How to Colour Your Computer

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: disconnect all cables in the back of your computer.

   Make sure there are no adapters, wireless antennae, or flash drives in the back of it.
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   Step 2: Open up the computer case and CAREFULLY remove all of the hardware.

   Start by unplugging all of the colorful cables from everything they are connected to.
   
   Make note of where they were connected, take a picture if you need to to aide you in rebuilding the computer. ,, Make sure you mark each screw on a paper to show you where it goes! , Push them from the inside outward towards the front of the computer.
   
   Start with the familiar drives (CD, DVD, Floppy).
   
   Now move down to the hard disk(s) (The ones not sticking out of the front to put something in) and pull them out. , Store them in a safe place, and be careful with them! , Pull them out (it should be easy without screws, unscrew them now if you haven't!) gently and unplug them from the colorful cables. , The screws that you didn't remove should now be removed, and the board will be easy to take out.
   
   Be sure not to drop anything that's on it like the CMOS battery! Be very careful with the motherboard, since it is the real computer out of all that other crap you took out! , Unscrew it and take it out. , Make sure there is NO hardware inside, and that it is completely taken apart. , BE ABSOLUTELY SURE that you cover up the interior of the case so you don't paint it! Also, for safety, make sure there are no drive bays inside (metal things that hold the drives in).
   
   If you haven't removed those, remove them now. , Then paint the sides that came off, then the top that came off.
   
   No need to paint the bottom, and you probably shouldn't paint that either. , Allow them to dry in the sun. , Those are the metal things that hold the case together. ,,, back exactly where they were.
   
   These are the little green cards you removed. ,,, Look at the picture you took earlier if you took one. , Make sure to put them back in the right orientation! , If it beeps over and over again, or doesn't power on, unplug it and check your work.
   
   Try flipping the IDE cables over on both sides (the cables that connect the CD, DVD, and Hard Drive to the motherboard), or the floppy cable. , Congrats, you painted your computer case!
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   Step 3: Now remove the thin

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   Step 4: ribbon-like cables from all of the drives (rectangular things) and motherboard (The large board in the middle).

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   Step 5: Get a screwdriver and start removing all of the screws inside

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   Step 6: except for the ones on the big card in the middle.

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   Step 7: Pull out the square things

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   Step 8: called disk drives.

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   Step 9: Assuming that you have removed ALL screws (except for the ones attaching the motherboard

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    Step 10: or big one)

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    Step 11: start removing the small green cards.

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    Step 12: Remove the fans.

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    Step 13: Now it's time to remove the motherboard.

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    Step 14: Finally

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    Step 15: remove that power supply

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    Step 16: the one with the colorful cables coming out.

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    Step 17: Take your computer case and place it on newspaper outside.

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    Step 18: Cover up the parts you don't want to paint with painter's tape and paper that paint won't bleed through.

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    Step 19: Paint the main case first (DON'T PAINT THE BACK!).

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    Step 20: Wait a few hours

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    Step 21: preferably 24

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    Step 22: before moving on to the next step.

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    Step 23: put back the drive bays.

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    Step 24: Put back the power supply.

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    Step 25: Put back the motherboard

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    Step 26: and screw it back in.

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    Step 27: Put back the sound and graphics card

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    Step 28: modem/Ethernet/wireless card

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    Step 29: microphone card

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    Step 30: Put back the memory (if you removed it).

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    Step 31: Put back the drives.

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    Step 32: Plug in the power cables to everything EXACTLY the way they were.

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    Step 33: Plug the drives in to the motherboard using the ribbon cables.

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    Step 34: Plug your computer in to the wall

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    Step 35: and power it on to see if it boots.

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    Step 36: Once it sounds like it does on boot up

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    Step 37: hook it up to the monitor

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    Step 38: keyboard

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    Step 39: and whatever else you have!

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