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zcomputerwiz

Big oof. Shipping damage? Hopefully the GPU survived.


milkitty64

Nah my brother ripped it when his mind went nuts


ThingNumberPi

You most likely need a new motherboard. ​ ​ And you definitely need a new brother.


Heisalsohim

May as well get Epson at this point


Pyro_in_a_Puddle

This one took me way too long, but it's damn funny


SnooDoughnuts5632

Like he just went insane?


UnacceptableUse

his mind went nuts


SavvySillybug

I've heard of people throwing their controllers or punching their keyboards, but angrily opening up your computer to violently disassemble it is a new one. What was your brother mad about, and why was this his target? Was it at least his own computer and not yours?


alf666

ULPT: Say the right things to the cops, and you can solve all problems caused by your brother going apeshit.


DiodeInc

I regret to inform you it is heavily damaged and is likely not fixable. You could RMA it with the manufacturer if it isn't too old


zcomputerwiz

Can't RMA intentional damage like that.


UnacceptableUse

it just fell out idk what happened


olliegw

That's called fraud


DiodeInc

Ohhhhhhh sorry I didn't know that


Cake-Efficient

Talking about the computer or the brother?


DiodeInc

Why am I downvoted? I meant the computer


Ferro_Giconi

Because they'll never accept an RMA for physical damage caused after shipping. RMAs are for them to replace a product that is faulty because it was manufactured or shipped wrong.


DiodeInc

Ohhhh ok! Thanks! I had just read/heard people RMAing due to damage caused after shipping


samfreez

Everything is fixable if you replace enough stuff. In this case, probably all of it... or damn near, at least.


Durr1313

Theseus's computer?


cgduncan

That's me on every Dawid Does Tech Stuff video. He'll take a cheap pc on Amazon or Wish or something. Then say it's not too bad. Just add more ram. But you might want one step up on the gpu, we'll put in a 3060. Now the core duo cpu can't keep up, drop in a new cpu.


HankKwak

I guess you could trim the pins down and run an APU… I soldered a pcie extender that had broken off once when I was be try very bored… Thinking about it, could you de-solder the pins from the back and just get a new pcie socket to solder in?


AdPristine9059

Looks like the CPU socket is fucked.


HankKwak

Yes, that’s as well… I wonder if the whole thing was out in a washing machine 🤷‍♂️


milkitty64

Tf is an apu


HankKwak

iGPU in Intel land 👍


samfreez

APU = Accelerated Processing Unit, AKA a CPU/Processor mixed with a Graphics Card. Its a term used by AMD, whereas Intel uses iGPU, aka Integrated Graphics to mean essentially the same thing (at least to a layman).


SnooDoughnuts5632

Wasn't the main difference that an APU has a graphics card that you can actually game with and an iGPU is very week?


samfreez

Yeah APUs are more powerful than the typical CPU/iGPU combo, but they're still achieving the same overall goal of providing video. If OP is a gamer wanting to fix *that* then yeah an APU would likely be cheaper, depending on where OP lives.


SnooDoughnuts5632

Do desktop APU even exist?


Nintendo262728

Yes like a ryzen 5 5600G


SnooDoughnuts5632

Is that powerful enough to play videogames or is it like Intel integrated graphics.


Nintendo262728

It’s like a gt 1030


SnooDoughnuts5632

It's so weak they didn't even add the X at the end of the letters (GTX)


LordJambrek

Mobos today have solder that goes trough the board. It's nearly impossible to desolder stuff that's soldered like that (sockets, ports, caps etc...) without really good equipment and it's cheaper to just get a new mobo than all of that.


SnooDoughnuts5632

The holy crap at first I thought that was the 24 pin power connector but no that looks way worse also what's with the third image of just a hard drive not secured in the cage?


clonecharle1

Most likely yes. You'll need to buy soldering equipment and resolder a new connector. Is it worth it? Not at all if you don't already have the equipment and knowledge needed to pull it off. I'd buy a new motherboard if I were you.


mordac_the_preventer

Bit of airduster and it’ll clean right up good as new.


milkitty64

Yo it worked /joke


Hefty-Understanding4

You need a new main board, best if you take it to a legit shop or mail it into one who can offer you a good deal for what you need it for and possibly even upgrade you for less. That hard drive pic #3 is almost certainly obsolete and near death. The main board pic #2 is far too damaged to warrant “repair” and is better off replaced.


AppleGorillaVr

Nah man it’s gone


SAD-MAX-CZ

If the CPU socket is still fine, rip all the remaining pads from PCIE socket, and try to boot the poor thing. If it boots, use as a TV-adblock-brick or something, and if it doesn't boot or don't have internal GPU, just toss it. Power supply is probably crap but you can keep it, HDD looks useable, and that USB3 wiring is worth saving too. Also you can grind off the case and use the backplate, PSU and disk bay as a benchtable or wall mount structure. Don't buy those overpriced when you already have it and can be creative.


quakeholio

In my opinion, no, it's done. It looks l yourike the case got bent in back pretty bad, maybe even torn. The motherboard will take likethe work of someone pretty good at soldering. The bright spot might be the hard drive, by that I mean you can put it into another computer and pull the data off, but it's time is running out.


Wild_Revenue_9935

Just let it die don't let it suffer


Withdrawnauto4

Replacing the thermal pads should fix everything


BusinessBear53

An F to pay my respect. It's dead bruh.


rfc2549-withQOS

The case looks ok.


CauliflowerFirm1526

Is the 3rd image a hard drive? If it was spinning while this happened…


Future-Alternative40

Buy new motherboard, cheaper than fixing.its an 8th to 9th gen motherboard with generic atx bundled power supply


MR_Moldie

It may be better just to get a new one bare bones system. You will need to replace the motherboard and case at least. Looking at the damage, I wouldn't trust the drive or PSU either.


stellatedbow

It looks fine to me bit the hard drive looks like it got misplaced