Recent content by HuskyBuilder

I just want to start off with saying that I have read several other posts, but none of them really seem like my problem or give a solution that I haven't tried. Ok so my 32GB microSD card was damaged when I was using the sound recorder on my Galaxy S4. After saving and trying to play the sound...

I'm building a server with the following specs: ASRock E3V5 WS Intel Xeon E3-1225 V5 Crucial DDR4-2133 Corsair CX550M Now the problem is the mobo which doesn't seem to have a video output, and as it's a server I didn't think of getting a GPU. Is there any way I could get video out of the...

I'm taking a design class and in my upcoming exam we have to think about some everyday designs we could improve. I, being the computer nerd of the class, immediately thought of the pins on a cpu. Why can't the connectors be flat like the LGA 1150's or 2011's on both the cpu and mobo? Is there...

@bmacsys Alright alright. Enough of this calling me stupid trend. Can you please tell me the harm in blowing on a CPU bottom (gold pads side) as I'm genuinely unaware of any damage I could do by doing this. Thanks.

Alright thanks guys. I'm just reaaally paranoid. The CPU got dust on it just by sitting in the plastic wrapping it came in. No clamp, no black foamy material to secure it on, nothing. I'm going to use some canned air to blow the dust off, good idea?

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Im really paranoid about breaking my parts. I dunno what breaks them anymore :D I wasnt talking about the heat spreader, i was talking about the bottom with the gold pads. Can you give answers for the bottom of the cpu?

My cpu has a slight discoloration in some areas at the bottom and I saw some dust on the bottom which I thought I would blow away with my mouth and i saw the moisture evaporate from the cpu. 1 is this discoloration normal? 2 did/can my breath destroy the cpu? 3 how should i go about cleaning the...