Paleo Pete
10-15-2003, 12:45 PM
I have an idea I'd like some feedback on...
One big problem we've always had is newcomers who don't know much about computers and often have never seen the inside of one. We tell someone to check the CMOS battery or the hard drive jumpers, and get a reply like "What's a jumper?"..."Battery?"..."How do I find the AGP slot?"
So for a long time I've thought about setting up a thread specifically for component identification, with pictures of those parts and descriptions. Recently I decided to get off my bony butt and hook up my spiffy Intel web cam-old thing but works great and takes nice pictures-and have been thinking about setting up such a thread.
I have about 20 pictures ready so far, and will undoubtedly be doing more later on, things like CMOS battery, jumper, CPU, PS/2 plugs, AGP slot etc. All are small enough file size to be uploaded to the forums and still large enough screen size to be seen well. Check my post about Bad Capacitors, that's about the smallest of the pictures so far.
What I'm interested in here is whether our current group of techs, and the general users with questions of course, think this would be a useful thread to set up. It will turn into a long and involved one with lots of pictures and descriptions, and will take me some time to complete, if it is in fact ever completed. (As it goes I'm sure we'll think up more and more that should be added, I think of more almost every day...) And being on 28,800 dial up won't help much either. :rolleyes:
I have a good start on it now, if everyone thinks it's a worthwhile project, and will probably set up a thread in testing or somewhere for others to put pictures I can use if I don't have them already. I'll do the posting myself for consistency, and since I want it to be as clear and concise as possible, and I can easily save pictures to upload if needed, and rename them too. I'm naming my pictures so they are self explanatory if possible. Something like pict0021.jpg won't work...jumper.jpg will...
Comments, opinions and suggestions will be welcomed...also need to figure out the best location for it. PC World might work, but I'm thinking Core Hardware might be better...other suggestions wil be considered...
One big problem we've always had is newcomers who don't know much about computers and often have never seen the inside of one. We tell someone to check the CMOS battery or the hard drive jumpers, and get a reply like "What's a jumper?"..."Battery?"..."How do I find the AGP slot?"
So for a long time I've thought about setting up a thread specifically for component identification, with pictures of those parts and descriptions. Recently I decided to get off my bony butt and hook up my spiffy Intel web cam-old thing but works great and takes nice pictures-and have been thinking about setting up such a thread.
I have about 20 pictures ready so far, and will undoubtedly be doing more later on, things like CMOS battery, jumper, CPU, PS/2 plugs, AGP slot etc. All are small enough file size to be uploaded to the forums and still large enough screen size to be seen well. Check my post about Bad Capacitors, that's about the smallest of the pictures so far.
What I'm interested in here is whether our current group of techs, and the general users with questions of course, think this would be a useful thread to set up. It will turn into a long and involved one with lots of pictures and descriptions, and will take me some time to complete, if it is in fact ever completed. (As it goes I'm sure we'll think up more and more that should be added, I think of more almost every day...) And being on 28,800 dial up won't help much either. :rolleyes:
I have a good start on it now, if everyone thinks it's a worthwhile project, and will probably set up a thread in testing or somewhere for others to put pictures I can use if I don't have them already. I'll do the posting myself for consistency, and since I want it to be as clear and concise as possible, and I can easily save pictures to upload if needed, and rename them too. I'm naming my pictures so they are self explanatory if possible. Something like pict0021.jpg won't work...jumper.jpg will...
Comments, opinions and suggestions will be welcomed...also need to figure out the best location for it. PC World might work, but I'm thinking Core Hardware might be better...other suggestions wil be considered...