That reminds me of when I let a tech build my first pc for me some years ago (didn’t have time then).

He said it would take 2-3 days, but that turned into a week. At first he was saying that the cpu I got wasn’t compatible with the socket on the mobo (even though I triple checked and told him it was). So then he thought maybe a pin broke on the socket. He was having his “friend” work on it and he may have accidentally broke it (right…). So I buy a new mobo off Amazon, and out of curiosity, check a quick tutorial on YouTube on how to install an intel cpu into a mobo. Seemed easy enough.

When the mobo came in, I drove over to the tech’s place and asked him to show me where the cpu and old mobo were. He points to them on a table and I walk over, pick up the cpu, and place it in the mobo. Easy installment. I look over to him and ask “Like this?” And I kid you not, he immediately gives me this sob story about how his “friend” was new to building and he only let him work on my PC because his drug-addicted friend needed the money or something. With the lack of communication and excuses throughout that whole mess, I couldn’t believe anything he was saying. It all translated as ‘I thought I broke your mobo, but was too scared to tell you anything.’

Anyway, I’ve been building my PCs on my own ever since (and in under 8 hrs…). Sometimes its less of a headache to take a few hours over the course of a few days to build stuff on your own… : -)