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I am working hard on my new server room. I just built the desk that will hold the monitors and keyboards. It is located in the room just to the right of the blue server cabinet. Soon as I have some...

I live in the Richmond area and work in the champions area.

What part of Houston do you live in Ray?

Here is a picture of my new Monster Room :D

Steve

heres a little floor plan... the total addition is 544 square feet with 2/3 of that my computer area :D

HI guys!

I have been busy at work and not much time for anything else.

Well I do have a little time for something :D

Heres a picture of my new computer room.

HI guys,, been a long time since I was able to spend time talking on the boards,, I missed you guys! Hows life?


Steve

The conductive pen is a dispenser of liquid material shaped like a pen. The conductive material is silver and probably made out of silver or some other metal, suspended in a fast drying carrier. It...

XP to MNP link

I just did this with a pair of XP 2200 Thoroughbreds. Worked well with only one minor problem.

The chips booted and were recognized as MP 2200+'s. On the ASUS board it said...

I have been having MOBO problems for the last year and I though that Over Clocking my farm and running 100%,24/7 was the major cause of the problem. I have discovered problems on two MOBO's that were...

And heres a shot of the repaired board. I think I will use this method of replacing the caps from now on. It is not as pretty but I feel that I have a better repair. The old caps are very easy to...

Heres a picture of the cap that have gone bad since the last time I repaired this board.

I have tried something different when I repaired the last vp6.

I really have had a hard time makeing what I consider a good solder joint on the motherboards. You are working with such a small...

I am not really sure what type they are.. I am just a paramedic with a little soldering iron :)

On the last VP6 I repaired I have had another three caps fail. I replaced them and it is back up...

and last, but not least.. A close up of the connections.

All the PVC material is light weight 4 " PVC and the metal flex tube is 3" flex vent.

The worlds most understanding wife helped take the above picture :)

This is a picture of the top end of the stack.

In my on going effort to remove heat and reduce my electric bill I have added another improvement to my farm.. An exaust stack :D
So far it is working really well. I am debating on whether to punch...

close up of 6 motherboards on three power supplies

I have found that it is best to disable one more wire when making the power Y.

I now cut the GREEN and GREY wires after finding a few boards that don't play well with the gray wire connected. The...

HI.

On the last three vp6's I have seen all the large caps were the problem. The 8 I have replaced on the last two boards were the bad ones.


The larger value caps were used because they...

She still has not forgiven you for the water mellon incident! :D

Your welcome!
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A few wraps with electrical tape makes it look neat and it is ready for service. I use the third extension to make the Y long enough to easily reach the second Mother Board.

A word of warning.
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After soldering all connections inspect your work!

Are the correct wires matched?

Are the solder joints good?

Did you get the work too hot and melt the connector?

Are there any sharp...

Lay both extensions side by side and select one wire from the extension that you removed the connector from. Take this striped wire and twist it around the bared part of its sister wire on the...