| 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 | [01:47] |
| whaack: | eed it throws errors for some networks that I can connect to with my client so there may be many available networks missing. | [01:47] |
| diana_coman: | whaack: what a mess of a day indeed. | [05:12] |
| 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. | [11:57] |
| whaack: | BingoBoingo: (or anyone) Is there a preferred method you have for applying+spreading the thermal paste? | [12:13] |
| BingoBoingo: | whaack: I've always gone with what the paste manufacturer suggests for the type of chip in question | [13:02] |
| 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 | [13:03] |
| whaack: | BingoBoingo: great ty. i would not have known to look there | [13:04] |
| 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 | [13:44] |
| whaack: | screwed in mobo successfully | [13:59] |
| diana_coman: | whaack: I guess you can call this ordering stuff through pcgamingcr a truly multi-learning experience then. | [15:32] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: yupp | [15:33] |
| diana_coman: | whaack: what's the plan+status on your computer? | [15:34] |
| whaack: | i'm currently practicing putting the heat sink on the processor before i put on the thermal paste. | [15:34] |
| diana_coman: | right; the bigger plan though? | [15:34] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: My plan was just to keep working a few hours every day on it. | [15:37] |
| 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. | [15:39] |
| 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? | [15:40] |
| 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? | [15:40] |
| diana_coman: | whaack: did you take photos? | [15:41] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: yes i've been taking photos along the way | [15:41] |
| diana_coman: | do you have also notes re what you did on which day and how long it took? | [15:42] |
| 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. | [15:42] |
| diana_coman: | (why and with what results should be in the notes too) | [15:42] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: no, I may have taken a few but they are spotty | [15:43] |
| diana_coman: | ah, hope, that thing to hold on to for dire lack of anything else. | [15:43] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: (I can confirm I do have a few scribbles on the disassembling process) | [15:45] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: And my full plan is weak, it is just my memory of redoing what I undid. | [15:48] |
| 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. | [15:49] |
| 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. | [15:50] |
| whaack: | diana_coman: I have them in one spot | [15:51] |
| diana_coman: | or so you... hope; not like you can actually tell. | [15:59] |
| 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 | [16:21] |
| 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. | [16:22] |
| 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. | [16:25] |
| 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. | [16:25] |
| 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) | [16:43] |
| whaack: | dorion_road and jfw: bump on q as to whether or not you'll be back and available on Jan 15th. | [20:35] |
| ossabot: | Logged on 2019-12-05 15:12:05 jfw: whaack: pretty sure both dorion_road and I will be back by the 15th fwiw. | [20:35] |
| dorion_road: | whaack I confirm I'll be back in Panama next Monday and happy to meet up when you visit. Have you booked the trip yet ? | [23:15] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: no, but i will now :) | [23:15] |
| dorion_road: | cool. if you have any questions about where to stay, just ask. | [23:19] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: yes certainly if you have a recommendation, please lmk. also which airport should I fly into? | [23:20] |
| dorion_road: | are you hosteling / hotel / airbnb ? | [23:21] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: if you know of a nice hotel for <0 a night i'll take that, otherwise i'll do the hostel adventure | [23:23] |
| dorion_road: | whaack, I'd look at what's most convenient / economical from your cr airport. tocumen is the big one, but albrook is in the city and panama pacifico is on the west side of the canal, also close. | [23:24] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: looks like i'm going to go with tocumen | [23:27] |
| dorion_road: | whaack no hotel <0/night comes to mind. for hostels, selina's in casco viejo is nice and new. I've not stayed there, but been to parties. | [23:28] |
| dorion_road: | selina's probably has shuttles from tocumen, standard airport taxi rate is 0 to the city. | [23:30] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: they have a nice selina in tamarindo as well. sounds fun, alright i'll go with that then. | [23:31] |
| whaack: | dorion_road: thx for the help, i pulled the trigger. I get in the evening of Jan 13th and leave the morning of Jan 16th | [23:55] |
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