verdict, only to be told the problem was so much worse than I had realized...and that the shop had done a real botch job on the motherboard, so it came back even more damaged than it did when I brought it in.
Spent multiple days without a laptop but once I got it back I realized I could take the SSD and HDD out of my MSi and slip them into my old ASUS, whose HDD died almost a year ago, and after the swap (and a bit of Massgrave.dev), is fully functional again. So I at least have a working computer, which is important for both art and my impending return to uni for year 2.
I'm still thoroughly upset with myself for a simple mistake. I tried doing everything right and one errant mistake absolutely killed a really strong and still recent laptop, and to top it off it was a particularly valuable and rare component at that. Every replacement part that I've seen for the laptop model comes with a 1650 at best yet still costing upwards of $300 in most cases. Ruining a 3050 is inexcusable.
And I'd have to pay even more if I wanted to get a replacement disk for the ASUS, should the MSi be functional again and it gets back its original internal storage. Sourcing laptop parts is mess nowadays, especially with pricier SSDs forcing out HDDs. I just want a basic 2.5" HDD and that's apparently too much to ask for nowadays, unless I play roulette with the used market.
All because techbros are cannibalizing the entire market for AI slop generators. I'm so fucking sick of everything.
I really don't know what to do. I can't really source the right parts and I can't afford them if I could (I still have not gotten my own money released by my father, I love being here), but at least I have one mostly functional laptop so I'll carry on with it.
I hate how it's the small mistakes that have the biggest consequences, especially when you already don't have money. Sigh.
This year is going great, y'all.
What was a simple thermal paste application for my MSi laptop (which had been overdue for a few years) to keep it from overheating went catastrophically wrong.
The repasting went fine, but all it took was one errant screw and one improper discharge and poof, something sparked, and fried the motherboard. Wouldn't boot. Shortly after wouldn't power on. Completely dead. A motherboard with an integrated 3050Ti, just gone.
Had to take it to a shop and waited three days for a verdict, only to be told the problem was so much worse than I had realized...and that the shop had done a real botch job on the motherboard, so it came back even more damaged than it did when I brought it in.
Spent multiple days without a laptop but once I got it back I realized I could take the SSD and HDD out of my MSi and slip them into my old ASUS, whose HDD died almost a year ago, and after the swap (and a bit of Massgrave.dev), is fully functional again. So I at least have a working computer, which is important for both art and my impending return to uni for year 2.
I'm still thoroughly upset with myself for a simple mistake. I tried doing everything right and one errant mistake absolutely killed a really strong and still recent laptop, and to top it off it was a particularly valuable and rare component at that. Every replacement part that I've seen for the laptop model comes with a 1650 at best yet still costing upwards of $300 in most cases. Ruining a 3050 is inexcusable.
And I'd have to pay even more if I wanted to get a replacement disk for the ASUS, should the MSi be functional again and it gets back its original internal storage. Sourcing laptop parts is mess nowadays, especially with pricier SSDs forcing out HDDs. I just want a basic 2.5" HDD and that's apparently too much to ask for nowadays, unless I play roulette with the used market.
All because techbros are cannibalizing the entire market for AI slop generators. I'm so fucking sick of everything.
I really don't know what to do. I can't really source the right parts and I can't afford them if I could (I still have not gotten my own money released by my father, I love being here), but at least I have one mostly functional laptop so I'll carry on with it.
I hate how it's the small mistakes that have the biggest consequences, especially when you already don't have money. Sigh.
This year is going great, y'all.
