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David
08-23-2006, 09:55 PM
When Intel launched their LGA-775 socket back in 2004, little did they know the possibilities that this new socket design would offer. As I discovered today, it's quite a versatile socket. Why you may ask? Well what I have to show today may very well be one of the nerdiest ways to open a beer, while at the same time could be one of the most expensive bottle openers. Want to find out how? Keep reading!

As would be expected, the first step in opening a beer would be to grab the brew. For my purposes I used an Oberon. This LGA-opening strategy has only been tested with domestic products. As imports are sealed extremely tight it's more likely that you'll break the PCB before anything else...

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With using an LGA-775 motherboard, the concept is to use the corner of the CPU socket to remove the cap. While shown today with an LGA-775 motherboard, this process can easily be adopted to any LGA motherboard (e.g. LGA-771 and LGA-1207).

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Simply set the bottle on a flat surface, and use the LGA retention frame on the motherboard to catch the corner of the bottle cap, followed by pulling the motherboard up in an angular fashion. Opening a beer bottle with a motherboard socket isn't an easy process but with a bit of work it can be accomplished. Nor am I trying to portray this process as easy, as I had went through several tries (and motherboards) before developing a working model. This opening strategy was basically sparked out of curiosity.

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As things are a bit hard to explain for this, a video have been recorded of the opening process. If you try it out, be sure to report back!

Ogg Theora (6.1MB) Download (http://www.phoronix.com/misc/bottle_open.ogg)

(More videos from various angles, formats, etc... to come soon)

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This may be an innovative way to open your drink, but it certainly comes as a costly opener. But if you're looking for a flashy way to break open that beer at a LAN party, there aren't many ways better than this. Happy drinking!

I nor Phoronix Networks will hold responsibility if you decide to attempt such a bottle opening. Performing these steps to open your brew will kill the motherboard, etc... Open at your own risk!!!
Patrick
08-23-2006, 10:55 PM
awesome, perfect usage!
Michael
08-23-2006, 11:05 PM
awesome, perfect usage!

There are some other hardware methods as well, and we will likely share those paths soon :D
James
08-23-2006, 11:06 PM
Either way, I'm satisfied that it's a worthwhile purchase.
Radon
12-02-2006, 06:46 PM
That took too long, you need more practice :)
David
12-02-2006, 07:08 PM
That took too long, you need more practice :)

It wasn't the easiest of tasks, but American beer is sealed tighter than Zywiec, Lech, Tyskie, etc... ;)
Michael
09-12-2007, 08:51 AM
Thread resurrection...

Next week during IDF in San Francisco we'll (finally) be completing our "How To
Open A Beer With A Computer" article as we use everything from a graphics card to motherboard to processor to RAM to modems and anything in between :)

If all goes well, the article should be out next Saturday.
Malikith
09-13-2007, 09:10 AM
Thread resurrection...

Next week during IDF in San Francisco we'll (finally) be completing our "How To
Open A Beer With A Computer" article as we use everything from a graphics card to motherboard to processor to RAM to modems and anything in between :)

If all goes well, the article should be out next Saturday.

Hahaha.. You can do it with a mouse too, if you have a logitech G5 anyway. I haven't tried it but i'm sure it would work. What about a keyboard? I don't know about that one, that would be tough. Unless you took the spacebar off and used it as one.

You could do it with a powersupply too if you used the vents. What would be really challanging though? How about a stick of ram. With no heatsinks on it. I bet you'd break the stick of ram in half before you open that beer.
Svartalf
09-13-2007, 10:15 AM
Hahaha.. You can do it with a mouse too, if you have a logitech G5 anyway. I haven't tried it but i'm sure it would work. What about a keyboard? I don't know about that one, that would be tough. Unless you took the spacebar off and used it as one.

You could do it with a powersupply too if you used the vents. What would be really challanging though? How about a stick of ram. With no heatsinks on it. I bet you'd break the stick of ram in half before you open that beer.

I wouldn't attempt a bottle of anything being opened with a RAM stick without it having heat spreaders on it as well. Fiberglass is strong, but not THAT strong.
Malikith
09-13-2007, 10:31 AM
I wouldn't attempt a bottle of anything being opened with a RAM stick without it having heat spreaders on it as well. Fiberglass is strong, but not THAT strong.

Yep, I think it can be done, but if that cap on the bottle is on there real good, I think that ram is done for.
Michael
09-22-2007, 12:11 PM
Earlier this week Intel threw some great events aside from the Intel Developer Forum itself. On Tuesday night was the PCI Express 2.0 launch party, which was a phenomenal event. The PCI Express 2.0 party took place at Jillians across the street from the Moscone Center and featured a few gifts, casino gaming, raffles, and excellent food accompanied by great drinks all for free. It is certainly a great way to celebrate PCI Express 2.0! On both Tuesday and Wednesday evening, Intel had also hosted a reception during their IDF Technology Showcase, which consisted of free food, beer, and wine while browsing the different vendor booths. Thursday marked the end of the Intel Developer Forum with a drop in attendance for IDF on the last day, but we ended it with a bang thanks to a mini Phoronix bash. During that, innovative ways for opening beer bottles were demonstrated. Interested in finding out how you can open a beer bottle (or most any glass bottle for that matter) using a range of computer parts from a motherboard to RAM and even a USB mouse? We documented these steps with plenty of pictures as well as sharing which hardware doesn't convert into a bottle opener so easily.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11113