[m i a o w] the cat

So today I picked up almost the last bits of my much researched ensemble. The computer case and the power supply. I could finally begin building my DAW. Get used to the geeky term DAW. It stands for Digital Audio Workstation. Ha! I have replaced a motherboard before, swapped hard drives, mucked about with cards and RAM, but I have never built a computer from the ground up before. Well, not without someone geekier than me holding my hand (thanks, Dyl).

Once I spread all the bits and pieces out, I was fairly convinced that I’d bitten off more than I could chew.

However. I did deep breathing and took it one step at a time. (E cooking me dinner helped too.) It couldn’t be worse than a bad bikini wax (note to self - never go back to that place in Sandringham again. ever). I tried very hard to follow all the instructions, which was a little bit hard for some of the time, as my case DIDN’T COME WITH ANY. I also had no idea what ‘thermal interface material’ was and whether I had any. After some googling, and poking about in the CPU/heatsink packet, I decided that it was already included (fingers crossed) on the basis that it would be stupid to sell it without it. [looks hopeful]

So as of 25 minutes to midnight I’ve got the motherboard in the case, the hard drives, power supply and cd drive installed and was just about to embark on connecting up all the wires, when startlingly, common sense prevailed. I will resume tomorrow with a clean brain. But in the meantime, here’s the proof that I got my hands dirty…

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[…] This was going to be the second computer I’d attempted to cook up - the first is documented here. And of course, since my father was almost a child of the Depression, he has an inbuilt necessity […]

The MSY Mystery « [m i a o w] the cat typed this on Aug 05 07 at 4:49 pm

Woot! Well done. More geeky photos! *grin*

kartar typed this on Nov 23 05 at 12:18 pm

Tonight it will hopefully come together, and I’ll be taking a picture of the completed machine. Sound card and all. Fingers crossed. Too bad I don’t have a monitor yet…