So I start scribbling some notes on what to look for on the fan (I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the standard for these is 25KHz PWM, open-collector with pullup on the fan) and moving shit around to get to my 1054-cum-1104Z, and then it dawns on me... why the EFF am I even messing with all this crap, when all I need to do is drop that AMD-approved cooler on the damn thing and be done with it?
And the only answer I can come up with... is that you guys in here would see it as a cop-out.
Yep, mnem you've changed !
And you know what's really funny? I'm totally down widdat. As far as I'm concerned, it's a perfectly valid reason to bust a nut and try to figure out how this damned thing is supposed to work, instead of taking the easy way out.
Good, so you've realized that after that elusive wonderful good nights rest that it might be the last one you have until you FIX the bloody THING !
Oh, I'm not sure I've learned anything... immediately after I toddled off of the TEA, I went to work tearing the entire computer corner apart so I could put the PC on the left side of my desk instead of the right. Had to replace pretty much everything to get stuff to reach; and then discovered that the HDMI port on my new video card is too fucking good for my crunky 4-year-old Vizio TV! It's HDMI 2.0b, and my Vizio is only HDMI 1.2 (Or whatever it is that was the first one they released with CEC) and the port isn't backwards compatible that far, so it won't recognize my TV.
Anyhoo... got a DisplayPort adapter on the way which should sort that.
Once I get my bench cleared off, I'm going to put that AMD cooler on there so I can futz around with the fan on the copper one. This really isn't a matter of "Fixing" the thing; I can do that just by replacing the busted pot. It's a matter of hacking it so it'll run on the PWM speed control from the MB so I don't have to have that in there. Anybody who's tried will tell you, 3-wire fans are NOT meant to be controlled this way; it's only the fact that it's already made to be variable-speed that gives me hope.
Oh, and while I'm in there, of course I'll have to hack in the sensor for that big blue LED thermometer. Oh, the misery.
That was another thing I decided I wasn't willing to live without after giving up my mini-tower; the thermo attached direct to the CPU.
mnem
*Back to the grind*