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My main blog with infromation on current builds, mods and my work. Anything funny happens, I'll post it here.

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Getting Started With Repairs

Working In The Industry: You'll find that sometimes you will need software that your client doesn't have installed, in cases where getting access to the internet is not possible this can be a real nightmare. So to prevent this, it helps to carry just about every utility you can with you ether on a USB thumb stick or a CD. Personally, I have two folders that contain portable software and software to be installed. The former contains several small programs for monitoring and testing that can be t
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Important!

Things Changing: I was in the process of mocking up the layout of the drawer PC build, Smokey Attempts: PC In A Drawer, and I realized that the mechanisms I need to implement that will allow the drawer to be extended without disconnecting wires will add upwards of 5cm to the total height of the drawer. A total of around 19cm is too much to fit under the desk. In addition, the width and depth of the mock up will have it too large to be a practical desktop. Unless I sacrifice looks for function.
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Apologies

Whats Going On?: Okay so I work as a roofer, due to the ice and snow we've been getting we are working much later that usual. This also means that I have to wait for longer delivary times. I have missed several deliveries already. However, there is good news. I have the schematics started and I am working on the next Red Mod update. Make sure to check it out tomorrow. I appreciate anyone who follows these blogs. Thank You :)
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I'm Done For Today

Whats Next?: All updates that I planned for today have been haulted due to time constraints. I have to get this build finnished before 6 this evening which is going to be tough. I simply don't feel like working on blogs today. Hoever, lots of stuff arrived today so i can start updating the Drawer Blog and The Red Mod Blog. Stay tuned. Thank You :) p.s. Here's some images of the build so far...
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... Lets Do This Thing...

An Awesome Build For An Awesome Guy: "Can I get a Gaming PC for £500?"... "Yes", "Good, build me one for £1000 then"... "yes". Was pretty much how this went. I was given no more guidance other than "Don't care about looks, just make it work.". Obviously by looking at this images you can see that I did some colour matching, not that it was hard to find red and black AMD gear. What Would I Change?: Working to a budget is always a challenge, there's always that part that cost a little more but
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Laptop Modding

What I Did: After I fixed the DVD drive and installed Ubuntu on this machine I discovered that the WiFi card was broken as it wouldn't register. I replaced that with one from a HP mini and let everything update. Three weeks after, it was too slow for me. Only 2GB of RAM was killing me so I nabbed another stick and tried swapping the processor. No luck with that but the RAM upgrade went fine. Next was the HDD, Kingston 300V 60GB SSD is the boot drive now. I got rid of the DVD drive all together
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290x... H60... Yes...

What?: I've attached a Corsair H60 AIO to a 290x reference from MSI. Insane... Yes... Dangerous?... Yes... Cool?... You tell me people. To see more on this, go to my other blog Smokey Attempts: The Red Mod. Whats Next?: Regular update to each blog, and some cool stuff on this blog by tonight hopefully. I should be able to make a start on another build late this evening and I will by uploading entries with images today and tomorrow. Thank You :)
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0.0 Go Away Dog...

Why Won't You Leave Me Along Dog!: Litteraly all morning this thing has been sat there looking at me. I've no idea what to do, I can't yell at a puppy. It's really distracting. Bloody thing, still... better that a child I suppose. Whats Next?: More of the same here, a lot of waiting. There is a possibility of some updates to this blog tonight because I'm checking hardware for a build I have soon. Stay tuned on my other blogs for cool modding content, will probably end in tears... Thank You
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Test Prepping

My Testing Equipment: While I'm not a professional technician I do have an assortment of tools for testing and what not. A lot of them are probably bad for this and that reason but I've had no trouble with them. So here's a list of the things that I have in my repair bag; An old laptop, Dell Inspiron 1501, running ether Ubuntu or Windows 10 depending on what mood I'm in. A thirmaltake PSU tester. Basic yes but very functional. A post card for PCI that works on some motherboards, the ma
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Hello All!

Who The Hell Is This Guy?: Who the hell are you? I'm a roofer from Cambridgeshire England. Gaming is not a big deal for me whereas hardware is. I have a pretty decent rig that I an currently planning to mod into a custom case: Smokey Attempts: PC In A Drawer :. Long time watcher, first time community member. What better time to start blogging that when I'm already planning something pretty mental. So I hope you enjoy, don't use my other blogs as a guide as I WILL make mistakes. Cheers. What Am
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