Reply 33040 of 52879, by Horun
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LewisRaz wrote on 2020-03-17, 20:29:Well my new 486 Arrived today. […]
Well my new 486 Arrived today.
Completely gutted.
PC was packed alright, not amazing but would not have expected this amount of damage after I opened it.It has taken one hell of a shunt to bend thick steel like that!!!
The floppy drive is a right off.
The HDD/floppy cage will need some bending to make it fit again.
The case is cracked and that bend underneath it seems very difficult to correct.
Several jumpers on the motherboard have taken such a hit that they fell to pieces.
The CPU was hit so hard it took the fan off of the heatsink(4 screws!!) and the CPU had even started to lift from the socket.
The soundcard was hit and broke some superficial plastic from the ISA slot.It took me a while to come to terms with it and slowly take it apart and assess each part.
Somehow, after replacing the broken jumpers, bending pins back and crossing my fingers.. It actually boots.
Once I am over my dissapointment of this damage I will share the insides as there is actually some nice parts inside.
WOW they must have dropped it off the delivery truck. Good to hear the board works.
Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun