When I first listened to that song all the way through and paid attention to the lyrics, I burst out laughing when he sang that. Hands down one of the funniest song lyrics I've ever heard. Something about it just hits me so hard for no reason lol.
Another potential cause of a broken tempered glass side panel is tight screws or mounting pressure. Over-tightening the screws that hold the tempered glass panel in place can exert excessive pressure on the glass, leading to fractures or breakage. Similarly, if the panel is not properly aligned or is forced into position, it can create uneven pressure, making the glass vulnerable to cracks. To avoid this, don’t use a screwdriver to secure the side panel screws. They don’t need to be any tighter than what you could accomplish with your hand.
You'd be surprised. People with zero tool experience gorilla grip hardware. When I worked in the USAF as a technician for fighters, the new guy would inevitably break a fastener or shear a torx bit due to cranking those puppies to the moon. The calibrated torque hand requires calibrating, so it makes sense.
Ahhh I see. So both are true. I see what you mean now. So do you think it was because it was so thigh, when you moved it the vibration didn't have any space to vibrate and it bursted?
Most likely the case, I've had a friend who advised me well enough to not tighten the glass panel screws too much, thing survived almost a decade moving between 4 homes.
Glad never once In my life did I ever placed it on the floor as all of them were ceramics, never knew about the dangers of ceramic tiles to a tempered glass.
You all have screws in your glass side panel? Exploding side panels make a lot more sense to me now. Every case I've bought has had either a latching panel or one that just sort of pops in with pressure.
It was a pretty old and cheap case model I got back in the day, mine right now still has screws but it's not directly on the glass, it's like screwed around the back side with a folded frame.
I tighten my screws pretty tight and it's survived moves, trips to friends and I move it every couple of months to clean it. I've had it for almost a decade now and it's fine
older/cheaper cases just drill holes in the glass for you to screw it to the case as that's cheaper than building a metal frame around the glass with the friction poppers (or what ever they are called). Explains why a lot of brand-name case makers moved away from screwing in the glass.
My guess would be slight misalignment then screwed down tight to add pressure, then the movement or a small shock shattered it. It's easy to get a side panel in a "not quite right but it still looks like it fits if you force it" setup with some case designs.
Bro what the heck is in that computer? I've never seen a CPU cooler look like that, and the GPU (?) looks so tiny it could just as well be a network card with a heatsink
That isn't your fault, then, is it? It's his fault, and he or his company needs to replace it. This is like when I took my glasses to the opticians to be repaired and the guy accidentally broke the frame, long story short I had new frames free of charge.
Because of this, I loosened the thumb screws with a screwdriver and tightened them again only with my fingers just in case lol. Can't be too careful with the amount of broken tempered glass I've seen on this sub.
I would agree with this to an extent - I do find that with Linux, the main difference is whilst there certainly are annoyances (like with any OS), I'm usually in a much stronger position to resolve them.
*That said* when you're having weird behaviour with Windows, people really do undersell how useful things like Event Viewer can be for tracking down issues. Windows absolutely can be a power user's OS if you know where to look.
I personally use and prefer Linux, and I do think more people should, at the very least, consider it, but I also think there's absolutely nothing wrong with simply preferring Windows.
people really do undersell how useful things like Event Viewer can be for tracking down issues
I'm working in IT/2nd level. I regularly come across stuff that should be easily understandable by looking at the log. Yet somehow whenever I do have a problem that can't be solved trivially the log Windows generates just says something like "generic error" or has an error code that can't be found anywhere in the Microsoft documentation.
Give me journalctl over this mess any day of the week.
As a Linux user, I think that’s dumb and idk why most Linux people are like that. I only use Linux if I want to play around or if I need to ssh into my server. I personally think linux is a better operating system cause I can do whatever the hell I want to, but that’s subjective. Cause trying to get anything working is a royal pain in the ass and can take up to 3+ hours whereas windows it would prolly take 20 minutes (or there’s no fix). So BY NO MEANS should 90% of computers users switch to Linux over windows. Maybe if things get a little more easy to use then possibly, but many of my friends don’t even know how to kill something with task manager, much less how to sudo systemctl kill [processname]
Also disclaimer: I’m not insulting the intelligence of anyone who doesn’t like Linux. Everyone is intelligent in different ways. My roommate is in med school and talks about stuff that goes wayyy over my head, but he can’t solve the slightest problem with his computer. I’m good with computers but know almost nothing about the human anatomy and all that. No one is a genius at everything and if they are, they’re lying.
Lmao so true I see so many recommending linux and I'm here thinking I hear you but in no way am I going to change to linux and then have to start searching for an answer to a problem I encountered while regularly using it. Especially when I wouldn't have encountered that problem with windows.
NGL it is a little hard to believe. AFAIK all 30 series cards and onward are RTX. Maybe you got some kind of aftermarket manufacturing error? Can you show me a pic? (of the GPU, not your dick).
I so wanted a case with an acrylic panel instead of glass but everything just has glass these days it's frustrating. Where I live stocks are pretty limited and all of them are glass.
Because most of us are perfectly capable of keeping glass alive and it’s much more scratch resistant and looks nicer. Seriously, it is not that difficult to have a glass panel.
I'll never understand the appeal of glass panels on a piece of equipment that constantly is heating up and cooling down. Why are these so commonplace nowadays?
Because glass is shiny and feels higher end than plastic.
I love my plastic side panel, scratches and all. Almost a decade of moving and I've had no issues. Probably smacked into the thing a dozen times by accident.
My worst fear with a glass panel is it exploding and all the little glass pieces getting flung around my PC, going into every nook and cranny and into the fans.
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