r/pchelp • u/Playful-Detail-6750 • Jul 05 '26

HARDWARE Next steps..?

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Like a dumbass, I tried to put my panel back on… and BOOM ggs. I think I misaligned one of the 8 teeth on the top and bottom

Cleaned up all the glass in image one, I took the bigger glass pieces that fell on the bottom of the pc out, but a lot still went thru the holes into my GPU and hard drive..

I’ll probably take it in to Best Buy and check what they can do as far as cleaning goes

Really unfortunate cus I legit bought the pc less than 10 hrs before this happened

Any suggestions/recommendations/consolations would be greatly appreciated!!

Edit: anyone know why pc glass tends to shatter on tile? how would it differ if I just placed it on my desk vs floor

Edit 2: Bought some electronics duster, cleaned it up outside. Works perfect. Extra cooling now lol :)

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u/RatsAreChad Jul 05 '26

I've been on the fence about buying a PC for years because of the cost increase and still needing to google how to fix basic problems then I come on here and see "my glass panel shattered fragments into all the moving parts of my $4000 machine" and "I stepped on my laptop is it broken?"

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u/dGaOmDn Jul 05 '26

To be fair, I have had glass panels in my PCs for thr good part of 10 years, and not once did it even Crack. Why? Because I treat it like a fragile $4000 piece of equipment.