++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[FeuerFrei]

I slapped a "frosted glass" hammer & sickle decal on my pc's glass panel. Now any visitors will suspect I'm a crazy Russian hacker. What could go wrong?

 

[bigboxes]

Nice to be able to relax. Wife has gone out of town with a group of girls, leaving me all alone. She even took her mother, who has been staying with us. I'm always doing something so I won't be relaxing too much. I may have a few beers tonight. Working on Day 5 trip pics. I love reliving the trip all over again. Hope I'm out on the road again soon!

 

[bigboxes]

I slapped a "frosted glass" hammer & sickle decal on my pc's glass panel. Now any visitors will suspect I'm a crazy Russian hacker. What could go wrong?

I can't tell you the last time that I've LOOKED at my case. It sits under the desk to minimize noise. What is the model of your case?

 

[Captante]

I slapped a "frosted glass" hammer & sickle decal on my pc's glass panel. Now any visitors will suspect I'm a crazy Russian hacker. What could go wrong?

Nothing to worry about!

 

[FeuerFrei]

I can't tell you the last time that I've LOOKED at my case. It sits under the desk to minimize noise. What is the model of your case?

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M

Pic of decal

 

[Captante]

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M

Nice!



*(Fortunately for you the back-light's not RED !!!)

 

[FeuerFrei]

Nice!



*(Fortunately for you the back-light's not RED !!!)

Thanks! hehe, the motherboard lighting is constantly shifting through the spectrum so ... color depends on what split second I release the camera shutter. The ROG motherboard has so many options I bet I could set it to constant red.
There's no color coordination with component lighting, ATM. I won't bore you with the reasons.

 

[bigboxes]

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M

Pic of decal
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Ooooh! You got Intel inside, comrade!

 

[FeuerFrei]

Ooooh! You got Intel inside, comrade!

Naturally. I'm gathering Intel.

 

[bigboxes]

nneff

 

[sdifox]

Narf

 

[bigboxes]

Naturally. I'm gathering Intel.

All that bling and you've got the stock hsf. What is your cpu? I use the stock hsf on my file server, but that's a cheapo dual-core Pentium.

 

[FeuerFrei]

All that bling and you've got the stock hsf. What is your cpu? I use the stock hsf on my file server, but that's a cheapo dual-core Pentium.

I just went with an ancient Skylake core and 200-series chipset thanks to Windows 7 limitations. I could have got a 9th generation Core i3 for the same price. Concessions were made. The primo motherboard was only $90 after rebate - I'd never spend $280 on one.

I had my doubts about the HSF, but decided to give it a shot. I was trying not to spend too much - I'm just glad to have a computer again after lightning took out my last one. Core temp hovers between 37-43C so I'm content. See the digital readout on the motherboard on the right here, in degrees Celsius (36).

 

[bigboxes]

I just went with an ancient Skylake core and 200-series chipset thanks to Windows 7 limitations. I could have got a 9th generation Core i3 for the same price. Concessions were made. The primo motherboard was only $90 after rebate - I'd never spend $280 on one.

I had my doubts about the HSF, but decided to give it a shot. I was trying not to spend too much - I'm just glad to have a computer again after lightning took out my last one. Core temp hovers between 37-43C so I'm content. See the digital readout on the motherboard on the right here, in degrees Celsius (36).

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I got you. Just curious. You got the fancy case, but then...

 

[bigboxes]

working on Day 6 trip pics

 

[Red Squirrel]

nef

 

[bigboxes]

nef

feeling better yet?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Still sick but not as bad. The sore stomach (which are odd for a cold, but think it was from all the meds) is slowly going away and the nose is behaving. Now it's mostly just coughing and general tiredness.

Going to try to make it in to church tomorrow but if I feel like I have to caugh a lot I won't go and just take the time to sleep.

The blocked ears seem to be gone too... Though with colds this stuff changes day to day, so don't want to call it yet. I have a stretch of 12h shifts coming after Canada day, so hoping I can at least be better by the time I'm back, so I can catch up with my garage project. Need to prep it for concrete pour.

I hate summer colds. Only get so many days in a summer, sucks for them to be ruined by a stupid cold.

 

[bigboxes]

Still sick but not as bad. The sore stomach (which are odd for a cold, but think it was from all the meds) is slowly going away and the nose is behaving. Now it's mostly just coughing and general tiredness.

Going to try to make it in to church tomorrow but if I feel like I have to caugh a lot I won't go and just take the time to sleep.

The blocked ears seem to be gone too... Though with colds this stuff changes day to day, so don't want to call it yet. I have a stretch of 12h shifts coming after Canada day, so hoping I can at least be better by the time I'm back, so I can catch up with my garage project. Need to prep it for concrete pour.

I hate summer colds. Only get so many days in a summer, sucks for them to be ruined by a stupid cold.

I'm sure it sucks equally to be sick in the winter. It always seems like it's better at another time. I hate being sick, period.

 

[bigboxes]

finished Day 6 trip pics

 

[bigboxes]

[QUOTE="FeuerFrei, post: 39857541, member: 166270"I'm just glad to have a computer again after lightning took out my last one.[/QUOTE]

Ok. Let me hear about the departed. Details please.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I got you. Just curious. You got the fancy case, but then...

