Erin Banneret
@banneret
she/her, thirties, based in the bay area; an analyst, editor, reinitializing writer and too much more besides
I did this twice and ended up at the same place... I didn't realize I was such a stick in the mud, even now.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) A dark excursion into the corruption and pain underneath the placid surface of Swedish society, Michael Nyqvist (Blomkvist) and Noomi Rapace (Salander) star in this modern crime thriller classic. No GIF here, sadly, they're mostly from the Hollywood version.
Not only that, but this selfie reflects other aspects of my essence than the previous one.
It was only when I hit my head on the desk after inspecting the cabling in the open case that I realized my error. All this time I thought the beep was coming from the computer. It was coming from the UPS the computer and monitors were running off.
I removed the paste with care, along with several oxidized streaks of material underneath. The sides, I was forced to leave, as the material was too smooth and rigid to safely clean.
Allegedly, Gigabyte manufactured GPUs from the 2020s suffer from inconsistent, sometimes insufficient application of thermal paste and pads. On closer inspection, the paste was uneven and entirely dry!
This should only be done with care, confidence, and instructions. I haven't worked on components for nearly ten years, so there was some risk. Here you can see the situation after I gently removed the heatsink. The thermal pads are in good condition, but that paste looks dire!
Repasting a graphics card is about as thorny as repasting the components in a notebook, but while GPU prices are nearly as inflated by data center demand as RAM, the card is much cheaper to replace than the laptop. So, I got on with it!
This is a GIGABYTE Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super, and I pulled it from my desktop because I would hear an ear splitting beep every time the GPU came under load.
That was challenging, I was having difficulty with blues and greens mostly?
True, though I should say, I straddle the line between this and the Soft One.
Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFs. (Hard Mode: No Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains
Post a 5 ⭐ album and nominate 6 others to do the same (in my case, I shall label my nominations "to whom they may concern" and fire them indiscriminately into the night)
This drives me crazy, look, the cover on the right is perfect, but now we get this stuffy, conventional thing on the left!
Oh no, the Super FX chip would absolutely result in a more drivable vehicle.
Thank you! I've only tried a few and sparkly seems to fit me. Here is my hand, in turn.