Transporting a case

[zhensem]

Appologise for the trivial post but it won't be if the mobo socket breaks. lol.

Right, tomorrow I'm making a rather lengthy journey by car with my case. I do have the *copper* version of the Zalman CNPS7000A installed, which is the heavier of the two versions available (the copper one being somewhere around 800grams or somethink rediculous).

Should I take it off (then re-attach when i get to destination but have to fiddle about with thermal paste again, having to re-apply it and stuff) or should I just carefully position the case (see sig 4 case) horizontally? How likely is it to break off and mash up my rig?

Cheers.
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[Google]

[ToggleHead]

i would just lay it on its side........so most of the weight leverage is being applied directly to the center of the socket and cpu.......if you stood it up, all the little bumps would apply pressure to the HSF at the outermost curve along the axis......which has an apex of your cpu, therfore most pressure being applied in the wrong direction.......

in other words......put comp on side, most safe, least damage......lol
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[Dakken*MCBS]

... LOL what he said..

though id try to keep it immobile,tie a seat belt around the base or something.



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[Josh]

yeah, strap it down somehow...and pad it if you can?
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[ToggleHead]

I KNOW.......fill the case with packing peanuts.......or like that expandable spray-on plumbers foam.......see....if you had some GOO you wouldnt have to worry about this.......=]
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[zhensem]

Jeez, it's times like these that I wish I had goo. :)
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[Josh]

^^^im always in one of those times
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[Scoth]

yeah, if you have it's original box (i doubt you do, btu i keep mine around for such occasions) just slide it in there carefully, lay it on it's side and put whatever else you're taknig aroudn it to keep it from sliding, or, as they said, put a seatbelt around it.. don't wanna slam on your breaks at a stop light and watch your case go flying through the window and hit an old lady in the head..... who then would egt run over by a bus of a bunch of retarded japanese school kids who'd swerve into a 'new mother's training class' which would cause the building to explode, launching a brick at your face and killing you people say i have a lengthy imagination.. i just always prepare for the worst

[JayDubya]

^^^ i've seen that all to many times. truely an amazingly funny tragedy, never gets old.
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[Josh]

yeah, if you have it's original box (i doubt you do, btu i keep mine around for such occasions) just slide it in there carefully, lay it on it's side and put whatever else you're taknig aroudn it to keep it from sliding, or, as they said, put a seatbelt around it.. don't wanna slam on your breaks at a stop light and watch your case go flying through the window and hit an old lady in the head..... who then would egt run over by a bus of a bunch of retarded japanese school kids who'd swerve into a 'new mother's training class' which would cause the building to explode, launching a brick at a wedding celebration hitting the champagne bottle whilst the cork and shards of glass come flying towards you, smashing your car window causing more shards of glass to come flying towards you, shredding your face and taking out both your eyes, you fall out of the door and an articulated lorry driving at 40mph runs over you legs causing you to scream and fling your head backwards, you break your neck because of the speed whilst the back of your skull is pierced by a piece of metal on the side of your car, still alive of course, another car crashes into the back of your car causing the metal to take your head off killing you people say i have a lengthy imagination.. i just always prepare for the worst
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[ToggleHead]

or you know....the dammed thing just falls on the floor and your sp-94 or deep impact snaps the socket off your board........either way i guess is equally as frightening.....=]
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