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I agree ,it's certainly everything that embodies this thread, unfortunately im all but certain that its staged to some degree ,because nobody is going to put their cigarettes out like that , i've seen it many times over the years ,but I'm not certain of its origin , I am certain of the fact that atleast the ashtray was dumped for the picture, and some of the clutter was likely added, but I wouldn't be surprised if at least a portion of it is truly genuine
 

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I agree ,it's certainly everything that embodies this thread, unfortunately im all but certain that its staged to some degree ,because nobody is going to put their cigarettes out like that , i've seen it many times over the years ,but I'm not certain of its origin , I am certain of the fact that atleast the ashtray was dumped for the picture, and some of the clutter was likely added, but I wouldn't be surprised if at least a portion of it is truly genuine

it most likely is fake, as the keyboard is unusable, yet somehow they want you to believe they still are able to use it
 
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Makes sense, people that drink Heineken can be pretty basic
 

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Edit: ahah! i posted this in the wrong forum section and couldnt find where the hell it ended up!
 
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I agree ,it's certainly everything that embodies this thread, unfortunately im all but certain that its staged to some degree ,because nobody is going to put their cigarettes out like that , i've seen it many times over the years ,but I'm not certain of its origin , I am certain of the fact that atleast the ashtray was dumped for the picture, and some of the clutter was likely added, but I wouldn't be surprised if at least a portion of it is truly genuine

It is an old one, but I'm pretty sure it's genuine. Like my brother says: "there's people for everything". There are tons and tons of stories and images like this, and some of them are proven true. I've not seen something close to that, but some people really are ... worse than animals, somehow.

Google filthy homes.
 
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Said sometime time ago that I'd do a demo vid of how well the cleaner I used earlier worked.
Had to show it working in real time and finally got around to doing a video of just that.
Cleanup - YouTube

BTW the card and coolers I cleaned earlier are still doing just fine. :rolleyes:
 
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Said sometime time ago that I'd do a demo vid of how well the cleaner I used earlier worked.
Had to show it working in real time and finally got around to doing a video of just that.
Cleanup - YouTube

BTW the card and coolers I cleaned earlier are still doing just fine. :rolleyes:

But it's water+ Clorox ? like not mineral oil ? Will the electronics fire up later on ?
 
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No, it's not at all like mineral oil.
You MUST rinse the pieces immediately after dunking with water and do so thoroughly - THEN after that hit the piece(s) with WD40 or a similar light lube to help protect the components from the effects of corrosion.
In the case of the fans I cleaned I essentially flooded them (Internally only, where the circuitry and motor bearings are) with WD40 and let them sit overnight. This morning I hit them again with it, let them sit a little longer for letting the excess WD40 come out, then tried them - Worked like new, even the blue LED's are bright again.


If using WD40 it should be fine overall but after flooding them with it (To drive out moisture from the motors) you can also use a light lubricant such as 3-n-1 instead of WD40 as a final lubricant if you want.
 
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I thought the stuff was some nasty chemical and you were supposed to wear gloves since it dissolves all the shit in matter of seconds.
I also expected something elaborate, like putting the fans inside and turning them on (that would need distilled water I guess) for self-cleaning process :D
 
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I thought the stuff was some nasty chemical and you were supposed to wear gloves since it dissolves all the shit in matter of seconds.
I also expected something elaborate, like putting the fans inside and turning them on (that would need distilled water I guess) for self-cleaning process :D

Wearing gloves would be a smart move, I rinsed my hands right after the vid was done of course when I also rinsed out the fans. You want to do the rinsing ASAP regardless of if you have gloves or not since this cleaner will attack the copper in short order but as long as you get it rinsed off quickly it's fine.
The copper windings in these fans looks brand-new and since I rinsed them quickly followed by a soaking in WD40 they are OK. BTW this applies to anything you clean with this stuff, get it rinsed ASAP and it will be fine but be sure if there is any circuitry involved then use an oil/lube like WD40 to coat the parts to protect against corrosion. Also be sure to only apply it where these areas are, not the entire item itself.

If it's a PC component you're cleaning such as a GPU make sure the item is COMPLETELY DRY BEFORE APPYING POWER TO IT. This could mean letting it sit for about a week or so to ensure it's 100% dry throughout the card. I'd also remove it's cooler and do that separately from the GPU itself, following the steps I took for it's fan. Rinse it, flush it out with WD40 and then let it dry. After that I'd apply either WD40 or a light oil such as 3-n-1 (Preferred) to the fan's motor/bearings and test before remounting on the card.
 
