{"id":633,"date":"2005-08-12T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-12T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamusutaa.com\/blog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2005-08-12T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-12T07:33:00","slug":"day-two-without-a-pc-or-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamusutaa.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/12\/day-two-without-a-pc-or-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Day two without a PC… or car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Took my car in to have its brakes checked, turns out they needed to order new rotors, so I was without car today. Not having the forethought to go to Fry’s before<\/em> the mechanic, I had to wait for someone to take me to Fry’s to buy thermal paste. That someone turned out to be Albert.<\/p>\n

I put way too much on the first time, had to remove it and try again. I succeeded in lowering the operating temperature of the CPU by 10C, it runs around 70C now, which is still hot, but not blistering.<\/p>\n

I’ll give you one guess as to whether or not that fixed my problem.<\/p>\n

You’re right! It didn’t! Still got BSoDs when trying to install Windows. So I decided to see if I could just take the damn thing and put it in my old case, so I double checked to see if my old motherboard could support it. I went and checked and… it couldn’t. Which put up a flag in my head. If my old processor works in both, and the new one isn’t supported by the old motherboard, they might have a different front side bus speed. Yes, I checked, the new processor is supported by my current motherboard… which leads me to my next little revelation.<\/p>\n

I came across the FAQ for my shuttle model<\/a> and it gave an example of a system they used for benchmark testing. Note, the processor they used is the exact one I’m trying to put in… so I’m now certain that’s not the problem. I then noted that the memory they were using is DDR400. I currently have DDR333. You know what this means, right?<\/p>\n

That’s right! It means another trip to Fry’s to spend more money!<\/p>\n

At least now, if this all works, I’ll have a second processor, duplicate memory, and an old motherboard known to support both of them. I’m just a hard drive and a video card away from a second PC. Okay, technically a third PC… but the Linux machine doesn’t count. (It can’t play FFXI.)<\/p>\n

Hopefully the mechanic calls me tomorrow morning like he expects and I can get my car back. Ironically, I’ll be spending the same amount on new brakes as I’ll probably be spending on new memory.<\/p>\n

I also managed to watch The Village on cable just now. I totally called the ending, although not as early as I’d have liked to feel totally intellectually superior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Took my car in to have its brakes checked, turns out they needed to order new rotors, so I was without car today. Not having the forethought to go to Fry’s before the mechanic, I had to wait for someone to take me to Fry’s to buy thermal paste. That someone turned out to be … <\/p>\n

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