X problem understood

[Chris Mohler]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Shannon McMackin<smcmackin at gmail.com> wrote:

>  From what I understand, Karl had the card mounted, but not secured.  He
> decided to secure the card with the screw in the PCI mounting plate and
> in the process exerted too much force and potentially broke something.
>
> Video cards can be tricky with their additional connections.  Always
> best to have the machine up on the bench for the project.

Hell, anything connected to your PC deserves careful attention.  I
once had a landlady who powered up her PC with the RAM not fully
inserted - say hello to toast.  Luckily we found her an exact
replacement MB on eBay and it was not a super-costly mistake.  And
luckily the damage was only to the RAM and MB.  But fixing her up gave
me some leeway on the rent at least :)

Chris