whaack: diana_coman: EOD Report: I had an unproductive day. First thing to mention - I surfed for 2h in the evening. In the morning, almost 4h were spent cleaning off the thermal paste from the cpu and hea tsink. Then I went quite overtime with my article, since I had only a very faint outline from yesterday (3-4hr) I only spent about 1.5 hr on TheFleet, 5hr 15min short of my plan. I worked on improving the channel-snagger - i saw that ind
whaack: eed it throws errors for some networks that I can connect to with my client so there may be many available networks missing.
diana_coman: whaack: what a mess of a day indeed.
whaack: diana_coman: looks like the motherboard is likely used. the manual says it comes with 4 sata cables and an i/o shield, both of which pcgamingcr did not send.
whaack: BingoBoingo: (or anyone) Is there a preferred method you have for applying+spreading the thermal paste?
BingoBoingo: whaack: I've always gone with what the paste manufacturer suggests for the type of chip in question
BingoBoingo: On the documentation part of their website or in the print instructions that came with the paste, normally there's a breakdown of what they recommend for different chip types
whaack: BingoBoingo: great ty. i would not have known to look there
whaack: one of the mounting holes for the motherboard seems almost dethreaded. i took off the mobo and tried to see if i could get the screw in at all, and i was able to, but it took an unusual amount of precision
whaack screwed in mobo successfully
diana_coman: whaack: I guess you can call this ordering stuff through pcgamingcr a truly multi-learning experience then.
whaack: diana_coman: yupp
diana_coman: whaack: what's the plan+status on your computer?
whaack: i'm currently practicing putting the heat sink on the processor before i put on the thermal paste.
diana_coman: right; the bigger plan though?
whaack: diana_coman: My plan was just to keep working a few hours every day on it.
whaack: diana_coman: I am over my allotted time for today but I still would like to keep going and get the heat sink installed with the thermal paste before wrapping up.
diana_coman: whaack: uhm, so yesterday the few hours were to clean the paste, today a few more hours to screw the mobo in and tomorrow a few more hours to... put the drives in, or what?
diana_coman: do you have some clear idea of all the steps required and why/how you choose "what next"? what are the parts and where they go and why and all that?
diana_coman: whaack: did you take photos?
whaack: diana_coman: yes i've been taking photos along the way
diana_coman: do you have also notes re what you did on which day and how long it took?
whaack: diana_coman: and yes a few steps took quite an unexpected amount of time. i hope the last few pieces will all fall together quickly.
diana_coman: (why and with what results should be in the notes too)
whaack: diana_coman: no, I may have taken a few but they are spotty
diana_coman: ah, hope, that thing to hold on to for dire lack of anything else.
whaack: diana_coman: (I can confirm I do have a few scribbles on the disassembling process)
whaack: diana_coman: And my full plan is weak, it is just my memory of redoing what I undid.
diana_coman: whaack: myeah, meaning your full plan is not a plan just like the disassembling process was probably more of an accident than a process and so on.
diana_coman: whaack: the next question being of course: did you at least... count the parts? or you'll end up with a few remaining outside after you close the case, lolz.
whaack: diana_coman: I have them in one spot
diana_coman: or so you... hope; not like you can actually tell.
whaack: diana_coman: yes, I should have counted the parts including all the screws for multiple reasons even if it is unlikely that I will lose them
whaack: I will do that now and publish a plan for building my computer as my article for tomorrow and otherwise get back to working on TheFleet for now.
diana_coman: whaack: more to the point, remember that basic part of being able to undo/redo? It *includes* a properly documented disassemble phase if that's your starting point; as in: disassembling happens with pen and paper at hand, parts get noted down and have their storage place; there's little more frustrating than ending up with "can't find a screw" or whatevers.
ossabot: Logged on 2019-12-26 12:57:51 diana_coman: whaack: also, as a basic engineering rule, for everything you plan to apply/assemble, you should have from starters everything required for the removal/disassemble really.
whaack: diana_coman: understood. i did this only partly, i have some notes on the order of steps and i have an organized spot for items + pictures, but it was not done thoroughly and some steps are missing as well as the parts list. (sorry for the delayed response, someone was at the door)