Art Attack Central
Fixing stuff, myself included…
Second post in 2021 = SSL
What next? Maybe a third post, or will you disappear again for another year?
I can’t really tell you if I’ll be a more “diligent” poster. However, I will tell you to look up at the URL bar, and notice the tiny lock symbol. Yes, I finally bought an SSL certificate, and went through the multitude of configuration changes at Godaddy and here on WordPress. Whynopadlock.com was very helpful in getting it right. If you’re having issues with changing over to https check them out. I also purchased a certificate for mentalrollerdeby.com
Hey you’re really on a roll… ha, ha pun intended.
Another long gone
Damn, it’s a goner alright. Gone so long (more than a year), I don’t even recognize the editing tool.
Ha too bad for you…
Gee thanks, I really don’t like these blocks; and now I’ve got a new domain “Mentalrollerderby.com” to host on WordPress through godaddy. I set up artattackcentral totally “by hand” through wordpress even though hosted by godaddy. This time maybe I’ll fiddle around before I decide which route to go for setup.
bla, bla, bla so get on with it
So I skipped the entire pandemic; well not quite, since we don’t know how long it will continue.
“Along Time” Gone
Reading the dance of a poem between the lines of night and day, between the song of solemn and the fork and spoon leaving town together; what a sight, in their silver armor, guarding the light from the night. I cannot call it darkness; it’s too foreboding. I’m afraid of the bear in overbear; perhaps that’s exactly what the word means. Yes perhaps. And what about “over” other things, like turn, and burden, and rule, and see, and there… There is much to be learned by keeping track of your thoughts as they escape from the darkness… Is it to overcome over here or overhear. the way we say what can’t be said is startling, and yet some would say “it’s about time.”
What the hell? You go from deliding processors to the fork and the spoon…
Well, like the title says, along time gone. Look at 9/28/02 for more on time.
I think you’ve gone overboard. LOL
2009 Mac Pro 8-Core to 12-Core
What? Seriously? I thought you were happy with what you had.
Yes, delidding and all that frightening stuff. The 2009 Mac Pro 8-Core is the only Mac Pro that shipped with delidded processors. I couldn’t resist an 8-Core on Ebay for $227 with local pickup.
What the hell is delidding?
The integrated heat spreader/sink (IHS) is removed from the chip. Overclockers are familiar with this processes. However, what makes it more difficult is the particular Intel Xeon in the 2009 are soldered to the chip; it’s not just thermal paste. There are various methods on the internet, ranging from a using a vice to “pop” it off, to a small torch applied directly in the chip area of the IHS. After watching lots of videos on youtube, I did it using a hot air station. It took longer than 30 seconds, more like a minute. The temperature was at 400 C.
So it “went off” without a problem?
Not really…
Okay, do tell… what the hell happened?
Well I didn’t burn the house down, but I started off with the wrong CPUs (kind of like starting on the wrong foot). which I didn’t find out were wrong until trying to boot the machine. Both CPUs delidded and solder cleaned from the chip, thermal paste applied, both heat sinks tightened and press the power button = chime then kernel panic.
Oh no! Now what?
Remove heatsink B and CPU in B socket and boot with only new CPU in A socket = capable of boot. Sooooo remove heatsink and CPU in A socket and put in the CPU removed from B socket = second CPU in A socket also capable of booting. Put both back in respective sockets (reapply thermal paste), press power button = chime then kernel panic related to CPU again!
So what’s up? 😡
Well, according to Macrumors, I’d gotten the wrong CPUs. The Xeons that begin with a W are fine for the single processor 2009 Mac Pro, but not the dual processor 2009. The dual system requires the Xeons that begin with an X.
OMG what did you pay for those little bastards?
🙁 $85 for both and now I have to get the X Xeons. So I listed the delidded CPUs on Craigslist, and ordered what I should have gotten in the first place. Lesson = you can never do too much research before beginning a new project. Took a couple of days for the correct processors (X5675 @ 3.06GHz) to arrive. Since I already had two successful delid experiences under my belt, this time it went off without a hitch. Yeah, I maintained my balance without dropping a shoe.
Waiting For The Latest…
Not a Joke
Words do matter. Facts Matter.