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Not exactly helpdesk...but I think I have the rest of the thread title covered....;).

This was a recent purchase from ebay of an RX 480. Advertised/sold as barely used in like new condition.

Gross 1a.jpg Gross 1b.jpg

Gross 1c.jpg Gross 1d.jpg

Originally, I wasn't going to post these photos because I'd imagine there are quite a few deals out there to be had in the used AMD Radeon RX 470/480, RX 570/580 market and I don't want to dissuade anyone from snapping one up on ebay. I'd just be careful doing so.

For myself, I'm waiting for the AMD announcement. If I don't like the pricing...I'll be right back on ebay and going at it for another round. Until then, I found a Sapphire Nitro RX 460 Refurb on Newegg for 60 bucks to tide me over.

The specific reason I'm needing a card is I planned to start Witcher III for gameplay over the winter, just like I was going to do last year...and I didn't have the pc or card to do it. Now I have the pc...just need some type of card...and quite thankful to have a little extra cash to do so!

Vega 8 works quite well for most of my titles...with Witcher III...it does not.

Enjoy the pics...:).

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Not exactly helpdesk...but I think I have the rest of the thread title covered....;).

This was a recent purchase from ebay of an RX 480. Advertised/sold as barely used in like new condition.

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View attachment 108161 View attachment 108162

Originally, I wasn't going to post these photos because I'd imagine there are quite a few deals out there to be had in the used AMD Radeon RX 470/480, RX 570/580 market and I don't want to dissuade anyone from snapping one up on ebay. I'd just be careful doing so.

For myself, I'm waiting for the AMD announcement. If I don't like the pricing...I'll be right back on ebay and going at it for another round. Until then, I found a Sapphire Nitro RX 460 Refurb on Newegg for 60 bucks to tide me over.

The specific reason I'm needing a card is I planned to start Witcher III for gameplay over the winter, just like I was going to do last year...and I didn't have the pc or card to do it. Now I have the pc...just need some type of card...and quite thankful to have a little extra cash to do so!

Vega 8 works quite well for most of my titles...with Witcher III...it does not.

Enjoy the pics...:).

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what's that? looks like oil or something
 
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what's that? looks like oil or something

It may resemble oil, but what ever this material is...it's very sticky! I attempted to remove some of it with a swab...and it stuck!

I'm sure there are many posters that can be more specific in answering this question. I'd like to know myself. Was this material released under high heat from the cooling pads? That was my first thought...actually...my first thought was. Do samsung memory chips sweat...but I quickly discounted that...:).

I don't know for sure.

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What is that above the memory chip in the second picture? Is that a bug? :wtf:

As for the "sticky stuff"... my best guess is that's coming from the thermal pads. They usually have some kind of adhesive on them. It wouldn't surprise me if some of it "ran off" when things heated up.
 
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What is that above the memory chip in the second picture? Is that a bug? :wtf:

As for the "sticky stuff"... my best guess is that's coming from the thermal pads. They usually have some kind of adhesive on them. It wouldn't surprise me if some of it "ran off" when things heated up.
it's like from the pads, so between "bad" pads or the chip got pretty hot so "melting" the pads
 
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When the dust is so old it turns brown... you know you need to kill it with fire.
 
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Considering the stickiness of the material, I'd say both of you probably have good odds of being correct. Afterall...you can read an impression of Samsung in a few of the pads. I'd imagine we're dealing with a high heat situation.

As a friend mentioned after seeing that first photo...I think this card spent some time toiling in the mines. I liked that quote. :).

What is that above the memory chip in the second picture? Is that a bug? :wtf:

You're definitely not the first to guess this...:). FWIW, I concur.

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Well, memory chips do get hot under load... whether or not that's enough to correctly guess if it was a miner or not, I can't say. Of course, mining does place a lot of load on the memory chips (at least mining ETH does, which is still a popular algorithm, even more so with AMD cards than nVidia), but so does gaming. So, it's possible it really did see light use, sitting in a system idle most of its life in between gaming sessions, while the stress from running games was enough to cause that to happen to the thermal pads, but it's also not farfetched to say the seller lied about that and it was indeed a miner. Given the not so recent drop in profitability and sustained poor level of said profitability since, a lot of miners are/have quit and are offloading their equipment.
 
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