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Re: Can Someone Please Provide Good Tutorial/Instructional Links For Building A Computer?

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From: mojoho
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:53
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follow this link  http://pcmech.com/build.htm Do yourself a favor and buy an
electro static discharge kit. "ESD". and also be very certain about any usb
jumper settings on your motherboard. I've lost both a motherboard and power
supply because of a misplaced jumper.
Patience and have fun.

"mapanari" <mapi23fake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Darcini" <DarciniN0Sp4M@hotmail.com> you babbled on and
> on:news:k%Vw9.658571$Ag2.25112465@news2.calgary.shaw.ca:
>
> > Steve K. Lee wrote:
> >> This will be my very first time building a computer from scratch.  I
> >> have lots of upgrading experience, but that's about it.  I was
> >> wondering if you guys knew of any good sites that has good
> >> tips/instructions/suggestions on how to build a computer from scratch?
> >> TIA.
> >
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/index.html  Look for the articles
dated
> > Sept 4th and 18th, 2002
> > --
> > When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is
> > dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose
> > to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover,
> > spinning, inches above the ground. With a giant buttered-cat array, a
> > high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
> >
> > John Frazee
> >
> >
> >
>
> You would have to have a super-conducting cat to link the monorail to
> Florida, otherwise the butter would melt, the cat would scrap along, his
> hairs would build up so much static electricity that upon arrival in
Orlando,
> the first person who touches the coach to open the door would conduct 40
> gadzillion amps of electricity into the ground which would cause an
> accidental firing of all nuclear missiles in their silos nearby.
>
> Since they are all now pre-programned to go after Iraq, Mexico and China,
> this being a good thing, a ticker tape parade will most likely be held for
> that person who first opened the door; as they prop his smoking toasty
black
> carcass up on a dolly to recieve it, Mayor Bloomberg will have to use a
sash
> for the medal instead of trying to pin it to the charcol.
>
> mapi
>
> --
> Conservative: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as
distinguished
> from the liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -- Ambrose
Bierce
>
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