Monday, May 25, 2009

Phenom II X4 940 installed in an Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe Wi-Fi Motherboard? Yes...



1. Upgraded BIOS to 2205
2. System refused to boot
3. Pulled out hair for 1.5 days.
4. Cursed self for bricking the motherboard.
5. Realized that SATA RAID got turned off in BIOS
6. Turned SATA RAID back on in BIOS
7. System booted up... Celebrate
8. Installed Phenom II X4 940 with HSF
9. Freaked out when new CPU was showing mid to upper 60 C at idle
10. Realized motherboard CPU temp sensor is not very accurate
11. Downloaded and installed Core Temp to get temps directly from the CPU
12. Checked temp again and Core Temp showed from 40's C (idle) to 50's C (load)
13. Frag away

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I'm on a Bike!

I just purchased a Trek 7100. It should be ready for pickup this week. I can't wait! Here's a picture so you can be jealous...



Hopefully, I will never be one of these guys...







Or this bear...


Update!  Summer of 2014 - I had a little accident which strongly resembled the crash in the fifth picture above.  Slammed into the handle-bars and pavement.  Helmets DO work!  I suffered zero brain damage.  Also, I experienced absolutely no brain damage.