{"id":223,"date":"2010-04-09T15:08:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T23:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcbeen.com\/wp\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-04-09T15:08:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T23:08:38","slug":"failed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcbeen.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/09\/failed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed again…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got the new water block in the mail today.<\/p>\n

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I eagerly opened it up, and pulled the graphics card out of the machine. I lined up everything, and then my stomach turned as I realized it didn’t fit.<\/p>\n

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Its close, but that doesn’t count. I spent a couple hours staring at the thing, trying to figure out some way to modify it. The basic problem is that two of the power capacitors are out of position, which I never noticed before, and are too far into the block. Milling the block down isn’t possible. The caps are physically in the same space as the water channel.<\/p>\n

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So I’m pretty much screwed. I’m not willing to buy a card to fit this block, and there are no blocks that will fit the card I have. Even if I was willing, the card has been discontinued. Its pretty much only available used on EBay at full price.<\/p>\n

I’m still tempted to try and find a way to get a new piece milled. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got the new water block in the mail today. I eagerly opened it up, and pulled the graphics card out of the machine. I lined up everything, and then my stomach turned as I realized it didn’t fit. Its close, but that doesn’t count. I spent a couple hours staring at the thing, trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t