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** 5V, Data, Ground, or | ** 5V, Data, Ground, or | ||
** Ground, Data, 5V | ** Ground, Data, 5V | ||
i was hoping that 5V and Data would be on different sides, since the only way i was going to blow this thing up (afaik) was switching 5V and Ground. if Ground ran through the center, that wouldn't be possible. i wasn't sure how to determine which mapping was in play, so i went by color. there were white, black, and red sheaths, which map cleanly to 3 of the 4 USB2.0 bunches (USB has Data+ and Data- on white and green cables, respectively), and the white was between the red and black (just where we would expect the Data line to be under a USB interpretation), so i made an executive call and guessed that the red was live. i stripped and separated the three bunches, and used three 18AWG solder seal wire connectors together with a heat gun to bind them to three pins. into the Molex went the pins, into an ARGB connector went the assembly, and...boom! works! felt like a pimp. so now i have two working monoblocks. | i was hoping that 5V and Data would be on different sides, since the only way i was going to blow this thing up (afaik) was switching 5V and Ground. if Ground ran through the center, that wouldn't be possible. i wasn't sure how to determine which mapping was in play, so i went by color. there were white, black, and red sheaths, which map cleanly to 3 of the 4 USB2.0 bunches (USB has Data+ and Data- on white and green cables, respectively), and the white was between the red and black (just where we would expect the Data line to be under a USB interpretation), so i made an executive call and guessed that the red was live. i stripped and separated the three bunches, and used three 18AWG solder seal wire connectors together with a heat gun to bind them to three pins. into the Molex went the pins, into an ARGB connector went the assembly, and...boom! works! felt like a pimp. so now i'll have two working monoblocks, one full of gunk. yay, i guess? | ||
* '''2022-07-07:''' video cards arrive. i check the Copper Hydro 2080ti in my machine against my existing Aorus Master, and realize using it in the top slot will invalidate the shroud i'd laboriously designed+printed a few days earlier for my mobo-side drive bays. the world is cruel. i can't place it in a lower slot, as my Dual XTOP pump would be displaced. i ponder permutations that move the Dual XTOP, despite it looking kinda badass where it is, and conclude that the best thing to do is change up my shroud. said shroud was printed with carbon fiber-infused PETG, requiring a high-temperature extruder. my high-temperature extruder is fucked. i resolve to unfuck it. my 2070 Super turns out to be...the air-cooling components of a 2080ti, completely useless to me. i ask the ebay seller what the fuck; he replies what the fuck yourself; this has escalated to a chargeback following failed ebay dispute resolution. so that's no longer in play. 2080ti or go home. | * '''2022-07-07:''' video cards arrive. i check the Copper Hydro 2080ti in my machine against my existing Aorus Master, and realize using it in the top slot will invalidate the shroud i'd laboriously designed+printed a few days earlier for my mobo-side drive bays. the world is cruel. i can't place it in a lower slot, as my Dual XTOP pump would be displaced. i ponder permutations that move the Dual XTOP, despite it looking kinda badass where it is, and conclude that the best thing to do is change up my shroud. said shroud was printed with carbon fiber-infused PETG, requiring a high-temperature extruder. my high-temperature extruder is fucked. i resolve to unfuck it. my 2070 Super turns out to be...the air-cooling components of a 2080ti, completely useless to me. i ask the ebay seller what the fuck; he replies what the fuck yourself; this has escalated to a chargeback following failed ebay dispute resolution. so that's no longer in play. 2080ti or go home. | ||
* '''2022-07-08:''' mobo arrives. i have lots of other shit to do, and am unhappy, so i'm fine with waiting for the new monoblock to be delivered. i'm also not looking forward to moving my $2000 CPU (now $3500, ugh, since when do chip prices go <i>up?</i>), nor installing the monoblock, nor inevitably feeling like an unscientific fool applying new thermal paste. | * '''2022-07-08:''' mobo arrives. i have lots of other shit to do, and am unhappy, so i'm fine with waiting for the new monoblock to be delivered. i'm also not looking forward to moving my $2000 CPU (now $3500, ugh, since when do chip prices go <i>up?</i>), nor installing the monoblock, nor inevitably feeling like an unscientific fool applying new thermal paste. | ||
