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Created page with "'''dankblog! 2022-07-20, 0801 EDT, at the danktower''' it's been a rough few weeks for my workstation. i absolutely hate being without a workstation; it feels like i've lost an arm. or half my brain. or both. was this downtime due to recent misadventures in watercooling? sadly, yes. learned some lessons, and got a whole lot better at soldering. * 2022-07-04: i conclude a long 3-day weekend..." |
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it's been a rough few weeks for my [[Schwarzgerät_III|workstation]]. i absolutely hate being without a workstation; it feels like i've lost an arm. or half my brain. or both. was this downtime due to [[Reflections_on_watercooling|recent misadventures in watercooling]]? sadly, yes. learned some lessons, and got a whole lot better at soldering. | it's been a rough few weeks for my [[Schwarzgerät_III|workstation]]. i absolutely hate being without a workstation; it feels like i've lost an arm. or half my brain. or both. was this downtime due to [[Reflections_on_watercooling|recent misadventures in watercooling]]? sadly, yes. learned some lessons, and got a whole lot better at soldering. | ||
* 2022-07-04: i conclude a long 3-day weekend of [[ | * 2022-07-04: i conclude a long 3-day weekend of [[Schwarzger%C3%A4t_III_upgrade#Bespoke_parts|3d printing numerous parts]] with which i intended to "complete" my build. the goal was that no cables ought be visible—a formidable task, given everything in the box. | ||
* 2022-07-05, 0700: i wake up, smoke a cigarette, check my mail, and go back to sleep | * 2022-07-05, 0700: i wake up, smoke a cigarette, check my mail, and go back to sleep | ||
* 2022-07-05, 1000: i wake up again, and smell a horrible acrid odor suggesting burning plastic. i go to find out who's been smoking crack in my condo. nope, the electric stink is coming from my machine, where the four leftmost power pins of my RTX 2070 Super have melted into the PCIe slot ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/comments/vset9i/press_f_for_respects/|press 'f' for respects]]). it is immediately obvious that the card will never again multiply a matrix. the motherboard, somewhat shockingly, still posts. | * 2022-07-05, 1000: i wake up again, and smell a horrible acrid odor suggesting burning plastic. i go to find out who's been smoking crack in my condo. nope, the electric stink is coming from my machine, where the four leftmost power pins of my RTX 2070 Super have melted into the PCIe slot ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/comments/vset9i/press_f_for_respects/|press 'f' for respects]]). it is immediately obvious that the card will never again multiply a matrix. the motherboard, somewhat shockingly, still posts. | ||