Fun with The Torture Rack

[NaeKuh]

noooo

shazza once u get X2's to work, u just dont touch them. LOL.

everytime i do something to it or its loop, thats when they break.

[shazza]

noooo

shazza once u get X2's to work, u just dont touch them. LOL.

everytime i do something to it or its loop, thats when they break.

Don't I know it! I'm not even sure the other one still works after my last debacle, but heck ... how do you learn if you don't try things.

[millertime359]

Good to hear.

I do like my Thermaltake Toughpower 700 Watt modular. That thing been holding strong for almost 5 years now. The only thing I hate about it is don't loose your unused cables since Thermaltake doesn't seem to sell replacements.

Yea that does seem weird to me. Is it still under warranty? If its not, maybe take the cover off and see if you can't find what got fried.

[NaeKuh]

yeah i so wana trash my X2's its not even funny.

But each time i get enough massed up for a gpu upgrade.. a cpu tends to fall on my lap.



as u can see i got a really big one coming in this week.

[DarthBeavis]

yeah i so wana trash my X2's its not even funny.

But each time i get enough massed up for a gpu upgrade.. a cpu tends to fall on my lap.



as u can see i got a really big one coming in this week.

Hazards of getting lap dances from n3rds. all i ever get is blood red Fluid XP stains on my lap . . .

[millertime359]

Hazards of getting lap dances from n3rds. all i ever get is blood red Fluid XP stains on my lap . . .

[Jokester_wild]

Don't I know it! I'm not even sure the other one still works after my last debacle, but heck ... how do you learn if you don't try things.

That sucks Shazza sorry to hear about your hardware loss !

[Chicken Patty]

well shazza, even if this build takes a while. We'll all be here supporting you. You've done a great job. And the people who don't mess up things, its because they don't dare to do the things you do Keep up the great work.

[dreamaxx]

Just as a side note, I tried testing my Corsair 1000's sleeving on my Corsair 620, and it didn't work, which caused me to go back and rethink and repin it and resleeve it and spend all day faffing around with it. Only to find that corsair 1000 wires don't work in the corsair 620. WTF!

[shazza]

Thanks for the condolences all. But ... life is good. And I don't worry about sharing the mistakes along the way, no sense in giving you the uncensored version.

Resisting the urge to follow NaeKuh's guidance, I did go ahead and switch my EK water block to the back-up 4870x2. I wasn't sure this card worked because it was while installing it that I killed my Rampage Extreme.

After hooking up the card and loop ... and bleeding the line/leak testing ... happy to report that I do have a once again working system

I jetted down to my local Fry's today and picked up the Antec Signature 850W PSU - it's beautiful. Not 100% modular, but I decided that my little experiment with all modular was not such a wonderful idea (cheaters never prosper, my mother said). Now all my components seem to be happy.

Don't be sad for my loss I've been at this a few years, and this is the first video card I've lost. Motherboards are my usual victim.

I know a work log with no pics is boring ... but if I posted a pic of my work area now, I'd shatter any thoughts you might have that I am a neat & tidy ol' lady worker. Instead ... just imagine this is me:

[pingpong1455]

lol thanks shazza for the update

[millertime359]

Lol, get er done Shazza

[NaeKuh]

shazza pull the EK block off the card, and see if its the EK block shorting the card out.

Remember CD had that problem. This is why i warned so many people about this big EK flaw.

[shazza]

I already pulled the block off the card ... had to, to install it on the other one.

I can't see any evidence of a short ... in fact, the smoking card looks fine ... so I don't think it's the block. I'll look at it closer tomorrow.

[pingpong1455]

I already pulled the block off the card ... had to, to install it on the other one.

I can't see any evidence of a short ... in fact, the smoking card looks fine ... so I don't think it's the block. I'll look at it closer tomorrow.

ppppsssst shazza check your pms haha

[systemviper]

yeah i so wana trash my X2's its not even funny.

But each time i get enough massed up for a gpu upgrade.. a cpu tends to fall on my lap.



as u can see i got a really big one coming in this week.

W3580 D0
oh so sweet, do you think it will out[erform the 975?

[millertime359]

I already pulled the block off the card ... had to, to install it on the other one.

I can't see any evidence of a short ... in fact, the smoking card looks fine ... so I don't think it's the block. I'll look at it closer tomorrow.

Can you post some photos of it when you get a chance?

[NaeKuh]

W3580 D0
oh so sweet, do you think it will out[erform the 975?

Im gonna make a thread on anandtech titled called Clash of the Intel Titans, where i will pit my 975 against 3 x W3580's. Only 1 is mine, but i get to pick. :P

Anyhow i dont want to steal shazza's thread. :P

Shazza, your lucky u have tri sli to fall back on... for me its my Xfire or bust. >.<

But i have a TON of i7 cpu's to fall back on...

[Chicken Patty]

thanks on the update shazza, glad its back up and running. This is great news.

[gillbot]

I don't for the life of me see why you find this so funny - you know it is just part of my continuing quest to be just like you

Be like NaeKuh? This is not something I would admit to publically.

[shazza]

Be like NaeKuh? This is not something I would admit to publically.

Oops ... missed the request to take a photo of the dead card ... will see if I can do that tomorrow.

Didn't get much done today (post-homicide depression, I think). I did dismantle the cabling from the DA750. Here's my attempt at sleeving ... had everything but the 8-Pin EPS cable done, as I was awaiting heat shrink.


From left to right, 1) PCI-E 6 pin, 2) PCI-E 8 pin, 3) Sata, 4) 4-pin Molex, and 5) 24-pin ATX.


(Note ... sleeving is a little more of an aquamarine color than is showing on my monitor)



So now, since there is apparently no more of the MDPC-X blue sleeving in the USA, I must strip these if I want to do the new PSU cables in blue ... still mulling it over.

[Chicken Patty]

shazza that is beautiful. I really like that color for sleeving

[dualbrain]

So now, since there is apparently no more of the MDPC-X blue sleeving in the USA, I must strip these if I want to do the new PSU cables in blue ... still mulling it over.

No compromise Shazza. Nicest people like you never need to make any compromise. Santa is on its way.

[dreamaxx]

Nils! Where is my email?

Shaz, that sleeving was so beautiful, such a shame to dismantle it Where did you get those beautiful blue plugs, they look fantastic, especially the SATA connectors, just brilliant!

[millertime359]

Oops ... missed the request to take a photo of the dead card ... will see if I can do that tomorrow.

That cool, was just a bit curious.

Great looking sleeving job.

Just think of it this way, got some quality practice so the next one should be beyond perfect