Rice-y for sure. All show - no go.

I'm just glad to have a computer again after lightning took out my last one.

Ok. Let me hear about the departed. Details please.

Early May. It was 2:36 am on a dark wet night. A soft rain fell. I was at the desk, using the computer. Suddenly, there was a crack, and world outside the window flashed pink. No thunder. Heard a POP from the equipment in front of me, and a surge of current shocked my hand clutching the mouse. The toasted DSL modem spat fragments of charred electronics onto the desktop, and the aroma of burnt circuits filled the air. Monitor went dark, and then the whole house plunged into darkness. Rain gurgled outside.

The lightning had ruptured the incoming water line, next to the house, cutting off all water to the house. Someone must have grounded the house circuit to the water line. I didn't have much other damage - some light bulbs in outdoor fixtures died and had to be replaced, and now my microwave trips the circuit breaker if it runs for over 2 minutes. The surge flipped the house's master circuit breaker, in addition to maybe damaging a transformer outside. Not sure, never did figure out what the power company serviced. 3 other houses around us lost power too.

The strike took out the motherboard's video output, plus, the monitor was ruined. Hooked to a working computer, the monitor would still display the input signal but it showed jagged fringing, and solid red lines trailed horizontally from each white pixel, all the way to the right edge of the screen. The white mouse pointer had a horizontal red tail following it around.

The pc itself still booted, judging by the lights and hard drive sounds. I even logged into Windows by guessing the logon screen was showing - then heard the logon noise through the speakers. It wasn't long after starting Windows that it rebooted itself spontaneously. I shut it down because running it without video output was pointless. It's not serving files.

So glad my Swan speakers emerged unscathed. When the lights went out, I thought all the electronics were history, and I'd need new appliances.

Wasn't a good time to buy a new computer, financially. A month passed before I had the replacement up and running. Put my tablet to good use in the interim.

 

[bigboxes]

Rice-y for sure. All show - no go.


Early May. It was 2:36 am on a dark wet night. A soft rain fell. I was at the desk, using the computer. Suddenly, there was a crack, and world outside the window flashed pink. No thunder. Heard a POP from the equipment in front of me, and a surge of current shocked my hand clutching the mouse. The toasted DSL modem spat fragments of charred electronics onto the desktop, and the aroma of burnt circuits filled the air. Monitor went dark, and then the whole house plunged into darkness. Rain gurgled outside.

The lightning had ruptured the incoming water line, next to the house, cutting off all water to the house. Someone must have grounded the house circuit to the water line. I didn't have much other damage - some light bulbs in outdoor fixtures died and had to be replaced, and now my microwave trips the circuit breaker if it runs for over 2 minutes. The surge flipped the house's master circuit breaker, in addition to maybe damaging a transformer outside. Not sure, never did figure out what the power company serviced. 3 other houses around us lost power too.

The strike took out the motherboard's video output, plus, the monitor was ruined. Hooked to a working computer, the monitor would still display the input signal but it showed jagged fringing, and solid red lines trailed horizontally from each white pixel, all the way to the right edge of the screen. The white mouse pointer had a horizontal red tail following it around.

The pc itself still booted, judging by the lights and hard drive sounds. I even logged into Windows by guessing the logon screen was showing - then heard the logon noise through the speakers. It wasn't long after starting Windows that it rebooted itself spontaneously. I shut it down because running it without video output was pointless. It's not serving files.

So glad my Swan speakers emerged unscathed. When the lights went out, I thought all the electronics were history, and I'd need new appliances.

Wasn't a good time to buy a new computer, financially. A month passed before I had the replacement up and running. Put my tablet to good use in the interim.

Now, what were the parts on this pc that has passed on to the trash heap in the sky? CPU/GPU/etc. You mentioned that the Swan speakers survived. What model is it? I have the M200 2nd gen. I had the first gen M200 speakers until they started dying in 2016 after ten years of usage. Great speakers.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm sure it sucks equally to be sick in the winter. It always seems like it's better at another time. I hate being sick, period.

At least in winter I'm not running on a limited amount of days trying to get stuff done outside. Sick in summer wastes the few days that are available for outdoor projects.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Now, what were the parts on this pc that has passed on to the trash heap in the sky? CPU/GPU/etc. You mentioned that the Swan speakers survived. What model is it? I have the M200 2nd gen. I had the first gen M200 speakers until they started dying in 2016 after ten years of usage. Great speakers.

I said the motherboard no longer output a video signal from the onboard graphics. So motherboard + monitor were ruined. Both would still turn on ... but were not usable anymore. Sure the board booted Windows, but who knows if there were errors .... Could have been considering it spontaneously rebooted.

I will say I imported the old hard drive to the new build, and had to re-activate Windows.

I have the Swan M200 Mk2 set. SInce August 2008. Ordered from theAudioInsider.com back in the day - a website that no longer exists. Still function normally.

1 x Swan M200MkII (SWM200MkII) = $209.00
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Sub-Total: $209.00
Federal Express (1 x 20lbs) (Home Delivery (4 days)): $19.81
Total: $228.81