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Build a Box
Nov. 27th, 2024 11:43 pmThe case for the new computer arrived today instead of the originally anticipated Friday. It's been sitting in Hodgkins since Monday morning, so I can only guess that they got tired of looking at it. :)
Since all of the parts were now here, I decided to start assembling the computer this evening. This is always a new adventure, even when working with parts similar to ones you've used before, but everything is now wired up with the exception of the reset switch and the hard disk light, which is going to require a pair of tweezers to get the connectors in place. Asus motherboards used to come with a "Q-connector", which would allow you to wire these finicky parts to a single connector and then ram the whole assemblage into place, but that is apparently no longer the plan. And a shame it is too.
Tomorrow, I will get the last of those connectors in place, put the sides back on, and then haul it upstairs and connect it to the KVM switch so that I can boot it up and start loading BIOS updates and OS. And then a *lot* of software.
We'll see how this goes.
Since all of the parts were now here, I decided to start assembling the computer this evening. This is always a new adventure, even when working with parts similar to ones you've used before, but everything is now wired up with the exception of the reset switch and the hard disk light, which is going to require a pair of tweezers to get the connectors in place. Asus motherboards used to come with a "Q-connector", which would allow you to wire these finicky parts to a single connector and then ram the whole assemblage into place, but that is apparently no longer the plan. And a shame it is too.
Tomorrow, I will get the last of those connectors in place, put the sides back on, and then haul it upstairs and connect it to the KVM switch so that I can boot it up and start loading BIOS updates and OS. And then a *lot* of software.
We'll see how this goes.