Project "CUBEIT"

[GeoffP]

*you could get some nice idea from themodnation.com, very wicked worklogs they have there...

oooohhhhhhhhhh, no words here

[Ambro]

Where in Adelaide?

I'm originally from Cowandilla which is near the airport on Sir Donald Brabham Drive.

Bradman (like the cricketer) not Brabham (like the race car driver)

[dexster]

yeah i know cowandilla , quite to close to where i am

western suburbs of adelaide rock

[GeoffP]

Bradman (like the cricketer) not Brabham (like the race car driver)

Well, yeh, squooze the spellin, sorry but that

[GeoffP]

yeah i know cowandilla , quite to close to where i am

western suburbs of adelaide rock

cumon, too many suburbs to guess...

NB: was there the week after easter with the family visiting my bro

[dexster]

pm

[GeoffP]

[MnM]

Guys how long does Quac at Petras normally take to reply to an email? I have emailed him last night (day time for them quiet early in the morning) but so far nothing. How long did you guys have to wait?

[Jedda]

Guys how long does Quac at Petras normally take to reply to an email? I have emailed him last night (day time for them quiet early in the morning) but so far nothing. How long did you guys have to wait?

Never more than 8 hours for me so far.
Good news for Aussies- Petra's have Thermochills, at last.

[ranker]

Guys how long does Quac at Petras normally take to reply to an email? I have emailed him last night (day time for them quiet early in the morning) but so far nothing. How long did you guys have to wait?

Quoc is usually really fast in answering any question I have to its full entirety. I never have a correspondence where I don't feel satisfied.

[MnM]

Quoc is usually really fast in answering any question I have to its full entirety. I never have a correspondence where I don't feel satisfied.

I just sent him a list of parts last night and asked him for a postage quote.
I might send the email again.

[septim]

be patient i'd say, he has only 2 hands, 1 pair for packing our stuffs, 1 pair for keyboard typing our responses, 1 pair for writing our those notes together with our pens... basically he has a lot of stuff to do every working day.

[GeoffP]

I just sent him a list of parts last night and asked him for a postage quote.
I might send the email again.

Hi MnM,

I have actually taken the time out to ring Quoc in the morning Melbourne time (6 to 6:30 am). This catches him in the office late afternoon the day before.

[GeoffP]

Re my UV Pentosin problem, I have actually dropped two bottles of Red Pentosin (as per my earlier pictures on this thread) into the loop. UV reaction is very mild at best. I might drain the loop and try the blue pentosin I also bought from Petra's.

My uv lighting is ok as other uv reactive cables light up very nicely.

Have to say I thought the reaction would have been more like pictures posted by other people.

What other uv dye's do you ppl use?

[MnM]

GeoffP: as you had your stuff delivered by FedEx I have to ask what ahppened to you and customs (or duties)? Did you have to pay anything?

My stuff is in Alexandria so I want to know

[Jedda]

GeoffP: as you had your stuff delivered by FedEx I have to ask what ahppened to you and customs (or duties)? Did you have to pay anything?

My stuff is in Alexandria so I want to know

One very good reason for keeping each shipment under a grand. Watch out for the rate though Customs uses the OS currency on any invoice and does their own conversion to see if its under the thousand dollars.

That's not the first time I've heard of struggling to get a good look out of red UV loops. Looks great if it's right though.

[GeoffP]

GeoffP: as you had your stuff delivered by FedEx I have to ask what ahppened to you and customs (or duties)? Did you have to pay anything?

My stuff is in Alexandria so I want to know

Hi MnM,

I didn't pay duties on anything I imported.

The U2 was stuck in customs (Alexandria) for a few days. Maybe because of its size, I don't know. It eventually cleared, and nothing else I imported was delayed in customs as well.

Make sure when you check the case that there are no scratches, etc on it. Especially check the drive bays. Anything not right, email MM as they were excellent in replacing my damaged drive bays.

Cheers,

Geoff.

[GeoffP]

One very good reason for keeping each shipment under a grand. Watch out for the rate though Customs uses the OS currency on any invoice and does their own conversion to see if its under the thousand dollars.

Wasn't aware of this, so any import over AU$1K attracts duty? Looks like I lucked in if that's the case

That's not the first time I've heard of struggling to get a good look out of red UV loops. Looks great if it's right though.

I'm going to drain the loop this weekend and give the blue Pentosin a go. I have two bottles of red Pentosin in the loop with little effect.

[MnM]

Hi MnM,

I didn't pay duties on anything I imported.

The U2 was stuck in customs (Alexandria) for a few days. Maybe because of its size, I don't know. It eventually cleared, and nothing else I imported was delayed in customs as well.

Make sure when you check the case that there are no scratches, etc on it. Especially check the drive bays. Anything not right, email MM as they were excellent in replacing my damaged drive bays.

Cheers,

Geoff.

Thanks GeoffP for the information.
This is what I get:
May 10, 2007 8:43 PM

In transit

ALEXANDRIA AU

Package available for clearance

I have also managed to get Quok to ship my items yesterday.
Now you were NOT the one who bought the last bigNG from PCCG were you?
Now time to find an international seller of bigNG with good shipping rates to Ozz.
I also need a digital camera (my own broke down a few weeks ago) so I can start a work log.

[septim]

already told ya that the red pentosin would turned out more pinkish...
this why Petra's has that long life red coolant for more reddish color...
or maybe just add some UV dye?

true enough, customs is really a hassle even here. even on a box of books from amazon worth $100, the greedy customs tax $17...

[GeoffP]

Thanks GeoffP for the information.
This is what I get:
May 10, 2007 8:43 PM

In transit

ALEXANDRIA AU

Package available for clearance

You should be getting the package shortly then Once it was available from customs, I got it within a couple of days - very exciting stuff

I have also managed to get Quok to ship my items yesterday.

You will definitely be getting your stuff from Petra's early next week - they ship real fast (thru customs as well, never had a delay like I did with the UFO)

Now you were NOT the one who bought the last bigNG from PCCG were you?
Now time to find an international seller of bigNG with good shipping rates to Ozz.

No, not me, don't have one..

I also need a digital camera (my own broke down a few weeks ago) so I can start a work log.

Used my old 4MP camera, worked a treat, as you can tell from my photos

[GeoffP]

already told ya that the red pentosin would turned out more pinkish...
this why Petra's has that long life red coolant for more reddish color...
or maybe just add some UV dye?

heh, forgot you mentioned that

Going to drain the loop, refill and try out the blue pentosin - see how that goes first - will add piccies if it is ok of-course

true enough, customs is really a hassle even here. even on a box of books from amazon worth $100, the greedy customs tax $17...

yep, government says gimme, gimme...

[Jedda]

Now you were NOT the one who bought the last bigNG from PCCG were you?
Now time to find an international seller of bigNG with good shipping rates to Ozz.
I also need a digital camera (my own broke down a few weeks ago) so I can start a work log.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
lol
Tried the M-cube shop? I'm not sure what their shipping works out to.
M-cube Store.

My Petra stuff arrived yesterday.
Get this. I ordered and paid Quoc and PCCaseGear on the same day for stock held.
Petra's won the race by one day. Five days to Australia, WTG Petra's!

[GeoffP]

My Petra stuff arrived yesterday.
Get this. I ordered and paid Quoc and PCCaseGear on the same day for stock held.
Petra's won the race by one day. Five days to Australia, WTG Petra's!

Kinda sums it up - doesn't it

At least PCCaseGear is only 20-30 minutes from me.

[GeoffP]

Drained the loop - well most of it anyway, couldn't drain the bit between cpu->gpu1->gpu2. Wouldn't come out as the pump was pushing air at that stage - might have to rethink the drain pipe location.

Anyways,
Drained the loop, put in the blue pentosin first, then topped up with distilled water & PT Nuke - soon as I turned on the pump, whole loop filled with micro-bubbles - looked like foam at first.

Ran the loop for 30 minutes, bubbles have pretty much disappeared. I am wondering if the Pentosin helped create the micro-bubbles, maybe I should have bled the air first, THEN added the Pentosin after?

Totally different from last time when I added distilled water first, bled the air bubbles (which were all fairly large, no micro-bubbles), then added the Pentosin.