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#8523

I have never once done this.

#8524

Thatā€™s because you donā€™t read lol
At least not anything thatā€™s a book

#8525

If I didnā€™t read I wouldnā€™t be on the forum

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#8526

Ninja edit lol

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#8527

I do read books. I just donā€™t read manuals or instructions. Basically if itā€™s tell me to do something or how to use it I donā€™t read it

#8528

That is how you do things like blow up electronics; lol

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#8529

Just gives you an opportunity to fix it then

#8530

If its for example an ancient computer it aint coming back lol
Or most audio equipment that isnā€™t nice to work with.

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#8531

FO1/2 are back from the era where the tutorial was in the manual. You were expected to read it to get a grasp with the more advanced things

#8532

How would you brake one of those my not reading. Also Iā€™ve have yet to kill any electronics

#8533

When I was younger I played games from that Era, I never needed then.

#8534

you must of gotten lucky.

#8535

I figured out how to play by failing a bunch I just donā€™t have the patience to do that anymore

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#8536

Yup you just stick with the failure, as denoted by your title. :wink:

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#8537

You know it

#8538

For really old PCs, if you donā€™t set up everything absolutely perfectly something as little as having a connector plugged into the wrong thing might kill the system lol

Old school audio gear is less touchy but still. Similar thing sometimes.

#8539

As long as you donā€™t fry an ic you can fix it

#8540

See ive heard that older computer is tougher because you can send 5v to the CPU and it will be most fine. Plus older computers are fairly modular and easy to repair

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#8541

Not when the stuff is old enough not to have any safety features built in and any kind of unexpected electricity can kill the entire motherboard lol
For example my dad had a dual Pentium rig that died when he shocked his keyboard and the static electricity traveled up through the cord, into the motherboard, and fried it.

Also why do you think I recycled my 386 system lolā€¦

#8542

How old are we talking a lot of old electronics with 8 or 16 bit processors ran at 5v