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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was expecting new computer parts so I can upgrade my hardware. I was hoping they would get here before I had to leave for work, but they showed up half an hour after my shift started. Now I have $700 worth of computer hardware sitting on my porch for my whole shift. FML
Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML
Today, I took the motherboard out of my computer so I could put more RAM and a new video card in. While I was in the bathroom my mom threw it all out because it 'looked like garbage'. FML
Today, I replaced the broken hot plates in my stove, only to realize that something else is broken, and it's still is not usable. I had to change it all back before I could even heat dinner. This was after I had carried the thing up and down the stairs by myself, and spent an entire afternoon cleaning it. FML
Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML
Today, I got home after a long day and collapsed onto my bed… forgetting I'd left my laptop open on it. Now I have an expensive, broken pillow. FML
Today, I blew out the dust from my GPU, and when I went to reinstall it, it turned out that I had inadvertently shorted something and now it's dead. FML
Today, I was at work at an office store. I was instructed to put together several tape-free cardboard boxes. I then realized that I can disassemble and reassemble a computer with my eyes closed and one hand behind my back, but I was outsmarted by a cardboard box. FML
Today, at work, I tried to sneakily open a bag of chips I had hidden in my desk drawer. The bag decided to explode as soon as I tore it open, sending chips flying everywhere. My boss chose that exact moment to walk by and saw me on the floor, frantically picking up chips. FML
Today, I spent an hour trying to figure out why my laptop wouldn't charge. I restarted it three times, watched two tutorials, and almost ordered a new charger until I realized that the actual charger wasn't plugged into the wall. FML
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Welshite 40
Your brain seems to be malfunctioning. Try turning it off and on again.
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
Welshite 40
Your brain seems to be malfunctioning. Try turning it off and on again.
False_Stupidity 42
It seems that OP's brain has a faulty chip too.
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
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
False_Stupidity 42
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.
Mauskau 36
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. :(
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.
GuyGuyson 7
Partially your fault but fyl, what a pain in the ass!
C8H18 33
I really wish I could insert a clip of Homer Simpson saying, "DOH!"
TheNewGuy03 29
At least it didn't yield severe RAMifications
dizzyable 3
What you put in here in its place a baked potato?
BananEnigma 24
The old chip?
freddygasman 18
a potato chip
BrotherPhil 35
Oh my God, you killed your laptop! You bastard!
pengboo 3
But think of the $ you are saving by doing it yourself.
superlloyd 15
a chip you say? your lack of terminology knowledge should have been a red flag that you would screw it up.
socialproduct 19
Do technology aficionados reject the existence of chips?
Lalala579121 28
And humans who don't know the scientific name for every animal species they interact with are bound to screw it up.
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.
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!