TheLudditeIT

Well, Finally got the new mobo, and build went flawlessly. Haven't had the chance to do some of the thing I wanted to yet but the system is built. Absolutely shocked that I got to do anything even resembling cable management, but I managed.

You seen the second version? used a freaking tube amp. Looks really good, actually.

So, Motherboard hasn't arrived at the post office, And I had already gutted my machine to put it into the Dimension case. Obviously just putting it back together is something i'm too stubborn to do, So I've just cobbled together a "test bench" with my old mobo and box, while I wait for the new one. Meanwhile I did a test fit of most of my parts in the "new" case and it's looking pretty great so far. I got the Storage bay filled up and installed, everything fits there better than expected. Even runs on only one Sata cable from the PSU, So saves me just a tiny bit of the nightmare that the inevitable non-existent cable management will be.

Why do you think I have them? half of the damn things are empty, I just can't bear to part with them because what if I need some obscure clip or screw or old plastic bit.

Waiting on the post office in my middle-of-freaking-nowhere village to open so I can get my new motherboard, and start the build on version 2.0 of my last sleeper build. posting this to help move the time along. Build will be in the case for a Dell Dimension 2400, one of my favorite cases of all time, half pseudo-nostalgia and half a genuine love for the design and just how tiny they managed to get a more or less standard MicroATX case, especially with 150-some mm of CPU cooler clearance. My first version of the build featured a case in much worse shape, and some poor design choices on my part. I put the HDD in the floppy bracket, used 2 DVD drives, and left the SSD dangling by it's cables. The latch was iffy, loads of plastic clips were missing, and the front panel was the wrong color due to a fire related issue. This time the case is in near mint condition, and I'm going to be doing the build right instead of on a whim like last time. I'm opting for a single DVD drive so that I can use the second, covered drive bay for a 1xHDD 2xSSD adapter, first of all. This will free up room for the original floppy drive, Which I'll be actually making functional, through the use of a floppy -> USB type A male adapter, which I'll be modifying to plug directly into the USB 2.0 header on the motherboard, giving me a functioning internal floppy drive, because why not. I will also be rewiring the front panel headphone jack, which is a task that escaped my skill last time I attempted this build. It uses the soundblaster-type connector, which exists in a weird limbo between AC '97 and HDA. Even though the jack is compatible with the HDA standard, it will still be an experiment to see if I can get it working. For front panel USB I'll likely just stick to the USB 2.0 ports already there, as I don't use them often enough to really bother with the modification it would take to get 3.0 working. Lastly, the build features a real case fan, instead of whatever junk Dell was used in 2003 when they built it originally.

Checked this the Second time I reinstalled window by updating it completely, restarting then immediately testing it to see if it would still sleep, and it did. I'm not opposed to trying it again But I don't *think* that's the issue.

Whenever my laptop is supposed to go to sleep, either by closing the lid or waiting for the time-out, it shuts off instead and it leaves a kernel-power 41 error in event viewer explaining there was an unexpected shutdown. the event has no other information on it, it clearly can't save any info as it's being shut down. Issue doesn't appear to be hardware related as a fresh install of windows fixes it - for about half an hour, at which point it starts again. Linux seems to remove the issue completely But I'd really like to get windows running as it should. At the same time as the shutting down issue develops, the machine can no longer power on if the power adapter is plugged in. power button does nothing, restarting the computer just shuts it down instead. Power adapter charges it just fine while it's already on, and battery life is still great. No idea what to do about this, nothing has seemed to work, and I've verified that it isn't the power settings or the Intel management engine interface, which a lot of people with similar-but-not-quite problems cite as the issue. Dell Latitude 5490, BIOS up to date. i5 8350u 8 GB(2x4) of DDR4 2400 250 GB Samsung 860 evo Original Dell power adapter.

Oh boy, where do I even begin...