The "R" in HardWare

[NiaNia]

In the iconic "tom's HARDWARE" logo the first R is a hammer in disguise. This quirk exists for branding and imaging no doubt, but how does it associate to computers? surely you wouldn't use a hammer for building and maintaining the sensistive circuitry and complex systems that inhabit the interiors of our notably expensive PCs?

Or would you?

I am certain there are a few people out there who have actually used a hammer in a computer build, and who knows, it might be more common than I, or we, thought. If you have used a hammer in a build, let's hear it. I'll start.

I was building a pc for my friend and one of the cost saving measures I mentioned was that I could try and use an old computer case. He said yes. Off the bat the MOBO didn't want to fit and I had to mangle the PCI brackets on the case, then I realized the hard drive bay was just a hair too close to allow the GPU in. No problem this build has on-board storage just remove bay right? Well, the drive bay was bolted to the case and I didn't have anything that could effectively cut metal, so I decided to hammer the bay inwards to allow room. After some well needed rest I decided this wasn't worth it. Making a bad case worse does not unfortunately help. I bought him a proper case as a gift as the whole thing was my idea. Besides, what's a gamer without his iconic tower?

Yes, I know tom's hardware does not deal exclusively in electronics, I wanted a cool introduction

 

[TerryLaze]

Symbols are symbols because they symbolize things for everybody on the whole world.
Hammer = fixing something
bandaid = healing/mending something
floppy disk = saving, although most people have never even seen a floppy in real live

 

[Colif]

floppy disk = saving, although most people have never even seen a floppy in real live

especially a real 8 inch floppy that flopped

Hammers also found in Hardware stores, and this is Tom's Hardware after all.

clearly someone did a good job at designing that and are proud of it.

 

[HWOC]

Yep, I've used a hammer many times when modding PC cases. For example, when I needed to fit a custom Dell PSU into a standard case, or vice versa. Cut some stuff out of the way first, bend with pliers, flatten with a hammer.