Packing comp. for college

[Halogen1212]

Hi, I'm heading off to college in a couple of days and I was just wondering how I should pack my computer. Should I remove the processor and heatsink? PCI cards? Or is it safe just to transport it fully assembled? I've transported it fully assembled before but that was just locally and to lan parties. Any help would be appreciated!

-Andrew

 

[Drewpy]

I would recommend taking off the HSF, just as a precaution. The securing device on the new P4's look pretty sturdy, but its still plasitc. And the thought of a rather significant chunk of metal travelling around the inside of my computer, bouncing around down the highway, just makes me shudder.

If you are comfortable removing your heatsink, do it.

If not, absolutely make sure you transport your computer lying on its side (with the heatsink vertically on top of the cpu).

I would not worry about any of the cards inside your computer, except if you are one of those people that have glued a massive heatsink to your video card.