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06-02-2002, 07:55 AM
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Do you read the manual?
Just curious how many of you read the manual (for anything), or just try to figure it out on your own.
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06-02-2002, 08:07 AM
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Only time I do is if I'm riding in the car on the way home from the store...
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06-02-2002, 08:41 AM
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Retired
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When all else fails, read the manual.
My creed.  Carl |
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06-02-2002, 08:55 AM
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Manual? What manual? Half the time they are wrong and then you have to rfer to the manufacturers web site for the revision.
Actually no most of the time. I read the printing on the board itself although sometimes it is necessary to refer to the manual for the proper jumper settings. |
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06-02-2002, 09:00 AM
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manual usally doesnt make any since to me till i do it and then go back and read the manual and then it makes some since.
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06-02-2002, 09:25 AM
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The Wheeler Dealer
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I generally use it only for reference if I get hung up on something. Normally I can't find the anwer in the manual anyway and I end up searching the web.
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06-02-2002, 10:04 AM
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Might as well read thru the whole manual beforehand... Why risk the chance of missing one teeny-tiny detail that could ruin your day?... I agree that most manuals are used as a guide once you've been able to open a case and repair or replace parts...
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06-02-2002, 10:17 AM
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I usually skim through it, then go back and read the details later.
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06-02-2002, 10:34 AM
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Member (7 bit)
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Interesting, but I'm not surprised. After coming across manuals that were poorly translated, missing pages, and generic manuals that were supposed to cover 2 or 3 similar products and are so huge it's hard to find anything (I think those are the worst), I usually resort to the Internet. This site is one of my best resources, along with any tutorials I can find on the 'Net.
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06-02-2002, 10:38 AM
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HOT ROD
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What manual? We don’t need no stinking manual!
For the most part I don’t read the manual unless it is something that I have ordered online and I can find a manual. Wish I could find the manual for the wife though, bet it would be thick, hard to follow and in every language but mine.
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06-02-2002, 12:35 PM
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Only when something goes wrong.
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06-02-2002, 12:44 PM
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"Normal" again....??
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What's this "manual" that you speak of... I don't understand.
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06-02-2002, 12:47 PM
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The 3 steps.
1. Try to assemble and/or get it working. 2. When it won't work, ask at PCMechanic. 3. Read the manual when you have nothing else to do. Carl |
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06-02-2002, 12:50 PM
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HOT ROD
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06-02-2002, 02:37 PM
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some manual doesn't even match the product you are buying...
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06-02-2002, 03:01 PM
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I read the manual if the build fails or if I really have some spare time.
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06-02-2002, 08:38 PM
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Most of the fun is building without it anyway.
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06-02-2002, 08:51 PM
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The only manuals I read in advance are motherboard manuals, but that's just a safeguard against quirky motherboards.
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06-02-2002, 09:45 PM
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Manual? What is a manual?
Seriously, I always read them, and then bang my head against a wall because when I find out some (sometimes most) of the questions I have doesn't have answers in the stinking manual. 
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06-03-2002, 04:16 PM
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I always read manuals for computer related products, I guess Im paranoid I might mess up my machine.
For anything else, I never touch the manual. Its like extra packing material. Its video games, that you never read the manuals for. You just plug it in and go, if you cant figure out the controls, you ask a friend. Just my $.02
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06-03-2002, 04:24 PM
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I always read the manuals for everything. I mean, come on: it is there for a reason. I know that for some reason this puts me in the minority, but I don't know why. What gets me is that people are always amazed that I know how things work. Well, duh! I know how things work because I read the @#$*# manual.
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06-03-2002, 09:04 PM
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Read the manual? It depends on what I am doing. When I installed this motherboard I looked it over, held it up to the mounting plate checked the screw holes to see which ones I would be using and checked to see what back knockouts had to be removed from the case, installed all the screws and set the plate in place, everything was fine, then I checked the manual to confirm/set jumpers, installed the cables etc. and everything was ok. The manual is a Chinese translation but has plenty of pictures and a lot of info I don't even begin to understand but with it and you guys/gals I bet I can fix this thing if I have to.
For other products like my Braunfeld? grill I lay out the parts, put the seperated screws in a piece of styrofoam with a lot of compartments in it and follow the manual step by step. The manuals I hate the most are the online ones in PDF format.
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06-03-2002, 09:11 PM
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I read the manual when I am stumped of there is nothing else to take into the "business office" in my house if you know what I mean.
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06-03-2002, 10:49 PM
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Okay...I've seen this thread move up and down the forum -- i've got one question: What's a "manual"?
-Craig |
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06-03-2002, 11:05 PM
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Retired
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audiyoda,
A manual is the filler they use in the big square software box so it looks like you're getting something for your money.  Carl |
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06-03-2002, 11:32 PM
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Member (10 bit)
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I always read the manual, otherwise I might have the nasty lil problem of explosions or fire.
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06-04-2002, 12:03 AM
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LOL
I usually get plagues of locusts. |
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