Transporting a PC

[quiksilverx181]

Whats the best way to take a PC to a LAN? Its a 1 hour drive south of my house, and it will be in my car. How can i assure that my PC wont get jacked up from the bumpy ride there?

Thanks!!

 

[n64man120]

Probably place it somewhere that's fairly secure and that's all you'll need (all I do atleast). Wrapping it in a blanket would probably protect it from sliding around and hitting stuff a bit more.

 

[peterpan8]

I would lay it on its side, with the motherboard on the bottom and the processor/heatsink facing up. I've seen a heavy heatsink break off one of the plastic stanchions holding it to the motherboard, resulting in a fried CPU.

 

[Korgun]

I would lay it on its side, with the motherboard on the bottom and the processor/heatsink facing up. I've seen a heavy heatsink break off one of the plastic stanchions holding it to the motherboard, resulting in a fried CPU.

Sadly I too have seen it happen. After you take it there open it up to make sure everything is in the right place.

Oh yeah and make sure everything in the case is screwed in and locked in place... I once saw a guy who didn't lock the hard drive rack in and the HD rack was bouncing around on top of the mobo for a few hours... The look on the guy's face when he opened his computer was priceless...