Dead Things
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Hello friends! I have many updates!
Let's get started with the most interesting so far. This past weekend, I scheduled downtime for BOSServer for its rebuild. Like Rexy before it, the BOSServer rebuild was successful and largely uneventful. If Propagandhi were here, I'm sure they'd say "less talk, more rock!" So let's get on with the show, shall we...
Here's an early stage photo of putting BOSServer together. I'm using a Cosmos S which I originally modded three years ago. The worklog from back then can be found here. No new mods are being made to the case - just changing up the innards some.
Now, the RAM I'm using is this stuff. It's low profile and it has no heatsink. It ain't what you might call pretty. So I thought I would put some heatsinks on them to pretty them up some. There's also a heat dissipation benefit, obviously. It's always nice when aesthetics and functionality can work in unison like that. So here's what they look like with the heatsinks installed.
An improvement. The heatsinks were a bit tricky to install because it was low-profile RAM. This left less surface area for adhering the sinks to the sticks. That's what my shaky-ass hands are attempting to illustrate below. But hey, it got done and I'm pleased with the result.
Below is BOSServer in the stark daylight, completed and just finished passing an uneventful leak test. One more thing I'd like to mention is the faux-sleeving job on the 24pin cable. That's one of these 310mm extensions from Dazmode. Anyone familiar with the Cosmos S knows the silly power switch tripping implementation used. So this was a nice, cheap and easy way to hide that hideous power switch extension.
Okay, onto the hardware porn shots...
I must admit, I do love the interplay between the chrome Bitspower compressions and the chrome LGA1366 hold-down plate on the old school Apogee GT's. But anyway, that's BOSServer for you.
Now, I do have a couple other things to mention. First, Twofour's mobo is here now.
I am actually using the case right now that Twofour is supposed to go into because I had to build a temporary replacement rig ton handle BOSServer's tasks while it was under the knife. The replacement rig is no longer needed, though, so building Twofour can pretty much start whenever I get around to it. Here, incidentally is a naked photo of the Z8NA-D6C. It really is a capable little workstation board and real pleasure to work with. That's not something that I can say about any other MP board with which I have direct experience.
The other update - and this is a biggie for me... I got my refurb's S4985 back from Tyan on Friday! So while I was leak testing BOSServer, I quickly put together a test rig to try out the 8439SE's once and for all. I even managed to cobble together some decent scores in wPrime 32M and wPrime 1024M. Anyway, here is the very first photographic evidence I have of the new Istanbul-flavoured Leviathan. More to come soon!
That's all for now. Punk. unk:
Let's get started with the most interesting so far. This past weekend, I scheduled downtime for BOSServer for its rebuild. Like Rexy before it, the BOSServer rebuild was successful and largely uneventful. If Propagandhi were here, I'm sure they'd say "less talk, more rock!" So let's get on with the show, shall we...
Here's an early stage photo of putting BOSServer together. I'm using a Cosmos S which I originally modded three years ago. The worklog from back then can be found here. No new mods are being made to the case - just changing up the innards some.
Now, the RAM I'm using is this stuff. It's low profile and it has no heatsink. It ain't what you might call pretty. So I thought I would put some heatsinks on them to pretty them up some. There's also a heat dissipation benefit, obviously. It's always nice when aesthetics and functionality can work in unison like that. So here's what they look like with the heatsinks installed.
An improvement. The heatsinks were a bit tricky to install because it was low-profile RAM. This left less surface area for adhering the sinks to the sticks. That's what my shaky-ass hands are attempting to illustrate below. But hey, it got done and I'm pleased with the result.
Below is BOSServer in the stark daylight, completed and just finished passing an uneventful leak test. One more thing I'd like to mention is the faux-sleeving job on the 24pin cable. That's one of these 310mm extensions from Dazmode. Anyone familiar with the Cosmos S knows the silly power switch tripping implementation used. So this was a nice, cheap and easy way to hide that hideous power switch extension.
Okay, onto the hardware porn shots...
I must admit, I do love the interplay between the chrome Bitspower compressions and the chrome LGA1366 hold-down plate on the old school Apogee GT's. But anyway, that's BOSServer for you.
Now, I do have a couple other things to mention. First, Twofour's mobo is here now.
I am actually using the case right now that Twofour is supposed to go into because I had to build a temporary replacement rig ton handle BOSServer's tasks while it was under the knife. The replacement rig is no longer needed, though, so building Twofour can pretty much start whenever I get around to it. Here, incidentally is a naked photo of the Z8NA-D6C. It really is a capable little workstation board and real pleasure to work with. That's not something that I can say about any other MP board with which I have direct experience.
The other update - and this is a biggie for me... I got my refurb's S4985 back from Tyan on Friday! So while I was leak testing BOSServer, I quickly put together a test rig to try out the 8439SE's once and for all. I even managed to cobble together some decent scores in wPrime 32M and wPrime 1024M. Anyway, here is the very first photographic evidence I have of the new Istanbul-flavoured Leviathan. More to come soon!
That's all for now. Punk. unk: