just brew it! wrote:If you want to play it extra safe, just be careful when transporting the system to avoid subjecting it to sudden jolts. Lay it down flat on the car seat, motherboard side down, and wedge something in front of it to keep it from sliding off the seat if you make a sudden stop. If it can't go on a seat, wrap it in an old blanket and lay it down in the trunk. (You really should take these precautions anyway, since the hard drive is sensitive to mechanical shock.)
JBI makes a good point. As I mentioned before, I transport my rig fairly often, and the particular configuration is always inside the box the case is in (with the original foam inserts), and usually on its side and wedged in next to something soft like some laundry. If I can't put it down on its side, I actually buckle it into a seat so it doesn't tip over, but those times are few and far between. I've read of some people (not around here, I don't think) that remove anything attached to the motherboard but the CPU and HSF and pack it with something that doesn't generate static, like a cotton blanket.
Captain Ned wrote: just brew it! wrote:Never had a problem with the coolers... and this was back when the HSF still clipped to the socket, and AMD's CPUs still had exposed cores!
I still shudder at the thought of latching down a Socket A HSF. One slip of that screwdriver ...
I was always more concerned with slipping and sticking the screwdriver in my hand than the CPU .
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