By stupidassgeek - 15/06/2016 13:22 - Australia - Moonee Ponds

Today, I opened up my laptop to replace a faulty chip inside, which took me half an hour. When I closed it all up again, I saw the replacement part in its packaging on my desk. FML
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Welshite 39

Your brain seems to be malfunctioning. Try turning it off and on again.

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DrShepherd 10

Ah it happens OP. But hey, you're smart enough to replace a laptop chip! Maybe not to ACTUALLY replace it hehe

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DrShepherd 10

Ah it happens OP. But hey, you're smart enough to replace a laptop chip! Maybe not to ACTUALLY replace it hehe

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Welshite 39

Your brain seems to be malfunctioning. Try turning it off and on again.

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False_Stupidity 41

It seems that OP's brain has a faulty chip too.

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airdude25 18

At least it won't take you much longer to get it (re)done. I did this once with my ram in my laptop lol

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Leprekhaun 14

ram chips are usually right under the removable panel underneath so its faster to get to. ive had to replace the fan for mine and i have to remove everything... funny part is i always end up with an extra screw after

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False_Stupidity 41

Exactly #9! And then you either take the whole thing apart again or spend the rest of the day wondering where the extra screws were meant to go and if they were strictly necessary to the proper functioning of the laptop.

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Mauskau 35

I did this when replacing the screen in a laptop, I had sliced my finger on the plastic surround when trying to get it off, and then a tiny screw pinged off and disappeared. After spending ages trying to find the screw, I put it all back together without the screw, turned it on and realised I hadn't even taken the screen out. :(

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stormy0307 16

I got a new HP workstation laptop at work about 3 weeks ago and to our surprise there is no door on the bottom. 12 screws later we were able to add some more ram and swap the hard drive for an ssd.

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GuyGuyson 7

Partially your fault but fyl, what a pain in the ass!

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C8H18 33

I really wish I could insert a clip of Homer Simpson saying, "DOH!"

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TheNewGuy03 28

At least it didn't yield severe RAMifications

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pengboo 3

But think of the $ you are saving by doing it yourself.

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superlloyd 15

a chip you say? your lack of terminology knowledge should have been a red flag that you would screw it up.

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socialproduct 19

Do technology aficionados reject the existence of chips?

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Lalala579121 27

And humans who don't know the scientific name for every animal species they interact with are bound to screw it up.

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nicolai44 12

I've been working IT much of my adult life, and most of the people I've worked with do indeed frequently call them "chips" in casual speech. Usually, the only people who insist on using the proper technical names for every single component are either trying to educate somebody, trying to differentiate between specific components, or are newbies or just plain pretentious asses trying to show off.

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GoddammitHoward 4

I've done that kind of thing before lol. But hey, at least you've taken it apart. Now it will be easier to do it next time!

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