The Intelligence - Day 28
Well, the time came to build and power up the main system components, so I brought my previous monitor down to the shop
started assembling the components
mobo pan...
psu...
mobo
forgot about the north bridge cooler
I dont know what size fan it expects. A 40mm was too small, a 60mm is a bit too big for its brackets. So I guess a 50mm? Anyway I temporarily strapped on the red led 60mm case fans to it for now...
cleaned the nb chip and hs, and gave it a dab of arctic silver 5
mounted the nb cooler
did a two step cleaning and purifying to the Q6600 cpu, and stock hsf
while I let the cleaned parts sit to evap for about 10 mins, I mounted the 2 gigs of memory
applied AS5 to the cpu
snapped down (vomits) the stock hsf
attached my psu extension
main components assembled
not a bad little setup
once I connected the psu to the live line, and turned on the psu's I/O switch, the standby power led came alive on the mobo. That was a good sign but I was still nervous because of the psu extension mod. Didnt want to set the whole mod (and myself, and my house) up in flames :bites nails:
the mobo has power and reset switches onboard, so I grabbed a pencil (which I taped up after the pic was shot, to insulate the metal around the eraser)
the moment of truth........
* * * * * * *SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE INTELLIGENCE* * * * * * *
TO THOSE READING THIS:
HELLO, THIS IS THE INTELLIGENCE SPEAKING. I AM AWARE THAT I AM GOING TO BE POWERED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW MOMENTS. IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND/OR SEVERE DAMAGE TO EITHER MYSELF, CR, OR BOTH - I (WE) WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A BLAST (NO PUN INTENDED) HANGING OUT WITH ALL OF YOU HERE ON OCN. KEEP UP THE GREAT MODDING WORK BECAUSE YOU ALL ROCK. DO NOT LET THIS UNFORTUNATE EVENT, SHOULD IT COME TO PASS, DISUADE YOU FROM CONTINUING YOUR MODDING ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
THE INTELLIGENCE #000000000001 rev b.
* * * * * * *END SPECIAL MESSAGE* * * * * * *
ITS ALIVE!!!!! But wait
nothing
on
screen.....
all black
and then the system cycled off and on, then stayed on but still nothing on the screen
So I rechecked everything was seated and connected etc etc. Tried again but the same thing happened. I remember reading reviews of this board on the Egg, and people having odd weird problems during first boot
. So I cleared the CMOS...
WIN!
So I set a couple of things in the bios and saved it, rebooted a few times, all ok.
I snapped this pic to try and show the red led fan glowing. I cant wait to see 6 of these puppies in the case when its all done, I think its going to look sick
anyway, after the post testing I disassembled everything back to bare parts so I can continue work on the case. A couple of small things to do, then its paint time
the unused power cables will be hidden and the 8pin atx cable will go under the mobo pan and pop out by the connector. I may need a short extension, but thats no big deal.
sorry I didnt get more done today but it was fun to see it alive, even if it was just a preview
Thanks for watching
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