Pity that the processor needs more work.

5) Change to 600-grit and continue.
6) Get pissed off about the air conditioner constantly blowing around the drop cover; go crazy taping it down. You will note it is right over me; that is me looking up from where I was standing.

7) The water coming off the paper was clean instead of blue and sludgy; change to 800-grit. Admire work so far.

8) The aluminum is finally gone! It is time to swap to 1000-grit.

CPU AMD Athlon64 X2 5400+ BE (NAAFG 0830FPCW) |
Motherboard DFI LANParty DK 790FX-M2RS |
Memory 2x2048 MB G.Skill DDR2 800 (F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI) |
Graphics Card 2x Diamond Radeon HD 3850 512 MB Ruby Edition |
Hard Drive Hitachi Deskstar 750 GB SATA-II; WD 80 GB SATA-I |
Sound Card Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum |
Power Supply Antec TruePower Trio 650 / APC Back-UPS XS 1500 VA |
Case Thermaltake Xaser V Damier V5000A |
CPU cooling Lapped Thermalright SI-128 with Silverstone FM-121 |
GPU cooling Stock Ruby Edition |
OS Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Monitor Dell Ultrasharp 2707WFP |