Life

I want to update my pc config to use a more powerful cpu (from Ryzen 1300x –> Ryzen 3600). Watched a few videos and it didn’t look complicated enough, so I order the new CPU and plan to install it myself. Things didn’t go exactly to plan. To sum up relevant things I didn’t know from watching “how to install AM4 CPU” videos: on some motherboard, you need to “support” the backplate from under the motherboard so the socket would protrude far up enough to “lock” the CPU fan. even if ab350 says it supports Ryzen 3rd generation CPUs after flashing the supported BIOS version, it is not a given that it will work –> I end up upgrading my motherboard to b450 if you boot Windows after changing CPU / GPU, it won’t boot –> have to reset CMOS Of course, I didn’t figure all this out myself. I took the pc to a local repair shop to install the CPU fan but it didn’t POST. We thought it’s the from the CPU pins I accidentally bent and maybe I screw it up when I straighten it back. ...

You may have come across news headlines with something like “woman diagnoses herself with rare disease.” If you take this statement at face value, you might think “hmmm so this woman, out of the blue, just diagnose herself with a rare disease.” What most people don’t often realize is that for a rare disease to be considered, she must have gone through many different doctors who diagnosed her with various diseases, but she feels that neither of them accurately describe her symptoms. She might do some research, and came across a rare disease that perfectly describe her symptoms. ...