Plague changes
I got antsy and decided to make Plague all EIDE and make Locust an all SCSI machine. My reasoning behind this is that the P3V4X has an ATA-100 interface and the mobo in Locust, the P5A, only has an interface…
Read more
Author Archive: agrikk
Water cooling an Earthquake
In the Beginning: Last Fall I decided to build myself a new workstation and spent some time looking around for parts to build myself a cool-looking and awesome-performing machine. After poking around in various hardware and tech sites, I decided…
Read more
T2K Order of Events redone
I split apart the order of events into months so it loads faster. There were just too many images loading for its own good. The printable version is still the complete version but is now white text on black background…
Read more
Headcrash wiped
I wiped Headcrash for the umpteenth time last night to install and configure a new drive subsystem. I broke down and bought a SCSI RAID 2100s drive controller from Adaptec on ebay the other day and four 7200rpm Ultra 160…
Read more
Aborted overclocking attempt
Did some cooling tweaking and overclocking over the weekend and received the following results using 1.85 volts in the core: These temperatures were taken while running at 100% load for 30 minutes. I didn’t bother taking idle temps, but…
Read more
Plague back together
Finally got Plague put back together, after gutting it for parts for Earthquake. It’s going to be a game PC for others to play on my LAN when they come over for beers and such. Plus I need a Win9x PC…
Read more
Bah to Bad RAM
Bah RAM sticks. Headcrash has been locking up on me quite often lately, but I finally resolved the issue by popping out the four sticks and re-seating them. It looks to have done the trick. They must have come lose during all…
Read more
Locust Update
Locust is currently stripped and in pieces, cannibalized for parts for my other computers. When Earthquake gets built, this guy will be created from remaining stuff.
My First PC… Called Plague
This is a machine that I bought about four years ago and have been upgrading steadily ever since. Many of its original components have found their way into my other boxes. I bought my wife a new Dell Inspiron Laptop, making…
Read more
A PC Named Locust
Locust is a collection of spare parts left over from various boxes I’ve built over the years. I use this box as my scratch computer, primarily using it to try out new operating systems and various tweaks. At any given…
Read more