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    Quote Originally Posted by clocker
    WTF are "risers"?
    I think he's talking about these:



    I call them standoffs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
    Ouch! I've seen someone start a fire like that.
    I lost my old 900mhz board like that ( wasn't me, I was at work )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
    I think he's talking about these:



    I call them standoffs.
    Oh.
    How the hell do you "forget" the standoffs?
    Nevermind, I guess you just do.

    Tsk,tsk.
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    I've seen it done before.

    With things like that I'd be asking myself "what are these for" long before I got to the point of switching things on.

    Mind you, I've even seen someone manage to put a memory dimm in the way round, in spite of the key slot. Now that really DOES get things hot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lynx

    Mind you, I've even seen someone manage to put a memory dimm in the way round, in spite of the key slot. Now that really DOES get things hot.
    Oh yeah.
    If nothing else, the ole credit card will be blazing....
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