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Originally Posted by Jason1
What? I have never heard of this. Why couldnt you upgrade the PSU as long as you hooked everything back up correctly? I mean I know there are like 20 and I think 24 pin PSU's so you need to make sure to get the right one that your motherboard uses, but other than that I dont see why a PSU upgrade wouldnt work fine on any rig...
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You're right, but thegame is also right.
A lot of premade computer companies do stupid shit like that. A great example is HP and Compaq. They purposely mount their components in this plastic shit that almost has to be ripped out of the case.
It's basically one of the worst examples of fucking the consumer, in that the average computer person (Probably a majority of the older generation, and those who are less than serious about figuring out how shit works) end up reading some FAQ online about replacing a component to a PC which is easy, then open up their store bought machine only to find it doesn't look anything like the photos from the FAQ and can't get that stupid plastic shit off even if they do figure it out.
I took apart a compaq once that not only had all that stupid shit going on, but also had specially designed hardware components that made them essentially useless to put into any other machine.
Basically it's a way to either force you into getting their company to repair what goes wrong, pay a professional, or just buy a new one. A lot of people are going to go "Well "X" company made a good computer, it lasted 5 years, might as well buy another one from them" after they figure out they can't do anything to upgrade the current system or repair it because of the shit they do.
The worst part is it didn't used to be like that as the first computer I owned was an IBM that had the modem short out and I replaced it no problems and none of the bullshit.